From middle position, Alex Kravchenko raised to 550. Marcel Luske called, David Williams called from the small blind, and big blind also called. With four players in action, the flop came down , and action checked around.
The turn was the , and play checked around once more. Then, the completed the board on the river. Action checked to Luske, and he bet 3,000. Everyone quickly folded, and Luske won the pot.
The day is still young but Nikolaus Teichert just experienced a lot of pressure from Bryn Kenney who put a lot of chips at risk. Kenney raised from the cutoff to 500 and Teichert, no stranger to big buy in tournaments, made the call from the button.
The flop brought and Kenney threw out 800 and Teichert quickly called.
On the turn brought the and Kenney bet 2,300. Teichert tanked for a bit and eventually he made the call. The river completed the board with the and Kenney quickly bet 7,100. Teichert put together the call, played around with his chips, but eventually he let go of his hand.
Teichert was left behind with 18,000 while Kenney is up over the starting stack.
Matt Berkey just raised it up to 500 and three players decided to make the call including the big blind. The flop brought out and all four players quickly checked.
On the turn the hit and the big blind lead out for 850, which was quickly called by Berkey. The other two players folded and on the river the popped up. The action was checked and the big blind tabled . Berkey showed and he raked in this pot.
Ike Haxton, Vanessa Selbst and David Williams took centre stage in this morning’s PCA Q&A on staking, swapping and selling. Make sure you swap with the right people: Williams has swapped out $700,000 and got $0 in return! Find out some of their top tips at the PokerStars Blog.