Anthony Anastasi and an opponent were heads up on a board of . There was about 15,000 in the middle, the player checked, and Anastasi moved all in for 9,200. His opponent mulled the decision over for a bit before calling, and showed for queens and tens.
He was drawing dead against Anastasi's for a flopped set of aces, and the bricked off on the river.
After a player open-limped for 300, Jose Rosario decided to pump it up with a raise to 3,000.
The sizable overbet forced a round of quick folds and the small pot was shipped to Rosario, who flashed his to the table.
"Thank you sir..." said the open-limper, obviously glad that he had not been pushed around with mere rags. "Good to know you're not bullying us over there."
With more than double the starting stack already at his disposal, Rosario is in prime position to play that part, but for now he appears content to chip up without confrontation.
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With a flop of spread across the felt we watched as Norman Day raised an opponent's bet, effectively putting the player all in if he chose to call.
The player sighed and shrugged his shoulders before tossing his stack into the middle while tabling for top pair.
Day revealed the though to put himself in commanding position with his overpair to the board. The turn () and river () changed nothing, and Day chipped up nicely while stacking an opponent in the process.
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The flop read when we walked by, and a series of bets and raises had already been made.
Mark Perry had a wager of 1,850 in front of him, and one opponent raised the action to 3,700 before a third player jammed all in for his last 11,450.
With the action back on him, Perry re-shoved to force the other player out of the hand, and the two headed for a showdown.
"You got a flush?" asked the shover before tabling his hand.
"Not yet..." replied Perry, obviously optimistic that a fourth club would hit the board.
"No?" responded Perry's opponent. "Good, because I do."
With the in the hole, Parry's opponent had flopped a queen-high flush, but he was still dodging clubs when Parry produced the for the nut-flush and straight-flush possibilities.
The turn bricked off, coming , but the river brought the to complete Perry's draw and eliminate his crestfallen opponent.
A player was all in and at risk with on a board of , and Jane Stanton Hitchcock had her at risk with . The bricked off on the river, and the player was eliminated.
Hitchcock delightfully raked in the pot, and is up over 40,000 chips.
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. There was about 15,000 in the middle, the player checked, and Anastasi moved all in for 9,200. His opponent mulled the decision over for a bit before calling, and showed 
for queens and tens.
for a flopped set of aces, and the 
bricked off on the river.
to the table.
spread across the felt we watched as Norman Day raised an opponent's bet, effectively putting the player all in if he chose to call.
for top pair.
though to put himself in commanding position with his overpair to the board. The turn (
) and river (
) changed nothing, and Day chipped up nicely while stacking an opponent in the process.
when we walked by, and a series of bets and raises had already been made.
in the hole, Parry's opponent had flopped a queen-high flush, but he was still dodging clubs when Parry produced the 
for the nut-flush and straight-flush possibilities.
to complete Perry's draw and eliminate his crestfallen opponent.
on a board of 
, and Jane Stanton Hitchcock had her at risk with 
. The 
bricked off on the river, and the player was eliminated.