Mickey Doft
Adolfa Vaeza opened with a min-raise to 32,000 in early position. Dmitry Stelmak called from the cutoff and Lisa Hamilton called from the big blind.
The flop fell and Hamilton checked. Vaeza bet 40,000, with Hamilton the lone caller. The hit the turn and Hamilton checked again. Vaeza bet 50,000, only to be raised by Hamilton to 125,000. Vaeza wasted little time announcing he was all in, forcing a fold from Hamilton.
She is down to 245,000 while Vaeza climbs to 780,000.
donpeters
Marafioti from Day 2
From under the gun, William Reynolds raised to 38,000. On the button, Matt Marafioti moved all in for 107,000. Reynolds made the call.
Reynolds held and Marafioti held .
The board ran out to keep Marafioti alive. He doubled to 246,000. Reynolds dropped to 190,000.
donpeters
Reinkemeier may have gotten away with that one
Tobias Reinkemeier limped the button and Matt Marafioti checked his option in the big blind. The flop came down and both players checked. The turn card was the and Marafioti bet 25,000. Reinkemeier called.
The river card was the and Marafioti bet 25,000. Reinkemeier bet another 25,000. After a moment, Reinkemeier announced that he was all in, putting Marafioti to a decision for his last 110,000. Marafioti immediately slammed his hand on the table in anger. He then tanked for a few minutes, rambling and speaking out loud about how he can't believe the way the hand played out.
After a few minuntes, Reinkemeier called the clock. Marafioti had been mumbling that he held two bottom the pair. He folded his hand before the clock timed out on him and showed that he indeed have two pair with the .
"Nice bluff, nice bluff," said the other players at the table to Reinkemeier.
donpeters
William Reynolds raised to 27,000 from the cutoff seat and Michiel Brummelhuis flatted on the button. Dmitry Stelmak was in the small blind and reraised to 86,000. The big blind and Reynolds folded before Brummelhuis moved all in. Stelmak was now put to a decision for his last 305,000 chips.
After tanking, Stelmak tapped the table and tossed his hand in. Brummelhuis won the pot and moved up to 950,000.
donpeters
Team PokerStars Pro Sandra Naujoks just had a minor blunder in her tournament. She called a raise to 28,000 from Will Molson out of the big blind and then checked the flop. Molson fired 42,000 and Naujoks moved all in. Molson snap-called for his 281,000 chips her and tabled . Naujoks held .
The turn was the and the river the . Molson's pair of queens proved best and he doubled up to 530,000. Naujoks was left with 180,000.
donpeters
There's a nice circle of people railing the $25,000 High Roller Event in the back corner of the ballroom and the names aren't all unknown. Lex Veldhuis, Evelyn Ng, Danny Suied, Tommy Vedes, Bryn Kenney, Poorya Nazari, Joe Serock, Pierre Neuville and Chad Batista are all hanging out to check out the action.
and Hamilton checked. Vaeza bet 40,000, with Hamilton the lone caller. The 
hit the turn and Hamilton checked again. Vaeza bet 50,000, only to be raised by Hamilton to 125,000. Vaeza wasted little time announcing he was all in, forcing a fold from Hamilton.
and Marafioti held 
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to keep Marafioti alive. He doubled to 246,000. Reynolds dropped to 190,000.
and both players checked. The turn card was the 
and Marafioti bet 25,000. Reinkemeier called.
and Marafioti bet 25,000. Reinkemeier bet another 25,000. After a moment, Reinkemeier announced that he was all in, putting Marafioti to a decision for his last 110,000. Marafioti immediately slammed his hand on the table in anger. He then tanked for a few minutes, rambling and speaking out loud about how he can't believe the way the hand played out.
and Marafioti fired 24,000. Reinkemeier folded and Marafioti showed 
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