Richard Lyndaker raised to 90,000 from the small blind and Joel Douaglin called from the big. The flop saw Lyndaker check-call a bet of 75,000, and then both players checked the turn.
When the completed the board on the river, Lyndaker checked for a third time and Douaglin followed suit. Douaglin tabled the for a pair of tens, but it was no good as Lyndaker had queens with the .
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From the cutoff seat, Manny Stavropoulos raised to 85,000. Brian Rast reraised to 245,000 from the small blind, and Stavropoulos called to take the flop in position. Rast led with a bet of 350,000, and Stavropoulos folded.
On the next hand, Rast opened to 100,000 on the button, and Anthony Legg reraised to 240,000 from the small blind. Rast called, and the flop came out . Legg and Rast checked, and the turn was the . Again, both players checked, and the dealer completed the board with the on the river. Both checked, and it was Legg's that won the pot. Rast didn't show.
Shortly thereafter, Rast was involved in another pot, this time on the flop against Alex Lynskey and Stavropoulos. After Lynskey checked, Stavropoulos bet 135,000. Rast put in a raise to 445,000, and both of his opponents folded.
Richard Lyndaker shook his head slightly as his opponent, Joel Douaglin, announced, "Flush! Flush max!"
He made it 110,000 to go from the small blind and Douaglin peeled from the big blind to head to a flop. The action was checked to the turn where Lyndaker check-called 100,000. On the river Lyndaker checked to face a 200,000 bet. He thought for a while, made the call, and soon saw his opponent's for a baby flush.
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Richard Lyndaker opened for 85,000 under the gun and called when Grant Levy three-bet to 235,000 from the big blind. The flop saw Levy continue for 290,000, and Lyndaker thought long and hard before releasing his hand.
Not many recent hands on table 31 have made it past the flop but a small one between Lennart Uphoff and Gerald Douaglin made it to showdown.
The New Caledonian raised to 85,000 from the small blind and Uphoff defended his big blind to see an flop spread across the felt. Both players checked to the turn where Douaglin's 80,000 bet was called. The river was checked and Douglin opened for a rivered pair but lost out to his opponent's .
Joel Douaglin limped the small blind and then called when Lennart Uphoff exercised his option with a raise to 120,000. The flop saw Douaglin check and Uphoff bet 90,000. Douaglin woke up with a check-raise to 200,000, and Uphoff responded by sliding out a three-bet to 350,000.
Douaglin immediately announced that he was all in and Uphoff snap-folded his hand.
Joel Douaglin came back from dinner last level with a strategy to limp a lot. He's mixed that up a bit this level. The limp is still there but he's not calling raises anymore, he's shoving for two million chips!
He completed from the small blind and chip leader Lennart Uphoff raised to 120,000 from the big blind. With a double hand motion, he moved all in for 1.93 million. Uphoff tanked for several minutes before folding.
The hand previous he shoved over a button raise from Grant Levy. Got to love the unorthodox player who mixes things up a little!