On a flop of , Joseph Paris bet 3,000 from middle position and was raised to 25,000 by the player in the hijack. A third opponent on the button, considered his options before folding. With 15,600 remaining, Paris made the call and tabled , but was shown the bad news as the other player flipped over his two pair with .
Although in tough shape, Paris was saved as the was revealed on the turn, improving him to a better two pair, which held as the completed the board.
Colorado's Steve Wilkie opened for 500 from early position and Tom Puente called from the small blind. The player in the big blind came along as well and it was three-way action to the flop.
Two checks saw Wilkie continue for 1,100 and Puente woke up with a check-raise to 2,500. The big blind folded, Wilkie popped it back to 7,000, and Puente four-bet to 15,000. Wilkie then five-bet jammed all in Puente called off to create a 76,500 pot.
Steve Wilkie:
Tom Puente:
It was a cooler set-over-set flop and Wilkie was on the wrong end of it. Neither the turn nor river helped him, and Puente shipped the double while Wilkie hit the rail shortly thereafter.
We came upon the action with Kou Vang re-raising preflop to 1,900 from the big blind with three players having chips already committed (from middle position, hijack and small blind). All three players called Vang's raise.
The small blind player checked the flop before Vang continued for 2,300. After all his opponent's folded, Vang was awarded the pot causing one opponent to remark, "That's how you play AQ." Vang smiled and began adding the chips to his healthy stack.
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In a leftover hand from Level 1, a player opened to 300 from early position and another player called. Minnesota's Jason "Bigboyyyyy" Yeung then three-bet to 700 from the cutoff and the other two players called to see a flop.
Two checks saw Yeung continue for 1,700 and the original raiser check-raised to 6,000. The other player folded, Yeung called, and the appeared on the turn. The original raiser bet 10,000, Yeung called, and the completed the board on the river.
The original raiser slowed down with a check and then folded when Yeung jammed all in.
As the end of Level 1 approached, a player in the hijack opened to 400 and was called by Bryan Skreens in the cutoff as well as the big blind player.
After a flop of , it was checked to the hijack who made a continuation bet of 900. Skreens made the call and the player in the big blind gave up his hand.
The turn brought the . The hijack player again bet, this time 1,300, which was called by Skreens.
The on the river completed the board. After his opponent bet 2,900, Skreens raised to 6,500, causing his opponent to fold and allowing Skreens to build his stack.