There was a substantial pot already brewing when we got to the table and the completed board read . Partypoker Sponsored Pro Marcel Luske shoved from the small blind for 150,000, the big blind folded, and Andy Bacon called from middle position with a larger stack. Luske showed for an eight-high straight, but his hand was second-best to Bacon's for the nut straight.
"I knew it when you called. Good luck, everyone," said Luske as he stood up to make his exit.
Bernard Sevilla and Roberto Romanello already had all the chips in the middle before the flop when we got to the table and Romanello had the larger of the two stacks by a fair margin.
Sevilla:
Romanello:
Sevilla was racing for his tournament life and needed to improve in order to double up. The board ran out to pair Sevilla's king, so he took the pot to double through Romanello.
There was a substantial pot of about 1,500,000 already in the middle and the board read when we got to the table. Alex Foxen bet 375,000 from the small blind and the player on the button called.
Both players checked the turn and river. Foxen tabled , the button showed , and the dealer pushed the pot to Foxen's opponent.
There were already about 600,000 chips in the middle and the board read when we got to the table. Partypoker Sponsored Pro Natalia Breviglieri was in the big blind and already all-in, having started the hand with less than 40,000. Dylan Linde was in the small blind and heads-up in the side pot against the player in the hijack, who had already committed 350,000 on the river. Linde jammed for a total of 2,600,000, putting his opponent to a decision for his remaining 1,700,000 chips. He went into the tank for nearly a minute and ultimately folded. Linde showed for kings up, the hijack mucked, and Breviglieri, who apparently had not yet peeked at her hole cards, tabled them one at a time. Her was no good, so Linde took all the chips and eliminated Breviglieri.
Roberto Romanello raised to 100,000 from the cutoff, the button called, and the big blind called.
The flop came and the big blind checked. Romanello bet 175,000, the button folded, and the big blind check-raised to 475,000. Romanello jammed for a total of 1,600,000 and the big blind called to put Romanello at risk.
Romanello:
Big blind:
Romanello held the nut-flush draw and needed help from the deck in order to beat his opponent's set of sixes. The on the turn put Romanello squarely in the lead, the river changed nothing, and Romanello took the pot to double up.