Brian Payne and an opponent were heads up on a board of . There was about 90,000 in the middle, and Payne tossed out 30,000, which was enough to put his opponent all in.
The player agonized over the decision for a minute, then called. Payne unhappily showed for just ace-high, and was shocked to see that his opponent had for the same hand!
After a series of bets and raises, there was a three-way all in here in the poker room. One player was all in for 16,500, Eoghan O'Dea was all in for 23,100, and Raj Ramakrishnan had both of them covered.
Player 1:
O'Dea:
Ramakrishnan:
The flop fell , giving the short-stacked player a leading pair of aces, and he held as the turn and river came , respectively. O'Dea won a 13,000-chip side pot with his pair of nines, and Ramakrishnan was knocked down to around 120,000.
Ayaz Mahmood opened to 1,700 on the button, a player in the small blind three-bet to 4,000, the player in the big blind cold-called, and so too did Mahmood.
The flop fell , all three players checked, and the turn was the . The player in the big blind led out for 5,100, and both players called. The completed the board, and all three players checked again.
Both players in the blinds showed a king for a pair of kings, but Mahmood had them both beat with for a pair of aces.
A player opened to 1,500 in middle position, another player called on his left, and Raj Ramakrishnan and O'Dea called from the blinds. The flop fell , and the action checked to the original raiser. He continued for 3,500, the player in position folded, and Ramakrishnan called. O'Dea put in a check-raise, making it 8,000 to go, and both of his opponents folded.
The action has been pretty quite in the last half hour as there's still more than two hours of play left in the day. Currently there are 88 players remaining with the average stack at 53,181 or 88 big blinds.
Micah Raskin opened to 1,500 from middle position, Richard Ashby called on the button, and Jackie Glazier defended her big blind. The dealer fanned , Glazier checked, Raskin continued for 2,000, and only Ashby called.
The turn was the , Raskin tossed out four teal T1,000 chips, and Ashby called.
The completed the board, and Raskin fired 7,000. Ashby quickly called. Raskin tabled for a set of nines, and Ashby mucked.
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. There was about 90,000 in the middle, and Payne tossed out 30,000, which was enough to put his opponent all in.
for just ace-high, and was shocked to see that his opponent had 
for the same hand!
, giving the short-stacked player a leading pair of aces, and he held as the turn and river came 
, 
, Payne tossed out four red T500 chips, and the player again called.
completed the board, and Payne fired 4,550. His opponent quickly raised to 10,900, and Payne folded.
. The player in the big blind led out for 5,100, and both players called. The 
completed the board, and all three players checked again.
for a pair of aces.
, Glazier checked, Raskin continued for 2,000, and only Ashby called.
, Raskin tossed out four teal T1,000 chips, and Ashby called.
completed the board, and Raskin fired 7,000. Ashby quickly called. Raskin tabled 