We found this hand on the river with at least a 20,000 pot. The board was and Narendra Banwari was all in for around 30,000. Dmitry Stelmak was deep in thought contemplating the call. After a short tank Stelmak called and tabled .
The pocket fours were good enough because Banwari mucked his cards, collected his things and made his way to the rail.
We picked up the action on a flop as the action was on Leonard Truche. He checked, and Scott Divita bet 4,000 as the only other player in the pot. Truche responded with a check-raise all in over the top, and Divita made the call with for his last ~17,000. Truche was on the draw with the , and the turn gave him another few outs to chase down.
The river was the , and the flush comes for Truche. With it comes the elimination of Divita, and Truche climbs up to 84,000 or so.
Keith Ferrera opened for 2,400, Steven Goosen three-bet and Ferrera shoved. Goosen called and tabled and Ferrera held . The board ran and Goosen doubled up to 73,000.
On the turn, the board showed , and Kostantinos Segounis checked to J.C. Tran. Tran made a bet of 12,000 into a pot of more than 15,000, and Segounis check-raised all in for about 24,000 total. When the call came, Segounis' was trailing the of Tran, and the river means we've lost another player here in the early going.
On a board we saw Belley Phillippe and Jude Ainsworth check to a waiting Darryll Fish. Fish sensing weakness put out a bet of 4,300 and received a call from Phillippe. Ainsworth's however did not simply call he raised and made it 10,000 total.
Fish contemplated for quite awhile before eventually mucking. Phillippe also tanked for a long while before he eventually convinced himself he believed Aisnworth and folded.
We found this hand going to the turn with 10,000 in the pot already. The board read and Marcelo Fonseca checked. Gavin Smith bet out 5,800, Fonseca check-raised all in for 25,700 and Smith called. The hands were tabled and Fonseca had top pair holding .
However, Smith tabled and needed to dodge a queen and a jack to take the hand. The river bricked for Fonseca falling and chipping up Smith to 142,000.
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After a series of bets between Dwyte Pilgrim and Bret Hruby preflop the dealer put out . Pilgrim then check called a bet of 4,100 from Hruby. On the turn we had a repeat of action with Pilgrim checking and Hruby putting out a bet of 8,900 and Pilgrim smooth calling.
The river brought checks from both players. Cards were then flipped, Hruby showed for a pair of jacks. Pilgrim countered the pair of jacks by showing the table for a pair of kings and the winning hand. Pilgrim's growing chip stack has made him one of the big stacks in the room with around 200,000.
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and Narendra Banwari was all in for around 30,000. Dmitry Stelmak was deep in thought contemplating the call. After a short tank Stelmak called and tabled 
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flop as the action was on Leonard Truche. He checked, and Scott Divita bet 4,000 as the only other player in the pot. Truche responded with a check-raise all in over the top, and Divita made the call with 
for his last ~17,000. Truche was on the draw with the 
, and the turn 
, and the flush comes for Truche. With it comes the elimination of Divita, and Truche climbs up to 84,000 or so.
and Ferrera held 
and Goosen doubled up to 73,000.
of Tran, and the river 
means we've lost another player here in the early going.
and chipping up Smith to 142,000.
turn we had a repeat of action with Pilgrim checking and Hruby putting out a bet of 8,900 and Pilgrim smooth calling.
river brought checks from both players. Cards were then flipped, Hruby showed 
