David Williams just took a seat in the tournament and fell right into the big blind. There was a raise to 1,500 in middle position and Williams defended.
The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn and the on the river. Two more checks and Williams tabled which bested his opponent's .
Ryan Leming started the action off by raising to 1,300 in early position, the player two to his left called and the big blind defended.
The flop came , the big blind checked, Leming moved all of his chips in the middle for 16,100. The player in the middle folded, and the action was back to the big blind,
"That's a big bet, why so much?" he said.
After about a minute in the tank, the big blind called and both hands were tabled.
Ryan Leming:
Big blind:
Leming was in the lead with a pair of tens, the turn locked up his win, and the improved his opponent to trips but it wasn't good enough to beat Leming's turned straight.
Esther Taylor just joined her new table after her first bullet didn't go quite the way she was hoping. In her first hand, she made it 2,000 to go in the cutoff and was called by two players.
The flop came and the action checked around to the on the turn. The big blind led out for 5,500 and was called by the player in middle position. Taylor also called and the completed the board.
The action checked to Taylor who pushed all in for 24,000, just less than the pot, despite the dealer announcing the size of the pot and not Taylor's bet. The big blind instantly folded but her other opponent thought for a minute but also came to the same decision, allowing Taylor to scoop the pot.
The under-the-gun player opened the action by raising to 2,000, a player in middle position called, Jeff Madsen called from the button and Tim Reilly called from the big blind.
The flop fell , all three players checked to Madsen and folded to his 5,400 bet.
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Following a raise to 2,000 from player under-the-gun, Jennifer Tilly called on the button. The two players saw a flop of and the action checked to Tilly who bet 3,000. Her opponent called and the landed on the turn.
Tilly's opponent checked again and she quickly fired out another bet of 6,000. This time her opponent tossed his cards away and Tilly dragged in the pot.
Michael Wang raised it up to 2,400 from under the gun and was only called by the hijack. The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn and the on the river.
Wang finally tossed in a bet of 4,600 and his opponent briefly thought before making the call. Wang turned over for a set of sixes and his opponent mucked.