Bob Lauria raised when action folded to him in the small blind. Liz Lieu was in the big blind and she made the call. First the first three community cards the dealer dealt out the . Lauria bet out and Lieu raised him. Lauria made the call.
On the turn of the , Lauria checked first. Lieu then bet and Lauria raised her. Lieu reraised and was all in. Lauria called. He held the and turned his gutshot while Lieu held the . Her two pair wasn't drawing dead yet as she still had outs to a full house.
The river failed to produce a queen or a ten for Lieu and she was eliminated from the tournament. Lauria scooped in the pot and moved up to 48,000 chips.
On the flop of , Doug Saab checked to Toto Leonidas. Leonidas bet and Saab made the call. On the turn, the hit the felt. Saab and Leonidas both checked before the fell on the river. Both players checked again and then Saab opened the . He was edged out by Leonidas' for a better ace high.
Leonidas moved up to 15,000 and Saab slipped a tiny bit to 34,500.
Who says Limit Hold'em tournaments don't have action in them?!? We just witnessed a massive six-way pot involving Jennifer Tilly, Lonnie Heimowitz and Erik Cajelais that saw four players hit the rail when it was all said and done. Here's how it went down.
Timothy Vansant raised from under the gun and then action folded to Heimowitz in middle position. He made it three bets to go before Joseph Chaplin called from the cutoff seat. Denny Luong was on the button and raised all in for his last 4,000. Cajelais was in the small blind and called and then Tilly called in the big blind. The original raiser Vansant called, Heimowitz called all in for less by tossing in his last 100, and then Chaplin completed the action with a call as well. It took a few minutes for the dealer to divide up the correct side pots and move on.
The dealer spread the for the flop and first up was Cajelais. He bet and then Tilly raised. Vansant made it three bets and then action skipped Heimowitz who was all in and moved to Chaplin. He called the three bets before action skipped the all-in Luong and moved back to Cajelais. He raised and was all in for 4,400. Tilly was next and called all in for her last 4,200 total. Vansant then asked if he could raise one more time and it was ruled that he could. He was allowed to raise to 5,600 and did so. Chaplin was the only other player who still had chips and made the call.
There were four players (Cajelais, Tilly, Heimowitz and Luong) now all in as the dealer dealt the on the turn. Vansant bet and Chaplin called.
On the river, the board was completed with the . Before any action happened between the still-active Vansant and Chaplin, Cajelais got up from his chair, collected his things and walked out of the room. There is a rule that in all-in situations, all cards must be shown at the end so once action was completed, Cajelais could still win the pot. Vansant then bet and Chaplin called, claiming massive pot odds.
Vansant flopped sevens full of threes and it held up from there. He was able to get paid off on the latter streets from Chaplin and won the entire massive pot to push his stack to 92,400 chips. Cajelais (who was already in the parking lot), Tilly, Heimowitz and Luong were all eliminated on the hand. Chaplin was left with about 22,000 chips.
Team PokerStars Pro Joep Van Den Bijgaart opened the pot with a raise in the small blind and Flavio Ferrari called in the big blind.
The flop was and Bijgaart opened, Ferrari popped it and Bijgaart three-bet it. The turn brought the and Ferrari called a bet from Bijgaart. The river was the and Bijgaart bet. Ferrari called and the dutch tabled the .
Bijgaart is now up to 25,000 chips and Ferrari slipped to 28,000.
. Lauria bet out and Lieu raised him. Lauria made the call.
, Lauria checked first. Lieu then bet and Lauria raised her. Lieu reraised and was all in. Lauria called. He held the 
and turned his gutshot while Lieu held the 
. Her two pair wasn't drawing dead yet as she still had outs to a full house.
, Doug Saab checked to Toto Leonidas. Leonidas bet and Saab made the call. On the turn, the 
hit the felt. Saab and Leonidas both checked before the 
. He was edged out by Leonidas' 
for a better ace high.
for the flop and first up was Cajelais. He bet and then Tilly raised. Vansant made it three bets and then action skipped Heimowitz who was all in and moved to Chaplin. He called the three bets before action skipped the all-in Luong and moved back to Cajelais. He raised and was all in for 4,400. Tilly was next and called all in for her last 4,200 total. Vansant then asked if he could raise one more time and it was ruled that he could. He was allowed to raise to 5,600 and did so. Chaplin was the only other player who still had chips and made the call.
and Joseph Lopes was all in.
, Lopes is out of the tournament and Bogdanski is now up to 23,000 chips.
and Bijgaart opened, Ferrari popped it and Bijgaart three-bet it. The turn brought the 
and Ferrari called a bet from Bijgaart. The river was the 
and Bijgaart bet. Ferrari called and the dutch tabled the