Anh Le has been putting a lot of pressure on her opponents, and after one hand that she took down, Jeff Norman who is wearing a hoodie looked over at Le, who is wearing a white sleeveless sun dress and said "Aren't you cold?"
Le responded "I'd rather be sexy, than worry about being cold." The table and the rail got a chuckle out of that one.
Anh Le raised it up from late position and Dana Kellstrom called all in for less than the initial raise. With action on Jeff Norman, he sized up the situation and made the call.
The flop was and Norman checked to Le, who put in a bet. Norman folded and the cards were on their backs.
Anh Le:
Dana Kellstrom:
Kellstrom would triple up with any diamond, six, or ace however it was not meant to be as the turn, and river ensured the pot would be shipped to Le, who stacked up close to 370,000 after the hand.
Brian Meinders made it two bets to go preflop, and Al Barbieri immediately made it three on the button. Meinders made the call, and the two saw a flop.
Meinders checked, then called a bet from Barbieri and did the same on the turn.
The river was the , and for a third straight time, Meinders check-called the Barbieri bet.
Barbieri rolled over pocket threes, announcing "threes full." Meinders, on the other hand shook his head and mucked.
JJ Liu raised under the gun, and Anh Le reraised next door.
Liu called to see a flop of , and she led out with a bet. Le raised, and Liu went all in for a total of 14,000, turning up . She was ahead of Le's , and she would stay that was on the turn and river .
That earns Ms. Liu that much needed double up to about 85,000. "Thank you," she said. "Needed that. Girl help girl!"
Dana Kellstrom opened with a raise, and Anh Le three-bet from the small blind. "Twenty-three left," said Kellstrom as he made the call. "Just so you know."
The flop came out , and Kellstrom checked. When Le bet, he said, "Let's get them in there," and both players went ahead and put the 23,000 in the pot to put Kellstrom in immediate danger. He tabled , and Le said, "You got it," as she tabled her inferior . The turn was the and the river , and that running two pair means it's a split pot, both players using the ace in their hand to take half of the chips in the middle.
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A couple hands later, Kellstrom was all in again versus Le. The board showed when Kellstrom's last 11,000 went into the pot, and he turned over when he got called down. "Would you stop having my same hand?" Le chuckled, tabling her matching .
It was another chopped pot after the river , and Le just can not seem to get rid of Kellstrom.
It folded around to Jeff Norman in the small blind, and he raised it up, getting a quick call from Domenico Denotaristefani. The players saw a flop, and Norman led, and Denotaristefani decided to come along for the ride.
The on the turn got another bet from Norman, however this time Denotaristefani decided to put in a raise. Norman tossed in the chips to make the call, and the two saw the hit on the river, getting both men to tap the table.
Jeff Norman rolled over , and Domenico Denotaristefani mucked. Norman is up to about 220,000, while Denotaristefani drops to about 125,000
We caught up with the action on the turn with the board reading , and Albert Minnullin check-raised the turn bet of Eduardo Miranda. Miranda made the call, and the players saw an river.
Minnullin led out, and Miranda went into the tank for a few moments. Essentially, he was down to his last bet and needed to decide whether to stick it in or hope to double up on an upcoming hand. Ultimately Miranda decided there must have been too much in the pot, and put in the rest of chips, which technically constituted a 1,000 raise. Minnullin made the call, and Miranda tabled for a queen-high flush, and no good against the of Minnullin.
Minnullin looked to have about 370,000 after the hand while Miranda will be making his way over to the pay out cage.
JJ Liu got a few of her chips back against Dana Kellstrom when her found an ace on the board of . Dana Kellstrom called a bet on the flop and turn, and both players check-checked the river. Kellstrom's were second best, and that moved Liu back up to about 125,000 for the time being.
A few hands later, Liu raised under the gun, and Anh Le three-bet her from the next seat over. Liu called and checked a flop of . When Le bet, Liu raised, and her opponent called the extra small bet.
Liu led out with a full bet on the turn, only to see Le raise it back at her. After some head shaking and sideways staring, Liu counted out a reraise but eventually let her hand go with a reluctant slide across the felt.
"I didn't need the turn," Le said after a minute or so.
"Aces? Kings?" Liu asked. Le nodded and both players tapped the table in acknowledgement. Liu is back down arond 75,000.