An under-the-gun player raised and cleared the field all the way back to Nick Schulman in the big blind. Not one to be pushed around, Schulman three-bet and the UTG made the call. Schulman proceeded to bet every street as the board ran out . As it turned out, the UTG paid him off every step of the way as he could not beat Schulman's .
Mikhail Smirnov raised from the hijack and Darren Woods re-raised from the small blind. Smirnov made the call and Woods led out on the flop. Smirnov raised and Woods just called as both players checked the turn and river. Woods showed for a pair and Smirnov frustratingly turned over his which got cracked.
Josh Arieh raised from middle position and Nick Schulman called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop and Schulman checked again when the hit the turn. Arieh bet and Schulman made the call with the action the same on the river. Arieh turned over for top-top which was good as Schulman mucked.
A player in middle position raised and was quickly three-bet by Carlos Mortensen in the cutoff. The rest of the field got out of the way, and the MP player made the call. It went check-bet-raise-call on the flop, which was follow by the on the turn.
This time the MP player led out and Mortensen called, which happened again on the river. The MP player turned over for a missed flush draw, which mean the of Mortensen was as good as gold.
Carlos Mortensen raised on the button and Shunjiro Uchida called from the big blind. On the flop, Uchida check-raised Mortensen who re-raised him. Uchida made the call and then moved all in when the hit the turn. Mortensen called but threw his hand on top of the muck when Uchida revealed for bottom full house.
Daniel Negreanu pointed out that Mortensen’s hand had to be shown though since there was an all in. The dealer retrieved the cards from on top of the muck and turned over the of Mortensen which was drawing dead. The on the river was merely a formality and Uchida doubled up although Mortensen still had one of the larger stacks remaining in the field
When action reached young Daniel Kelly in middle position, he mustered the strength and wisdom possessed only by an experienced play to execute a raise. Not to be outdone and intimidated, the player in the hijack made a stand by three-betting. Wisely, the innocent players in the blinds got out of harm's way as the dealer instituted flop procedures.
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Perhaps it was fear, or a well-time trap, but Kelly rapped the table to signify a check. The hijack pounced on the opportunity with a bet, which his opponent called without so much as a flinch. The dealer burned and put out the next card.
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Again young Kelly checked, allowing the hijack to strategically place out a big bet. With the force of an unpredicted storm, Kelly moved in with a check-raise. Whether it was shock and awe or simple caution, the hijack decided just to call.
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This was the penultimate moment young Kelly had waited for. He gather a bet and forcefully pushed it forward. Just when it seemed as if he was on the verge of victory, the hijack put in a raise! Kelly made the call and the moment everyone had waited for arrived. The hijack slowly turned over his cards . . . for the nut flush.
While Kelly was defeated, he lost neither his poise, grace, nor dignity. He just lost a few chips.
Steven Kelly raised from under the gun and Antoine Saout re-raised from the hijack. David Baker took quite a while before he finally folded on the button while Kelly made the call. On the flop, Kelly led out and Saout raised all in. Kelly made the easy call and turned over for bottom set which had Saout’s crushed. The on the turn changed nothing and the on the river gave Kelly quads to rub it in for Saout who was sent home.
Barry Greenstein raised under the gun and action folded all the way around the Shaw Buchanan in the big blind. After a call, the flop came down and Buchanan check-called a bet, as he did on both the turn and river.
Greenstein exposed his full house to take down the pot.