We join the action in this three way pot on fifth street.
Chino Rheem:
Patrick Bueno:
Huck Seed:
Bueno checked, Seed bet 600 and Rheem raised to 1200, Bueno folded and Seed made the call. On 6th Rheem led for 600 and now Seed raised, Rheem making the call before calling another bet on 7th.
Seed turned over for a Six-high straight and a 6-5-4-3-2 low. Rheem flipped for a Nine-high straight and a 8-7-6-5-4 low.
Five players limped in, including Jonathan Tare, Erick Lindgren, and Josh Arieh. The small blind raised to 400, the big blind folded and all six limpers called.
The flop was checked around. The turn was the and the small blind led out for 1,500. Tare called from UTG and the rest of the table folded. The river was the and the small blind led again for 2,000. Tare picked up a 5,000-denomination chip and twirled it around for a bit before announcing a raise to 7,000. The small blind called.
Tare first revealed the ... then the ... and finally the for the straight flush. The pace and the order in which Tare flipped over his hole cards did not please his opponent one bit, the man expressing his desire to either return the favor or bust Tare if he got the opportunity.
Katja Thater, John Hennigan and James Mackey were involved in a hand with boards as follows:
Thater:
Henningan:
Mackey:
Thater bet out on 3rd and Henningan raised with Mackey and Thater both calling. On 4th Henningan bet again after both players checked but was called once more.
On 5th, Thater checked her Ace, Henningan bet and Mackey folded. Thater though called and continued to call bets on 6th and 7th.
Henningan flipped for a 9-high straight and a 7-6-5-4-2 low. Thater lifted her cards high enough for me to see she had in the whole. Trip aces but no low meant Henningan scooped.
Tim Phan opened for 425 from middle position, Brett Richey three-bet to 1,425 from late position and Phan called.
The flop was and Phan check-called a 2,500 bet from Richey. The turn was the and Phan check-called an additional 3,600. The river fell the and Phan checked a third time. Richey fired out 11,000 and Phan folded.
After the hand, Richey was up to 38,000 while Phan's stack slipped to 24,000.
A middle position player raised to 400, Daniel Alaei called from the button and Michael Binger called from the small blind. The flop was . Binger checked to the MP player, who bet 1,000. Alaei called and Binger folded. Both players checked the on the turn. The river was the and the MP player check-called 2,600 from Alaei.
Alaei turned up for a jack-high straight and picked up the pot.
David Oppenheim (X) (X) (X)
Toto Leonidas (X) (X)
Chau Giang (X) (X) (X)
We picked this one up on sixth street, Chau Giang leading out with a bet. David Oppenheim raised, Toto Leonidas folded, and Giang three-bet. Oppenheim called and Giang bet in the dark on seventh street. Oppenheim peeked at his down card and made the call.
Giang turned up for trip aces, but Oppenheim had a flush with and took down the pot.
Josh Arieh raises to 400 and Esther Taylor reraises to 1,150 from the button. Arieh now makes it an additional 3,000 on top of this and Taylor quickly called.
The flop was , Arieh bet 6,500 and Taylor made the call. Both players then checked the turn and river.
Arieh turning over the which had just pippped Taylor's
John Juanda (X) (X) (X)
Shawn Buchanan (X) (X) (X)
We picked this hand up on fourth street, Buchanan betting out with his open pair of queens. Buchanan kept his foot on the gas, leading out on fifth, sixth, and seventh streets, Juanda calling him down.
Buchanan showed for queens full of deuces and took down the pot.
for a Six-high straight and a 6-5-4-3-2 low. Rheem flipped 
for a Nine-high straight and a 8-7-6-5-4 low.
flop was checked around. The turn was the 
and the small blind led out for 1,500. Tare called from UTG and the rest of the table folded. The river was the 
and the small blind led again for 2,000. Tare picked up a 5,000-denomination chip and twirled it around for a bit before announcing a raise to 7,000. The small blind called. 
... then the 
... and finally the 
for a 9-high straight and a 7-6-5-4-2 low. Thater lifted her cards high enough for me to see she had 
and Phan check-called a 2,500 bet from Richey. The turn was the 
and Phan check-called an additional 3,600. The river fell the 
and the MP player check-called 2,600 from Alaei. 
for trip aces, but Oppenheim had a flush with 
and took down the pot.
which had just pippped Taylor's 
for queens full of deuces and took down the pot.
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