Jeff Shulman opened the action with a late position raise. Chad Brown peered down at his cards on the button and tossed out a three-bet. John Virtue four-bet from the big blind and action was back to Shulman.
Shulman threw away his hand with a sour look on his face and Brown called. The two heads up players saw a flop fall. Virtue continued out only to find a raise from Brown. Virtue called and the turn was the .
Virtue opted to check-call a bet from Brown on this street and the completed the board. Both players checked and Virtue flipped up for top pair and top kicker. Brown threw his cards and the muck and Virtue was able to grab the pot from our chip leader.
Maria Ho checked with the board reading . Jonathan Duhamel bet, and Ho called. The river was the , and Ho quickly checked again. Duhamel tossed out a bet, and Ho thought for a bit before calling.
Action folded to Jimmy Fricke's small blind and Fricke tossed out a raise. The big blind called and the flop came . Fricke continued out and his opponent called.
Both players checked the turn and the rivered. Fricke checked and his opponent tossed out a bet. Fricke mulled over the decision for a moment before tossing in a call. His opponent and Fricke's high took down the pot.
When we reached Table 357, there was about 40,000 in the middle, and the board read . Kenny Hsiung checked, Maria Ho bet, and Douglas Redmann called all in for 3,200. Hsiung tank-called, and the river was the .
Hsiung led out, and Ho was visibly upset. She cut out a stack of purple T500 chips, then stacked them back up. She cut them out, stacked them up and shuffled them. Over and over.
Finally, she pushed her cards away, and Hsiung tabled for a king-high flush. Reddmann mucked his hand, and a wave of chips was sent Hsiung's way.
Moments later, at an adjacent table, Holger Lindemann bowed out as well.
Matthew Woodward opened with a raise before the flop. It folded to Maria Ho's small blind and she three-bet the action. Woodward four-bet and Ho five-bet all in. The hands were turned over to see Ho in a dominating position:
Ho:
Woodward:
The board fell and Ho's kings were able to score her a crucial double up as we near the money bubble.