The flop rolled out
, and Naujoks led out with a bet of 1,000. That was enough to fold Kang out of the way, but the third player matched her with a call. The turn came the
, and Naujoks check-called a bet of 2,400 this time. On the river, the
paired the board and drew another check from her. The man at the other end of the table slung 9,000 chips into the pot, and Naujoks shook her head and folded.It's not much of a hand, but it's a fine excuse to post a picture of Ms. Naujoks. It's also a fine time to tell you that she still has about 78,000 chips in front of her, despite that small setback.
flop; all good. Van den Bijgaart checked the
turn too - but this time when Kelly bet 1,400 he laid it down.
, and both players checked to the
on the turn. Van den Bijgart led out with a small bet of 575, and Kelly quickly called. The river brought the
and another bet from van den Bijgaart. He flicked out 1,500, and Kelly tanked for a long time before making the call. He couldn't beat his opponent's
, and van den Bijgaart takes the pot in the most action we've seen in quite some time at the Table of Instantaneous Death.
, and the aggressor checked. Gork -- who's now donned a full fur ushanka since this photo was taken -- checked behind. "Ace high," said his opponent. Gork pulled out one of his earphones to get a better listen as the player repeated, "Ace high." Gork tabled
board; his opponent, who had checked from the big blind position, raised. Call.
river, Mr. Big Blind checked. Rintala bet - and to Rintala's apparent relief, Mr. Big Blind passed, showing
for bottom straight. Mr. Rintala is back above his starting stack, on 31,000.
. Deeb led out with a bet of 625, and Blangenwitsch raised to 1,675. The American three-bet it back up to 4,300, and Blangenwitsch promptly re-raised to 8,300 total. Sure enough, a five-bet shove came from his opponent, and Blangenwitsch couldn't have called any faster with
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