Tommy Le raised to 2,000, and Ben Tollerene three-bet to 6,800 from one seat over. Quan Zhou, on the button, and the player in the small blind called, and Le also tossed in the additional chips. All four players checked the flop and the turn. There was no betting action on the river either, and Tollerene announced a pair of aces, turning over his .
Le announced two pair but sent his cards into the muck as soon as Zhou flipped over for a set of nines as the winning hand.
The player under the gun limped in, and Zorlu Er also limped before the action reached Anthony Zinno on the button. Zinno, who won this very event in 2015, raised it up to 2,600, and Michael Huntress called in the small blind. The initial limper called, and Er also came along to see a four-way flop.
It came . All players checked, and the same applied for the turn. It checked around to Zinno on the river, and he bet 10,000. That forced out two opponents, but Er check-raised to 25,000. Zinno folded.
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With about 50,000 brewing in the pot on a board, Roberto Romanello bet 20,400 into his heads-up opponent. His opponent quickly raised, making it 55,000, and Romanello slid his cards into the muck.
On a four-way flop of , Zorlu Er bet 8,000 from the button, and Jan-Peter Jachtmann check-raised to 25,000 from the small blind. That forced out Anthony Zinno, in the big blind, and Michael Huntress, under the gun, before Er raised the pot. Jachtmann moved all in, and Er called.
Jan-Peter Jachtmann:
Zorlu Er:
Both players had flopped a full house, and neither one had a redraw to a better hand, having blocked each other's outs. Jachtmann shrugged and smiled while the meaningless turn and river completed the board.
Jachtmann dropped to just below the starting stack, while Er is back to exactly the starting stack after the hand.