After the player first to act raised to 450 and received one caller, Peter Mavro three-bet to 2,225. Both the initial raiser and caller both flatted the three-bet to see the flop three-ways. However, all three players opted to check.
The turn was the and the player first to act bet 1,800. The next player folded before Mavro moved all in for 14,525. His opponent made the call and the hands were turned face up.
Mavro:
Opponent:
Mavro had to avoid the board pairing the river and did so when it fell the . He now has 37,000 while his opponent is left with just 3,500.
A player in early position raised to 450 and was called by John Nguyen to his left and Kevin Saul out of the big blind. The flop was which was checked by both Saul and the preflop raiser. Nguyen took this opportunity to bet 550 but was check-raised by Saul to 1,550. The third player got of the way and Nguyen made the call.
The turn was the , Saul continued for 2,350 and was called. The river was the and Saul bet again, this time 3,500. Saul tabled and Nguyen shipped the pot by flipping over .
Nguyen is now up to 21,000 while Saul falls to 19,000.
Danny Alvarez went to the flop with Chad Batista and two other players with the board reading . A bet from Alvarez cleared the field for him and Batista to see the turn. Batista checked, Alvarez bet out 2,700 and Batista called. The river came and Batista check-called 4,500.
Alvarez tabled for a runner-runner flush and Batista grimaced as he flashed the .
We caught the action on a board with a pot worth 2,600 being contested five ways. Action had checked to Duke Laha and he had bet 2,000. Bernard Lee, who had previously checked, was the only caller.
The turn was the and Lee led for 2,700. Laha pushed his last 7,200 in the middle and Lee thought for a bit before folding angrily. Laha eased his troubles by tabling the .
Hodson led out for 425 on a board before being raised to 1,200 by the player to his left. Action folded back around and Hodson made the call. The turn was the and was checked twice. The river came down as the which drew another bet from Hodson, this time for 2,150. His opponent threw in his cards to ship Hodson the pot. He now has 46,000 in chips.