A gigantic pot just went down between Jason Mann and Dick Van Luijk, and thankfully the ESPN crew and a Dutch colleague were able to fill us in on the details. According to them, Mann and van Luijk were heads up in a four-bet pot, wherein Van Luijk accidentally three-bet preflop. Mann cold four-bet, on Van Luijk called, and Mann led out on a flop of . Van Luijk moved all in for 900,000, Mann tanked for a considerable amount of time, and then called with .
Van Luijk tabled for just a pair of sixes, and the aces held up.
Mann now has over two million chips, while van Luijk hit the rail.
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Grayson Ramage and Nick Schwarmann were heads-up in a three-bet pot on a flop of . Schwarmann checked, Ramage fired out 39,000, and Schwarmann check-raised to 180,000. Ramage tank-called.
The turn was the , Schwarmann led out for 123,000, and Ramage tank-called once again.
The completed the board, Schwarmann moved all in for effectively 724,000, and Ramage tanked for longer than he had on the two previous streets combined. Finally, he called, and Schwarmann tabled . Ramage had that beat with for trip queens, and raked in a massive pot.
The action hasn't slowed down at the feature tables in the middle of the Amazon Room. We just found Roman Shaposhnikov all in preflop for 215,000 with against Jamie Armstrong's . The flop provided a huge sweat, giving Shaposhnikov top set and Armstrong the nut flush draw, but the on the turn ended it quickly as Shaposhnikov made a boat. The meaningless river card secured the double for Shaposhnikov, while Armstrong slid to 230,000.
Following an Adam Sherman open for 23,000 from under the gun, four players called including Sami Rustom (button) and Jonathan Jaffe (big blind).
The flop came , and after the small blind checked, Jaffe fired 40,000 and only Sherman and Rustom called.
The turn then brought the . This time Jaffe bet 50,000, and Sherman called once more. Then Rustom made it 150,000 to go, and Jaffe didn't wait too long before calling. Sherman, meanwhile, tanked for about a minute before letting his hand go.
The river was the . This time Jaffe checked, and after about a half-minute Rustom declared he was all in. Jaffe sat in thought for another minute or more, then folded.
Rustom wouldn't give in to post-hand urging from others at the table to show his hand, although as the next hand was dealt he insisted he had a flush. That one pushes Rustom up over 1.7 million now.
Alex Livingston opened with a raise to 22,000 from middle position. In the next seat, Jean-Yves Malherbe reraised to a total of 49,000. Action folded around to Yevgeniy Timoshenko who was on the button. He cold four-bet to 114,000. Next to act was Annette Obrestad and she five-bet to a total of 270,000 from the small blind. Action folded around to Livingston who folded. Malherbe decided to move all in for a total of 801,000. Timoshenko quickly folded but after only a few seconds Obrestad called and the hands were tabled.
Obrestad:
Malherbe:
Both players were holding pocket kings and they would chop the pot unless a four flush came down, but the board ran out and both players were able to chop the giant pot with the same hand.
Nicolas Le Floch opened the button to 27,000 only to have Bryan Pellegrino three-bet the small blind to 61,000. Le Floch made the call and the dealer spread a flop.
Pellegrino slid out a bet of roughly 72,000 and Le Floch open-folded his to give Pellegrino the pot to move his stack upwards of 1,465,000 in chips.
Ludovic Lacay got the rest of his small stack in preflop holding , and he was up against the of Clement Tripodi. The players had to wait for over a minute for the cameras to come over and grab it, and the table started to get a bit restless. When they arrived, the dealer ran out a board of , and Tripodi made an unnecessary top pair on the river to bust Lacay.
Chris Johnson opened for a raise to 20,000, and Jaime Kaplan on the button was the only caller. Johnson put out a continuation-bet of 25,000 on the flop. Kaplan made the call. The turn brought another lady, the , and Johnson checked. Kaplan bet 50,000, and Johnson called. The river brought an , and Johnson checked once more. Kaplan slid his cards to the side, clearing a path to push all of his chips forward. Johnson tanked for a couple of minutes before eventually letting his hand go.
. Van Luijk moved all in for 900,000, Mann tanked for a considerable amount of time, and then called with 
. Schwarmann checked, Ramage fired out 39,000, and Schwarmann check-raised to 180,000. Ramage tank-called.
, Schwarmann led out for 123,000, and Ramage tank-called once again.
completed the board, Schwarmann moved all in for effectively 724,000, and Ramage tanked for longer than he had on the two previous streets combined. Finally, he called, and Schwarmann tabled 
. Ramage had that beat with 
for trip queens, and raked in a massive pot.
. The 
flop provided a huge sweat, giving Shaposhnikov top set and Armstrong the nut flush draw, but the 
on the turn ended it quickly as Shaposhnikov made a boat. The meaningless 
river card secured the double for Shaposhnikov, while Armstrong slid to 230,000.
. This time Jaffe checked, and after about a half-minute Rustom declared he was all in. Jaffe sat in thought for another minute or more, then folded.
and both players were able to chop the giant pot with the same hand.
flop.
to give Pellegrino the pot to move his stack upwards of 1,465,000 in chips.
of Clement Tripodi. The players had to wait for over a minute for the cameras to come over and grab it, and the table started to get a bit restless. When they arrived, the dealer ran out a board of 
, and Johnson checked once more. Kaplan slid his cards to the side, clearing a path to push all of his chips forward. Johnson tanked for a couple of minutes before eventually letting his hand go.
