After a middle-position open to 1,200, Konstantinos Nanos made it 3,200 in the hijack and was called by cutoff Ankush Mandavia. Daniel Colman cold four-bet all in from the small blind for 17,375, and the opener got out of the way. Nanos shoved as well for 25,000, causing Mandavia to grin at the action and count out his stack. He looked to have in the neighborhood of 80,000, but he decided to let his hand go after a minute or so.
Colman:
Nanos:
The two were racing, and it was Colman coming out ahead as he paired his ace on the board.
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With the board showing , Antonio Da Silva checked to Scott Seiver who smiled and loudly said "I check."
The dealer put out the on the river and Da Silva deferred to Seiver who grabbed some chips and said "can I bet this much?" He grabbed a few more.
"This much?"
Da Silva let out a small laugh. "You're funny," he said.
Seiver took that as an invitation to make a bet and put out 2,500 which was instantly called by Da Silva. Seiver proudly turned over his hand, , knowing he had lost the pot. He had, as Da Silva had been ahead the entire time with his and hit a five-high straight on the river.
"Nice poker," acknowledged Seiver to his opponent. Despite the small hit, Seiver is still looking good with a stack of 73,500 as the tournament nears the end of play for the day.
We found Dani Stern with a three-bet of 4,600 in front of him in the big blind, and Gaelle Baumann made it 10,500 to go from under the gun. A third player mucked, and Stern announced all in. Baumann wasted no time sending her cards to the dealer, preserving her last 24,000 or so.
We got to the table with approximately 7,000 already in the pot and the dealer putting out a flop of . Vanessa Selbst checked to Aaron Jones who tossed out a blue T5,000 chip while announcing a bet of 3,300. Selbst called.
The turn was the and both players checked leading to the on the river. Selbst checked a third time and Jones repeated his flop action by tossing out a blue chip while announcing a 3,300 bet.
"How much?" asked Selbst. The dealer told her the amount and she thought for nearly a minute before deciding to fold.
We didn't catch the hands but the seat formerly occupied by Jean-Robert Bellande has been filled by another player and Jeff Madsen just made a hurried exit from the table as the player to his immediate left stacked the rest of his chips.
Zachary Gruneberg bet 2,250 from the button on a board of , and Naoya Kihara raised it to 7,800 from the big blind. Gruneberg called, and Kihara put him to the test for his last 22,000 or so on the river. Gruneberg shook his head and thought for about a minute before flicking the dealer his cards.
board.
, Antonio Da Silva checked to Scott Seiver who smiled and loudly said "I check."
on the river and Da Silva deferred to Seiver who grabbed some chips and said "can I bet this much?" He grabbed a few more.
, knowing he had lost the pot. He had, as Da Silva had been ahead the entire time with his 
and hit a five-high straight on the river.
flop gave Helder a big lead with nines, and he held it as the 
and 
. Vanessa Selbst checked to Aaron Jones who tossed out a blue T5,000 chip while announcing a bet of 3,300. Selbst called.
on the river. Selbst checked a third time and Jones repeated his flop action by tossing out a blue chip while announcing a 3,300 bet.
river. Gruneberg shook his head and thought for about a minute before flicking the dealer his cards.
