A player in early position opened to 1,400 and Jacob Naquin called from the next seat over. Marvin Rettenmaier, from the cutoff, three-bet to 3,825. The player in the small blind four-bet to 8,275, forcing a fold from the original raiser. Naquin, though five-bet to about 16,000. Rettenmaier six-bet all in for roughly 25,000, resulting in a fold from the player in the small blind. Naquin called immediately.
Rettenmaier:
Naquin:
The board came down as Naquin rivered a straight to eliminate Rettenmaier.
With around 12,000 in the pot and a board reading , an early-position player fired out a huge bet of 17,000 into Matt Waxman, who was sitting with a big stack.
Waxman thought long and hard as his opponent still had a considerable stack behind. Minute passed before a clock was called, and then another minute passed as the floor counted down to zero. At that point the dealer mucked Waxman's hand and his opponent revealed .
When we reached the table, the board was completed . Eric Crain led out for 25,000 into a pot of about 60,000, and Simon Higgins slid out enough chips to put Crain all in.
"What is going on?" Crain exclaimed.
After about a minute in the tank, he folded. He then offered Higgins a drink if he showed his hand. Higgins obliged, tabling for a set of aces.
"COCKTAILS!" Crain shouted. "I need seven drinks...for me!"
The players at the table laughed, and George Lind interjecting, saying that showing the hand was worth a drink.
"Yeah," Crain added, looking at Higgins. "Enjoy your water."
Jason Somerville filled us in on the details of Owen Crowe doubling through Phil Ivey.
Ivey opened preflop and was raised by Crowe form the next seat. Action folded back to Ivey who called, resulting in an flop. A check from Ivey led to a bet of 6,000 by Crowe, which Ivey popped to 17,000. Crowe re-raised all in and Ivey called with . Crowe had a lot of outs to fade with his .
The hit the turn to give Ivey a flush, but a landed on the river to fill Crowe up.
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as Naquin rivered a straight to eliminate Rettenmaier.
, an early-position player fired out a huge bet of 17,000 into Matt Waxman, who was sitting with a big stack.
flop, Robert Mizrachi bet 2,150. Govert Metaal made the call, then the first player folded.
, and Mizrachi checked. Metaal fired 5,500, and Mizrachi folded.
. Crowe had a lot of outs to fade with his 
hit the turn to give Ivey a flush, but a 
landed on the river to fill Crowe up.
