board from Greg Raymer before both checked the
turn and
river.Keys showed
and Raymer said, "They call me down when I have A-K and fold when I have aces..."
board from Greg Raymer before both checked the
turn and
river.
and Raymer said, "They call me down when I have A-K and fold when I have aces..."
, Jean-Robert Bellande bet 6,500 and his opponent min-raised to 13,000. Bellande grabed a big stack as if he was going to raise, then he smooth called instead.
and Bellande led out small for 8,000. His opponent called.
and Bellande fired out 35,000. After Bellande under-bet the turn and then made a healthy bet on the river, his opponent tanked for about two minutes before making the call.
for a set of eights and took down the pot. After getting down to 37,000, Bellande has built back up to 160,000.


, action checked to a player in late position who bet 13,000. John Hammer was on the button and next to act, which he did, raising to 33,000. The small blind folded as did Phil Hellmuth who was in early position, and we went heads up to the turn, which brought the
.
on the river brought another check-call, this time for 40,000, and Hammer tabled the 
for a full house. When his opponent mucked, Hammer had increased his stack to 600,000.
flop. The turn came
. Brown had first action and opened for 11,800. That bet folded the preflop raiser before Edler raised to 29,800. Brown moved all in, having Edler's 90,000 well-covered. Edler called with
, having turned a set of threes. Brown showed
, a flopped set of tens. There was no miracle for Edler on the
river.



. Calo is the odd man out with his kings betraying him. He's outta here, and Kostritsyn and Bjorin split up his money, picking up nearly 100,000 each on that exchange.

and was in the exceedingly uncomfortable position of being up against an opponent with 
.

. Now he just had to dodge a ten as well as an ace. The turn was the
, giving Schulman a full house. Just the two remaining aces to sweat with one card to come.
, and Shulman now has a stack just under 200,000.






dropped.
, but when the river fell the
Bellande found his double to over 70,000 with a diamond-flush.





and then faded his opponent's outs with the
and
. The hand added valuable chips to Baron's stack, taking him to 78,000.