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The player partaking include Alan "Hotted89" Widmann, Sophia "Djarii" White, Scott "Sco" McMillan, Craig "Onscreen" Shannon, Tyler "I AM WILDCAT" Wine, Rumay "Hafu" Wang, Hayli "HayliNic" Baez, Justin "KOSDFF" Chandler, and YouTube personality and regular Wynn cash game player Andrew Neeme.
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Rauno Tahvonen opened in late position to 250 and Phil Laak called next to act in the hijack. The player in the cutoff three-bet to 750, and the button called, as did Tahvonen and Laak.
The flop landed , and a bet of 2,650 from the cutoff was enough to prompt a series of folds, and send Tahvonen down to 12,850, while Laak took a loss on the first pot he played.
The notables continue to take their seat here in the European Open Special Edition, and the next wave of players include WSOP Bracelet winners Phil Laak, Jeff Madsen, and Scott Clements.
The action folded round to Charlotte Van Brabander on the button, and she opened to 225. Her opponent in the small blind called, as the dealer spread a flop.
Van Brabander continued for 300 and her opponent called as both players checked down the and on the turn and river.
Van Brabander tabled her for ace-high, but it would be her opponent's that would see him collect the pot.
Michael Hack opened to 250 and there was a call in the cutoff before Robert Gouldin called on the button, along with Jeff Sluzinski in the big blind.
All four players checked the flop as the landed on the turn. The action checked round to Gouldin who bet 500 and only Hack called as the river landed the .
Hack checked, Gouldin bet out 2,000, and Hack called. Gouldin tabled his for the nuts, and Hack mucked.