Tsugunari Toma opened the cutoff for 3,900 and his neighbor Ognyan Dimov three-bet all in from the button for 16,100. The blinds folded, Toma called.
Tsugunari Toma:
Ognyan Dimov:
The flop came , giving Toma a gutshot, flush draw, and his cards were still live. The on the turn paired up Dimov and the on the river was a blank to see Dimov double.
On the three-way flop of , Eirik Indahl's bet of 5,200 was called only by Xixiang Luo in the cutoff and the fell on the turn. Indahl continued for 16,000 and Luo raised to 38,000, which the Norwegian called. The on the river was eventually checked through and Indahl showed for aces and queens. Luo had that beat with and won the pot.
Both bashed heads soon after, in the next hand to be exact, and created a pot of 35,000 to the river. Indahl checked to Luo and reluctantly paid off a bet of 30,000 by the Chinese, who rolled over for two pair to claim yet another big pot.
Three players had built a pot of about 30,000 and checked a board of . Thomas Muehloecker checked from the big blind on the river and Jason Wheeler bet 18,000. The player on the button snap-called, and Muehloecker quickly folded.
We found Fatima Moreira de Melo deep in the tank on the button with on the felt. Dietrich Fast had put in 45,000 from the small blind with the pot already looking to contain at least 60,000. He had left himself just about 7,500 back. After several minutes of thought, someone called a clock. Shortly after the supervisor arrived, the PokerStars Team Pro splashed in a call.
"Ace-high," Fast said, showing the and holding his other card over the muck.
Maria Konnikova was all in for her last 13,700 with the and table neighbor Guillaume Pau Davy looked her up with the . The board of provided the ace on the turn and Konnikova doubled.
Soon after she raised to 4,000 and Hari Bercovici called out of the big blind. On the flop, Bercovici check-called a bet of 6,000 before both checked the turn and river. Konnikova turned over to scoop another decent pot and boost her stack significantly.
For Liv Boeree, the day came to an early end, though. The PokerStars Team Pro was spotted leavin her chair while Alex Foxen raked in the pot. According to Foxen he raised and called the three-bet jam for 21 big blinds with aces. Boeree only had pocket sevens and failed to find any help.
On a flop of , Ismael Bojang check-raised from 3,000 to 7,500 and called the reraise to 13,000 by Jussi Nevanlinna to see the on the turn. Bojang checked and Nevanlinna's bet of 7,000 forced a quick fold. "Do you want to guess what I had?" the FInn offered and let Bojang pick one card, it was the .