Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari opened for 3,000 from the cutoff, and Juha Helppi called from the button. Both blinds folded, the flop fell , and Akkari continued for 4,100. Helppi called and then bet 6,100 after his Brazilian foe had checked the turn. It worked as Akkari quickly sent his cards to the muck.
Despite losing that hand, Akkari is still above the starting stack.
We caught the action with the entire board already on the table. It was one of the last hands before the break and the board read out and Dan Smith bet out 70,000 from the big blind. His opponent Adrian Mateos leaned forward, asked how much it was, and went into the tank for a fair bit. He eventually called, but tossed his cards into the muck upon being shown for a flopped set by Smith. Mateos went into the break with just under 80,000 in chips, Smith had almost 400,000 at the time.
We missed how the action unfolded preflop, but we do know that both Mike "Timex" McDonald and Quan Zhou each invested 32,500 to see the flop, which came down . McDonald checked from the small blind, and then called when Zhou bet 28,000 from the big.
After the dealer burned and turned the , McDonald checked for a second time and then stared down Zhou, who thought for about 30 seconds before moving all in for 135,400. McDonald double checked his cards and then sent them to the muck.
Brian Roberts opened from the hijack and Jeff Rossiter three bet from the button. Both blinds folded and Roberts called.
Roberts check called a bet of 16,500 on and check called another 44,000 on the turn. The river came the and Roberts checked for the third consecutive time. Rossiter made a bet of 105,000 with just about 61,000 behind. Roberts thought for just a little bit before announcing he was all in. Rossiter smiled a little bit, tanked for just a minute or so, and folded.
Roberts way in the lead, Rossiter left with just under 40 big blinds.
With around 12,000 in the pot and a flop of , Antonio Buonanno checked from the small blind and Sean Winter did the same from the big. Thomas Muehloecker then bet 7,500 from the under-the-gun position, Buonanno called, and Winter took his time before doing the same. All three players then checked the turn, and the paired the board on the river.
Buonanno checked, Winter fired 15,500, and Muehloecker got out of the way. Buonanno put in the chips to call, and he was glad he did as his bested the of Winter.