With three players going to a flop, Brad Siegel checked from the big blind, another player checked in middle position, and the hijack bet 1,200. Siegel called, and the third player folded.
Siegel led out for 1,200 on the turn, and the hijack made the fold.
With more than 15,000 already in the pot, Keith McCarroll checked from the big blind, on the river of a board.
McCarroll's opponent, in middle position, put out a pot-sized bet to 15,500. McCarroll check-raised all in, and his opponent snap called.
McCarroll turned over for top full house, and his stunned opponent hesitated for a few moments before tabling his own full house with . McCarroll moved up to nearly double the starting stack in the aftermath, while his opponent was left with around 4,000 chips.
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Michael Malinconico bet 4,000, about the size of the pot, from the big blind, in a three-way hand with the board showing . Malinconico's bet prompted one fold, and a call from the cutoff.
Malinconico bet 5,000 on the river, and got a fold from the cutoff.
In what appeared to be a three-bet pot preflop, both Tom Leszczynski, in the small blind, and his opponent on the button put 2,400 in the pot on a flop.
Leszczynski bet 6,200 on the turn, and got a fold from his opponent.
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