Andrew Robl and an unknown player had been exchanging some heated words in regards to the rules with players mucking/showing their hand at showdown. That debate led into the following hand where the two players took a flop of .
The small blind checked and Robl bet 1,800. His opponent called and then checked the turn. Robl checked behind and the river brought the . The small blind checked again and Robl fired a hefty 6,000. His opponent made the call as Robl showed which was too good for his opponent who flashed .
"Ship it!" exclaimed Robl as his new friend went for a walk to cool off. Robl is up to 37,000.
It has been a rough couple hours for Tiffany Michelle. Her stack is all the way down to 7,500 now after folding the river in a recent pot. Four players were in pre-flop for 600 each. Action checked to the last player, whose bet of 1,600 on a flop of was called only by Michelle. She checked the turn and watched as her opponent checked behind. When the river fell , Michelle tried a bet of 3,000 that her opponent raised to 6,100.
"Fold and I'll show you my hand," her opponent said. She did ultimately fold and was shown for two pair.
An early-position player raised to 575 and the button flatted. Anton Allemann made the call as well from the small blind and action would be three ways to the flop, which came down .
On the flop, all three players checked, which wasn't too exciting. The turn added the to the board and Allemann fired 1,500. Only the preflop raiser called.
The river completed the board with the and Allemann fired 10,000. His opponent tanked and tanked before eventually making the call.
Allemann tabled the for the nut flush and scooped the pot to move to 42,000.
On a flop of , the big blind led out for 350 and James Akenhead called from late position. The turn was the and the big blind bet another 550. Akenhead called. The river fell the and the big blind slowed down and checked. Akenhead bet 350 and the big blind called.
Akenhead turned over . The big blind was apparently in kicker trouble as he flashed the before sending his cards into the muck.
Grayson Physioc raised to 525 preflop and was called in two spots. The first caller was in middle position and the next was out of the big blind.
The three of them took a flop of and the big blind checked. Physioc fired 1,125 and the next player called. The big blind folded.
The turn added the to the board, prompting a check from each player. The river then completed the board with the and Physioc fired 2,750. His opponent made the call.
Physioc tabled two black sevens, but couldn't beat the of his opponent who made a slightly better pair of eights. Physioc dropped to 32,000 in chips.
We came to Praz Bansi's table just as the river card was coming down, . With 4,000 already in the pot, Bansi's sole opponent led out for 2,400. Bansi made the call with unimproved , and it was good. His opponent mucked, allowing Bansi to chip up to 38,000.
Jordan Morgan raised to 500 with Dan Makowsky making the call along with the player in the big blind to see a flop of .
Play checked to Morgan who fired 1,100 with Makowsky making the call as the big blind stepped aside. The turn brought the and Morgan fired 3,200 with Makowsky calling once more.
The river was the and Morgan reached for chips but decided to check and Makowsky checked behind.
"Eight-high," sighed Morgan (which means he must've been holding ) as Makowsky opened for ace-high to take it down. Both players have around 40,000 chips.
Maria Ho raised to 475 from the hijack, and the big blind called. The flop fell , and the big blind fired 1,125. Ho raised it to 2,575, and her opponent called a little tentatively. He checked the turn, and Ho bet 3,700. This time, he decided to fold. "For $100, I'll show my hand," she offered him. He declined. "I didn't have a great hand," she admitted. "But it was better than yours."