Phil Ivey raised to 700 on the button, a player came along for the ride in the small blind and Andrew Lichtenberger three-bet to 3,000 out of the big blind. Both Ivey and the player in the small blind called, and the dealer fanned a flop of .
The action checked to Ivey, he took the opportunity to bet 6,000 and both of his opponents called. The trio checked on the turn () and the river was the . All three players checked again and Lichtenberger showed for the nuts. The trap didn't work, but he still pulled in a nice pot.
The very next hand, Ivey raised in the cutoff, his neighbor on his left called again and Christian Harder defended his big blind. The flop came , Harder checked and Ivey continued for 1,300. Only the player on his left called.
Ivey slowed down on the next two streets, check-calling bets of 1,500 on the turn () and 2,350 on the river () and the player revealed . Ivey showed and dragged the pot.
When we arrived at Table 365, the flop was . Phil Laak had 1,500 sitting in front of him, Jean-Robert Bellande had 6,000, and Talal Shakerchi had an identical 6,000. Laak folded.
The turn was the . Bellande quickly fired out 10,000 and Shakerchi tanked for less than 30 seconds before calling.
The river was a repeat five — the — and Bellande immediately splashed 14,000 in front of him. Shakerchi made another insta-call, and Bellande revealed for top pair. It was no good against Shakerchi's , however, and the British high roller won the pot.
Tony Gregg raised to 800 from early position, Grayson Ramage called in the cutoff and Brian Roberts three-bet to 3,900 from the big blind. Gregg called, Ramage folded and the flop fell .
Roberts continued for 2,700, Gregg called and the hit the turn. Both checked, the river completed the board and Roberts bet 11,000. After a few moments, Gregg called.
Roberts tabled for kings and sevens, but Gregg had it beat with for a ten-high straight.
Greg Merson and Cary Katz were heads up on a flop of with around 15,000 in the middle, and Merson opted to check. Katz checked behind, the river was the , and both players knuckled. Merson tabled for a pair of aces, and Katz mucked.
Joseph Cheong raised to 800 from under the gun and five players called: Tom McCormick (early position), Nick Schulman (hijack), Connor Drinan (button), Brandon Steven (small blind) and Kevin Song (big blind).
The flop came and the action checked to Schulman. He fired out 2,300 - only Drinan called - and the turn was the . Both players checked.
The river was the , Schulman led out for 6,000 and Drinan tank-folded.
Galen Hall raised to 600 from under the gun and was called by six players, bringing a flop.
Action was checked to Jean-Robert Bellande in early position when he bet 3,500. The player in the small blind check-raised to 7,500, Bellande called and the turn was the . The player in the small blind bet 8,000 and after about 60 seconds, Bellande raised all in for about 57,000. His opponent tanked for a bit before folding face up.
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