With around 20,000 in the pot, Juliet Hegedus was in the small blind and put out a bet of 18,000 on a board of . Her opponent tanked for several minutes, even apologizing to the table for taking so much time.
He eventually called and Hegedus turned over for trip tens as her opponent let out a big sigh before mucking.
Kao "Flexx" Saechao limped in early position. Another player limped in middle position but when the action got to the player in the cutoff he raised it up to 1,800. The player in the big blind smooth called. Saechao then moved all-in for 26,400. It folded back to the player in the cutoff.
"Are you on tilt?", he asked Saechao trying to get a read on his opponent. Apparently, they went head to head in a previous hand where Saechao laid down pocket queens in a tough spot.
The player in the cutoff eventually called the all-in of Saechao and the player in the big blind let his hand go.
Kao Saechao:
Opponent:
The board ran out . Saechao's pocket queens remained the best hand and he scored a double to bring him back to just about starting stack.
Heads-up to the flop, Andrew Kelsall bet out of the big blind and then faced a raise to 9,200, which he called. The turn was quickly checked through and Kelsall jammed the river. His opponent motioned to get a count and Kelsall quickly did the duty to determine it was for 25,200 total. No call followed as Kelsall's opponent briefly flashed the cards before sending them into the muck.
Dan Smith raised to 900 from under the gun and two players in middle position called. Action folded to the big blind for a call and the flop came .
All four players checked the flop and the turn was . The big blind checked and Smith bet 1,500. Both middle position players called and the big blind got out of the way.
The river was and Smith bet 15,000. The early player in middle position folded and his counterpart went briefly into the tank before sending his hand into the muck. Smith took down the pot and moved back above the starting stack.