Action was caught on the turn with the board 7♦2♠3♥8♦. Three players were still in action and the pot was 7,500. Cagdas Ersoy was in the big blind and checked, and the player in the cuttoff also checked. The button bet 4,000. Ersoy raised to 20,000.
Both of Ersoy’s opponents folded at that point and after holding on to his hand for a while, Ersoy turned over the pretty-looking 8♥8♣ for turned top set.
The action was caught with three players looking at a flop of J♦10♠8♦.
The action checked to the player in the hijack, who bet out 5,500. Scott Shafer, on the button called, while the small blind elected to check-raise to 16,000. The hijack folded and Shafer moved all in. The small blind called off for their effective stack of approximately 22,000.
Small Blind: A♦Q♥10♣9♣
Scott Shafer: Q♦8♣5♦2♠
The 7♣ turn and 2♦ river saw Shafer's flush send his opponent to the rail.
The cutoff raised to 800, Dumitru Pora called in the small blind and Shaun Deeb three-bet to 3,200 from the big blind. The original raiser folded and Pora called.
The K♣2♣2♦ flop and the 4♣ turn checked through to the 10♣ on the river. Pora took the lead for 3,500 and Deeb quickly called. Pora tabled Q♦9♣7♣6♦ for a flush, winning him this pot.
On a heads-up flop of 10♥6♣J♥, all the chips got into the middle between JD Ward and another player, with Ward covering.
Opponent: A♦K♥Q♥8♥
JD Ward: J♦J♣10♠9♣
Ward had the upper hand with his flopped top set, but his opponent had a plethora of outs with his wrap and flush draw. Luckily for Ward, the runout of 4♣J♠ improved him to quads and he scooped the pot while his opponent was sent to the rail.
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
After a preflop raising war, both the blinds headed to a flop with 7,700 already in the middle. Ayaz Mahmood, in the small blind, hovered his remaining stack of 2,600 over the felt ready to put it all in blind, expressing to his opponent Gabi Livshitz, in the big blind, that he knew he wasn't going to fold.
The dealer spread the 3♠6♥10♠ flop and Mahmood slammed his stack into the middle. Livshitz called just as fast.
Ayaz Mahmood: 10♣8♣7♠6♣
Gabi Livshitz: A♠J♠9♣4♣
The 3♦ turn and Q♣ river saw Mahmood's two pair held to double him up.
The pot stood at approximately 1,000 with both the blinds looking at a flop of A♣J♦10♣.
The small blind check-called a bet of 400 from Michael Wang, in the big blind.
The 5♥ turn saw a repeat of the action, this time Wang sized up to 1,500.
The 10♦ fell and the small blind played in flow. Wang sized up to 5,200 and the small blind was forced to fold.
After a preflop raising war among several players, the small blind found themselves all in and at risk for their effective stack of 36,000 against Kai Yang, in the big blind.
Small Blind: 6♥5♥5♣3♣
Kai Yang: A♣A♥K♠10♦
The board ran out 10♠3♦2♠8♦9♣; Yang's hand was best to send his opponent to the rail.
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