The pot was around 1,900 when the dealer fanned a flop of that was checked around to the turn. Calvin Anderson bet 1,800 from the small blind and the hijack called along with Ludovic Riehl on the cutoff.
The filled up the river and Anderson opted to check. The hijack moved all in for 4,600 and Riehl quickly called but Anderson folded.
The hijack tabled for eights full of queens but that wasn't good enough as Rihl revealed for jacks full of queens to win the pot, sending his opponent to the exit.
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Niall Farrell put in his last 400 chips from the small blind after the players in the hijack had raised to 200. The player in the big blind four-bet to 1,200 for the initial raiser to fold showing the .
"Well, there goes one of my outs," Farrell's opponent commented.
Niall Farrell:
Big Blind:
The board ran out for Farrell to not get any help of the board as he was sent away from the tournament area.
When asked how he lost all the other chips, Toby Lewis sais he overplayed a pair of tens against a set.
The player on the cutoff raised to 400 and Maurice Hawkins called from the big blind.
The flop came and Maurice check-called a bet of 800 from his opponent.
The turn brought the and this time Hawkins fired a bet of 1,400 that his opponent called.
The completed the board and was checked around. Hawkins revealed and his opponent mucked.
"You're choosing to play against me. I'm in the big blind you can just fold. You're going out of your way to play against me," Hawkins joked with his opponent after raking in the pot.
Table #452 includes Erik Seidel, Paul Volpe, Sam Grafton, Jonas Mackoff, and Brian Yoon. The players all seem to be getting along and chatting away.
Volpe raised to 600 from mid-position and Grafton called in the hijack but folded when Volpe continued with a bet of 800 on the flop. Volpe let Grafton pick a card to see and he flipped over the .
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