On a | board we saw one player check, and the hijack bet 8,000. Matthias De Meulder made the call from the button, the player in middle-position folded. The river brought the fourth spade with the and the hijack now checked. De Meulder bet, what looked like just 5,200, and received a quick call. De Meulder didn't directly open his cards and made it apparent his opponent would win with a spade. The hijack turned over and indeed won the pot.
A player in late position made it 7,200 and Yun Lo made it 24,200 behind him. The initial-raiser now went all in for 43,300 and Lo made the call. Lo tabled and the late position player was at risk with his . The flop came and didn't change a thing. The on the turn however made all the difference and the on the river wouldn't change that. Yun Lo is now up to 290,000.
Dominik Kulicki just stood up from the table to give us the details on his double up. With a raise and a three bet in front of him, he had the perfect opportunity to shove all in from the small blind with . The initial-raiser folded but the player on the button, who had three bet, made the call with pocket queens.
Kulicki flopped a flush draw and hit a fifth heart on the river. After that he won one more small pot and that takes his stack up to over 70,000 now.
We missed the precise action pre flop but we're pretty sure De Meulder shoved all in from the cut off over a late position raise. "You have a pair" asked De Meulder with a curious voice showing his . His opponent shook his had, but his would soon make one. The flop was king high and by the time the dealer had put out the river, De Meulder already had lost hope of a double-up: | | .
It was just a small pot, but you could feel the tension on Michael Gathy's side. Gathy, who started the day third in chips, opened the button to 6,000. Yun Lo, who started as the chipleader, made the call and the big blind came along to see a flop as well.
Lo and the big blind checked to Gathy who made a 9,000 continuation-bet with about 60,000 behind. Lo didn't hesitate for to long before bumping the action to 25,000 by tossing in five orange 5,000 chips. The big blind folded immediately and Gathy followed his lead after two minutes of tanking.
On a flop we saw Govert Metaal checking from the big blind. His opponent, who was acting out of the hijack position, made a 5,500 bet. Metaal cut out 15,000 and moved it forward. The player in the hijack made the call and the dealer burned and turned the . Metaal knocked on the table and folded without much hesitation to his opponents 17,000 bet.
There was already a little over 18,000 in the middle by the time we caught the action over on table Purple 441. The flop was and Barney Boatman checked from the big blind. Lily Newhouse made a 8,500 bet but that wasn't enough for the player in the cut off position. He made it 19,000 and Boatman folded. Newhouse made the call though and they went to the turn: . Both players checked and the completed the board. Newhouse bet 22,000 and was called. Newhouse tabled and was caught bluffing, her opponent showed and took down the pot.
Not long a go we wrote about a small pot Michael Gathy lost to Yun Lo. This time the pot was a lot bigger, and this time Gathy was the won winning. It was a pre flop all in but we're unsure of the exact action. All that is important is that Gathy was the proud owner of while his neighbor had the pair just below that: . The cards on the table would come no higher than a ten and that secured Gathy the double up: | | .