We arrived at the table and found about 6,600 in the pot on a board reading . An older gentlemen bet 3,000 and Yuval Bronshtein responded by shoving with the bigger stack. After a few moments, Bronshtein's opponent called all in for about another 20,000.
Bronshtein:
Opponent:
It couldn't have been much less of a sweat for Bronshtein. His opponent found no miracle turn and river, helping to up Bronshtein's stack to about 70,000.
On a board, Melaine Weisner and a fellow tablemate checked to a player in late position who bet 4,450. Weisner tanked for a very long time before calling and the third player released his cards.
The river was the and Weisner calmly gathered all of her 17,600 chips and cooly plopped them in the middle. Her opponent called immediately, only to muck his hand upon seeing Meisner's for trip tens.
Thanks to the double up Weisner is now up to 40,000 chips.
With about 9,000 in the pot and the board reading , an opponent checked to Joe Hachem. After a few moments, Hachem settled on a bet of 7,500. His opponent called, but mucked when Hachem tabled .
With that pot, Hachem increased his stack to about 54,000.
The board read and there was about 10,000 in the middle. Jean-Robert Bellande bet 8,000 into John Spadavecchia and after about two minutes, Spadavecchia called. Bellande tabled and Spadavecchia couldn't beat it, sliding his cards to the dealer.
Bellande: Up to about 55,000
Spadavecchia: Down to about 53,000
David Bach was under the gun and raised to 1,525 and received a single caller in the form of young Matthias Habernig in the hijack. Bach continuation bet 2,000 on the flop and again Habernig called.
Both players checked the turn and the hit the river. Bach bet 3,700, Habernig called, and Bach showed . Habernig, who dropped to 26,000, could only muck as Bach raked in the pot and increased his stack to 21,000.
PokerStars Team Pro Sandra Naujoks was all in preflop moments ago holding . She was racing against her opponent's and while there was a king on the flop an eight also popped up on the board. The on the turn effectively ended the hand and after the rivered Naujoks was shipped the pot, doubling her stack to 68,000 chips.
Craig Bergeron opened the pot with a raise to 1,800 in middle position. The player in the cutoff went all in for about 16,000 and action folded back to Bergerson. He quickly called and tabled . He was racing against and unfortunately came up second best when the board ran out .