Andrew Lichtenberger opened to 7,000 under-the-gun. Everybody folded to the small blind who shoved all in for exactly ten big blinds. The big blind folded and Lichtenberger, after some thinking, made the call. Lichtenberger showed and was dominated by the small blind's . No help for Lichtenberger with | | on the table and he has to continue with just 19 big blinds.
Dustin Graves raised it up to 6,500 in early position, and Jeremy Ausmus called on the button. The big blind also came along, and the flop came . It was checked to Graves, who fired out 8,500. Ausmus asked how much it was, then started tanking. After about 30 seconds, the big blind folded out of turn, and was forced to take his cards back. This may have influenced Ausmus's decision making, as after tanking for about two minutes, he moved all in for 72,000. It got back to Graves, and he quickly called.
Ausmus:
Graves:
Ausmus's middle pair was in rough shape against the pocket rockets of Graves, and the board would bring him no help, coming and . After collecting that pot, Graves has jumped his stack up to 165,000.
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Joao Dornelesneto opened the hijack to 6,500 and received a call from his neighbor on the button. Marc-Andre Ladouceur squeezed all in from the small blind for 39,000 total. The big blind gave up his chips and so did Dornelesneto. The player on the button thought about it and eventually said: "Yeah, I'm going to call you". Ladouceur tabled and was up against . "Oh nice hand. I set you up for the squeeze but you found a real nice hand" the player on the button said.
The flop was still good for Ladouceur: . He could feel the bad news coming though. Ladouceur predicted a six on the turn, which would give his opponent an open-ended, but in fact the would pop up giving the button a pair. Ladouceur could still hit a king or spade for the double up but he would fail on that mission. The on the river was a complete blank and Ladouceur made his way to the exit in 83th place.
The player under-the-gun opened to 6,500 and a couple positions in Belgian player Bart Lybaert made it 11,500 to go. The other players, including the blinds, folded and the initial-raiser made the call. on the flop and under-the-gun check-called a 7,500 bet. Both players checked the on the turn and the completed the board. The under-the-gun player bet out 15,500 and Lybaert folded after some thinking.
From under the gun, Garry Gates opened with a raise to 6,000. Action folded around the Kara Scott in the small blind, and she put in a reraise to 15,000. After the big blind folded, Gates sized up Scott's stack, then made the call to take a flop in position.
On the flop, Scott checked quickly. Gates reached for chips and tossed out a bet of 15,000. Scott made the call.
The turn was the , and both players checked to see the land on the river. Slowly, Scott began to count out a bet, positioning a couple of towers from her stack. Just as she was about to slide her bet forward, Gates tossed his cards into the muck and said, "Nice hand."
Scott collected the pot and moved to 180,000, while Gates was knocked back a little to 146,000.
The player under the gun +1 moved all in for his last 40,500, and Joao Dorneles Neto was next to act. He announced call, and save for a couple players who thought momentarily, everyone folded rather quickly.
Dorneles Neto:
Opponent:
Dorneles Neto had the best hand he could hope for against his opponent, but he would have to dodge some outs after the flop came down . A ten would give his opponnt a straight, but hte board ran down nines, coming the , and the . After winning that hand, Dorneles Neto is back up to 250,000.
Jared Hamby, who had just successfully 3-betted Andrew Lichtenberger the last hand, opened under-the-gun plus one to 7,000. The big blind made the call and the dealer brought out the first three community cards: . The big blind shoved all in for a little over 50,000 and Hamby, with some doubt in his voice, made the call almost immediately.
Hamby was in good shape with his since the big blind showed up with . The on the turn was a safe card for Hamby but the on the river was not. He shook his head a couple of times, counting out the chips he owed in the mean time.
and was dominated by the small blind's 
. No help for Lichtenberger with 
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on the table and he has to continue with just 19 big blinds.
. It was checked to Graves, who fired out 8,500. Ausmus asked how much it was, then started tanking. After about 30 seconds, the big blind folded out of turn, and was forced to take his cards back. This may have influenced Ausmus's decision making, as after tanking for about two minutes, he moved all in for 72,000. It got back to Graves, and he quickly called.
and 
. After collecting that pot, Graves has jumped his stack up to 165,000.
. "Oh nice hand. I set you up for the squeeze but you found a real nice hand" the player on the button said.
. He could feel the bad news coming though. Ladouceur predicted a six on the turn, which would give his opponent an open-ended, but in fact the 
would pop up giving the button a pair. Ladouceur could still hit a king or spade for the double up but he would fail on that mission. The 
on the river was a complete blank and Ladouceur made his way to the exit in 83th place.
on the flop and under-the-gun check-called a 7,500 bet. Both players checked the 
on the turn and the 
completed the board. The under-the-gun player bet out 15,500 and Lybaert folded after some thinking.
flop, Scott checked quickly. Gates reached for chips and tossed out a bet of 15,000. Scott made the call.
, and both players checked to see the 
land on the river. Slowly, Scott began to count out a bet, positioning a couple of towers from her stack. Just as she was about to slide her bet forward, Gates tossed his cards into the muck and said, "Nice hand."
. After winning that hand, Dorneles Neto is back up to 250,000.
since the big blind showed up with 
on the turn was a safe card for Hamby but the 
