2023 PokerStars NAPT Las Vegas
On a 9♠6♣6♠ flop, Aaron Massey checked the big blind, and the cutoff bet 1,500. Massey raised all in for 10,600 and his opponent thought about it and called.
Aaron Massey: 10♠9♦
Cutoff: A♥K♥
The 8♠ fell on the turn and the 2♦ landed on the river to secure Massey's double.
Luis Yepez raised to 1,700 from middle position and Ryan Laplante three-bet to 4,500 from the hijack. Joe Tehan four-bet to 28,000, keeping 200 behind, from the button. The blinds folded and Yepez took some time before opting to fold too. Laplante called for the 21,500 he had behind.
Ryan Laplante: 9♣9♦
Joe Tehan: 10♥10♦
The flop came 9♥A♦6♥ for Laplante to hit a set.
The turn was the 10♠ for Tehan to hit the higher set before the 8♣ on the river didn't change the outcome.
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Maxx Coleman under the gun, Damjan Radanov in the cutoff, and Liran Betito in the big blind each committed 6,200 preflop.
The trio checked the J♥8♦3♣ flop to the 6♠ turn. Betito bet 10,000, Coleman folded, and Radanov splashed in a raise to 25,000. Betito let go of his hand and Radanov added to his stack.
The board read 2♦10♣J♣2♣7♠ with around 25,000 in the middle.
Dongwoo Ko fired a bet of 32,000 out on the river from the big blind and stared out in front of him. Joe Tehan was in the tank on the button and went through all the options in his head. After a while, he opted to fold.
"Just for PokerNews!" Ko said with a huge smile before flipping his Q♣3♠ open for the bluff.
"What are you guys doing?" Richard Alati exclaimed, who had stayed behind to watch the end of the hand while the rest of the tournament had gone for their dinner break.
"I was so close!" Tehan said with some despair in his voice before showing the 3♥3♣ which would have won him the hand.
Ko just smiled even more while raking in the pot.
With 135 entries on the tournament clock, the remaining 76 players have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break. Play will resume at approximately 5:50 p.m.

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