The early position player opened the action with a raise to 2,500 before Derrick Stoebe three-bet to 7,000 from middle position. The early position player moved all in for his last 24,000 and Stoebe made the call.
Early Position Player: A♣Q♣
Derrick Stoebe: K♥K♠
The board ran out 7♦10♣K♦A♥K♣ and Stoebe sent his opponent home while dragging in a nice pot.
The player in the late position raised to 2,300, and the player in the small blind moved all in, covering both Mike Souza in the big blind and late position. Souza called and late position got out of the way.
Mike Souza: 9♠9♦
Small blind: 5♦5♥
The board ran out 10♥8♦7♠6♥4♠ and Souza's higher straight earned him the double up.
A player from under the gun opened to 3,000, Jacob Mendelsohn three-bet to 8,000 and his opponent called.
Both players checked the flop and turn leading to a final board of 3♠A♠Q♣6♥A♣. The under-the-gun player checked, Mendelsohn bet 7,000 and his opponent made the call.
Mendelsohn tabled K♣K♠ for two pair and his opponent's hand hit the muck.
A player from under the gun limped in for 1,000 before the hijack player moved all in for 15,200. Cliff Nicholas called the shove from the button before the under-the-gun player limp-shoved for 49,600. Action was back on Nicholas who made the call, covering both opponents.
With two players seeing a board of 4♥3♣2♣ and about 17,000 in the middle, Joshua Thibodaux bet 5,500 from the big blind and was called by Christian Aven who was in middle position.
Both players then checked the 8♦ turn and A♦ river.
Thibodaux could only show K♦10♦ for a bluff while Aven had J♠J♣ for a pair of jacks to take the pot.
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