On a board of Max Steinberg made a bet of 1,300 which was met by Kevin Saul who called it. The turn came the and Steinberg bet out again with a bet of 2,600. Saul called again. The river came the and when Saul checked a third time Steinberg bet 8,000. This put Saul deep into the tank. He thought for five minutes. He could not find a reason to fold and made the call.
Steinberg flipped up quads ! The flopped quads gave Steinberg a nice pot and a stack of 30,000
Harrison Gimbel led out for a bet of what looked like 2,700 on a board of , and a player in his direct left called. The river was the , Gimbel opted to check, and the player fired out 5,700. Gimbel tank-called, putting a few too many yellow T1,000 forward but not enough to make it an official raise. Confused, the player balked for a second before finally revealing .
Gimbel mucked his hand, and took back the extra chips.
We didn't catch the hand but Ryan Olisar and Simon Charette informed us of a massive chip exchange. Apparently Olisar was holding while Charette was holding suited. Charette had called a four bet preflop and ended up rivering a flush to scoop the massive pot.
Olisar is still alive but left with a short stack, while Charette has become one of the chip leaders in the room.
On a board of Erick Lindgren checked. The next player to act bet 1,300. The player to act after him moved all in. With action back on Lindgen, he moved all in with a covering stack as well. The player who originally opened the action folded and it was time to showdown.
Lindgren:
All in:
Lingren just needed to dodge a spade or a queen to earn the knock out and he did just that on the turn and river, which improved him to a full house.
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When we arrived at the table, Calvin Anderson had sitting in front of him, and the board read . The dealer was counting down his stack, which came to 41,500, and Cylus Watson was pushing chips forward to mach Anderson's amount.
Faraz Jaka was kind enough to give us the details of the double up. According to him, Watson told the table that he was going to make a big bluff before three-betting Jaka. Anderson cold-called, Jaka called as well, and the rest of the money went in on the flop between Watson and Anderson. Watson held two aces, and couldn't make a better two pair or trips by the river.
Anderson now has 90,000 chips, while Watson dropped to 14,000.
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Max Steinberg made a bet of 1,300 which was met by Kevin Saul who called it. The turn came the 
and Steinberg bet out again with a bet of 2,600. Saul called again. The river came the 
and when Saul checked a third time Steinberg bet 8,000. This put Saul deep into the tank. He thought for five minutes. He could not find a reason to fold and made the call.
! The flopped quads gave Steinberg a nice pot and a stack of 30,000
flop, Jaka continued with a bet of 2,000. The player on the button called.
and Jaka bet again, this time 3,200. The player on the button moved all in and Jaka snap folded.
, and a player in his direct left called. The river was the 
, Gimbel opted to check, and the player fired out 5,700. Gimbel tank-called, putting a few too many yellow T1,000 forward but not enough to make it an official raise. Confused, the player balked for a second before finally revealing 
.
suited. Charette had called a four bet preflop and ended up rivering a flush to scoop the massive pot.
turn and 
. The dealer was counting down his stack, which came to 41,500, and Cylus Watson was pushing chips forward to mach Anderson's amount.
