Robinson Shows a Boat
A player in early position open-limped and Zachary Robinson limped behind in middle position. The cutoff then raised to 500 and Guanyun Cheng called on the button, as did both blinds. The original limper and Robinson also called.
"Six players," said the dealer before fanning a flop of 
. Three checks put action onto Robinson and he bet 1,200. Cheng and the big blind were the only callers, halving the number of players to the turn 
, where the three remaining players in the hand all checked.
The river came 
and the big blind bet 2,500. Robinson raised to 7,000, Cheng instantly folded, and the big blind called to take the hand to showdown.
Robinson tabled 
for a flopped set that became a full house after two queens completed the board. His opponent flashed 
and then mucked his hand, earning Robinson the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,800
33,800
|
33,800 |
|
16,500
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
and action was heads up between the hijack and Joel Bruessel, who was in the cutoff.
. With both players holding two red cards, the turn 
brought sweat to a backdoor flush draw. Petree had to fade two outs once more to double with his set of queens, and he did just that as the 
and both the big blind and Federspiel checked. Schmidtlein slid forward his remaining 12,500 and the big blind folded, sending action back to Federspiel, who thought for about 15 seconds before letting his hand go as well.
. Foster continuation-bet 4,000 and Chvala called.
and Chvala check-called another 4,000. Both players then checked the river 
and was shown 
to take the hand to showdown.