Hands #49-53: Riess and Katz Clash With the Same Hands
Hand #49: Jake Schindler made it 100,000 with 
and Ryan Riess, seated on the button, eyed his stack before flatting with 
. Cary Katz squeezed to 350,000, holding 
in the small blind. Schindler folded and Riess asked Katz about how much did he have left. It was about 800,000 and Riess let it go.
Hand #50: Small blind Ben Tollerene completed with 
but Schindler had no intention of letting him see the flop for cheap as he had 
in the small blind. He raised it up to 140,000 but Tollerene called anyway.
The flop came 
and Schindler checked his kings back to let the 
appear on the turn. Tollerene now had an up-and-down straight draw but he tapped again. Schindler also checked and the 
hit the river. Tollerene checked one more time and Schindler finally went for value, betting 200,000. Tollerene had no other plan than folding.
Hand #51: Katz opened to 100,000 with 
and Riess peeled the exact same hand in the small blind, provided in the 
colours. He flatted and they carried on to the 
flop. Katz checked behind and they both caught top two on the turn.
Riess wasted no time, leading 275,000. Katz took the full length of the allotted 30 seconds before verbally announcing "six-fifty". Riess moved all-in and Katz called right away. They learned that there was no drama coming to the river as the pot has already been chopped.
Hand #52: Schindler opened the button to 100,000 and Katz defended his big blind. The black 
missed Katz who had 
but he could be happy avoiding hearts as Schindler held 
. Schindler took it down with a c-bet.
Hand #53: Riess raised to 100,000 with and Tollerene called with 
in the big blind. The 
brought a quick check-bet-fold line as Riess claimed the pot with a continuation bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,685,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
1,975,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,275,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
765,000
-360,000
|
-360,000 |
and Ben Tollerene shipped all in for 765,000 in the small blind holding 
and Riess checked his option with 
and Katz just checked his 
in the small blind and Schindler raised to 120,000 in the big blind with 
. Katz outflopped Tollerene on the 
and check-called another 55,000. The 
turn saw Katz check again and Tollerene checked back with only 1.33-times the pot behind. Katz then min-bet the 
river, getting a thin value from Tollerene who called with king-high. Tollerene dropped to just eight big blinds as the blinds went up after the hand.
board, securing himself a vital double up.
and Ben Tollerene shipped all in for 775,000 holding 
. The flop came 
, forcing Katz out of the pot.
. Schindler also caught a piece of the board and he led out 50,000 with 
on the turn.