Brian Smith open raised from the hijack and action folded to Matt Matros in the big blind, and he called. The flop came and Matros check-called a bet from Smith. The turn came and both players checked. The river fell , Matros checked, Smith bet and Matros called.
Smith tabled for a king high flush and Matros mucked.
Matt Hawrilenko open-raised from the hijack and Brandon Meyers reraised from the small blind. Hawrilenko called and the flop came . Meyers bet and Hawrilenko called to see the turn fall . Meyers bet again and Hawrilenko called. The river came and both players checked.
Meyers held but Hawrilenko had him beat holding . Hawrilenko is up to 750,000 and Meyers slipped to 900,000.
Nikolay Losev opened, and Noah Boeken three bet from the small blind. Losev made it 60,000, and Boeken called. The flop came , and Boeken checked. Losev bet and got a call. Boeken again check-called the turn. The river got one more check-call, and Losev showed for a rivered two pair. That worked well enough to win the pot, leaving Boeken with just 160,000 or five big bets, but no limit is coming up. Losev is up to 784,000.
Shortly after switching to no limit, Brandon Meyers opened to 22,000. Jonathan Lane moved all in for 126,000 total, and Meyers called and was going to need a lot of help to eliminate Lane.
Lane:
Meyers:
The board ran out , giving him the nut flush and a new stack of 270,000.
Matt Hawrilenko raised to 23,000 from the cutoff, and on the button, short-stack Noah Boeken shipped in his 130,000. Hawrilenko called with the best hand.
Boeken:
Hawrilenko:
The flop turned the tables and put Boeken in the lead, but Hawrilenko picked up a gutshot. The turn blanked with the . Then the river gave Hawrilenko Broadway and sent Boeken to the rail in seventh place. The Dutch are depressed.
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Matt "hoss_tbf" Hawrilenko opened, and Brandon Meyers reraised on the button. Nikolay Losev made it four bets from the small blind, and both opponents called, building a pot of 260,000 preflop.
Flop: - Losev bet, and Hawrilenko raised. Two bets was enough to fold out Meyers, and Losev flatted.
Turn: - Losev check-called a bet.
River: - Losev bet the scare card, and Hoss called the one bet on the end. Losev showed , but Hawrilenko's were good for the sizable pot. He's up to 1.45 million, and Losev is down to 500,000.
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and Matros check-called a bet from Smith. The turn came 
and both players checked. The river fell 
, Matros checked, Smith bet and Matros called.
for a king high flush and Matros mucked.
. Meyers bet and Hawrilenko called to see the turn fall 
. Meyers bet again and Hawrilenko called. The river came 
and both players checked.
but Hawrilenko had him beat holding 
. Hawrilenko is up to 750,000 and Meyers slipped to 900,000.
turn. The 
, giving him the nut flush and a new stack of 270,000.
flop turned the tables and put Boeken in the lead, but Hawrilenko picked up a gutshot. The turn blanked with the 
river gave Hawrilenko Broadway and sent Boeken to the rail in seventh place. The Dutch are depressed.
- Losev bet, and Hawrilenko raised. Two bets was enough to fold out Meyers, and Losev flatted.
