Cortes Springs the Check-Raise
Level 13
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Jesus Cortes opened for 35,000 second to act and got two calls. The flop came 
and action checked to Steve O'Dwyer in the cutoff, where a bet of 70,000 hit the felt. Jean-Noel Thorel made it 150,000 in the small blind and Cortes was undeterred by the heavy action as he jammed for about 850,000.
O'Dwyer mucked quickly but Thorel needed lots of time, four extensions worth. He eventually released.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000
283,000
|
283,000 |
|
636,000
-264,000
|
-264,000 |
|
390,000
-145,000
|
-145,000 |
|
||
. O'Dwyer woke up with a check-raise to 162,000 but Thorel was in there with a call. On the 
, O'Dwyer checked and quickly folded to 175,000.
and Justin Bonomo re-raised to 105,000 in the big blind with 
. Nemeth four-bet shoved all in for 445,000 and Bonomo wasted little time before making the call.
to increase Bonomo's outs with a flush draw. However, the 
on the turn and the 
on the river missed him completely and Nemeth survived a sweat.
came off the deck, with Hunichen check-calling 55,000 and then 125,000. On the river, he got a rough count of his opponent's stack then fired out 295,000. Thorel folded fairly quickly.
. Mikita Badziakouski shipped all in for 687,000 in the small blind holding 
to leave Vieira in the lead with his pocket kings. The turn brought the 
and the river was the 
as Vieira scored more than a double up.
and Stephen Chidwick called from the small blind with 
which gave both players a pair. The turn was the 
as Kanit picked up a flush draw but the 
as Foxen took the lead and held on through the 
on the river.