A brief preflop raising war culminated in Team PokerStars Pro Jan Heitmann's opponent moving all in. Heitmann tanked up for a minute into the break as around him everyone headed for the door. Eventually he called, and they were on their backs.
Heitmann:
Hapless soon-to-be-bustee:
Board:
Heitmann made a full house, and his unlucky opponent headed for the door with the rest of the break crowd, but he will not be coming back once the 20 minutes are up. Heitmann looked a little sorry about it, but nevertheless he's looking good on 63,000.
Frenchman Antony Lellouche is up to 80,000, the multiple EPT finalist eliminating an opponent with , all in on the river of a board. Lellouche is now closing in on that 100,000 mark.
The big blind held the and Gavin Griffin held the when all of the money went in preflop. The board ran out and Griffin's queens held, even improving to a set on the river. He had his opponent covered and moved to 92,000 in chips.
Dan Kelly raised to 800 UTG+1, and the player in seat one called from the small blind to go heads up to a flop.
It came , and Kelly fired 1,200. His opponent check-called there, and he check-called another 2,800 when the hit the turn. On the river, the drew a leading bet from the small blind, and this time it was Kelly calling the 3,000-chip wager.
The small blind showed for the striaght, but it was second-best. Kelly turned up for the nut straight and the pot, moving his way to 72,000.
On an adjacent table, we joined a flop of . Brandon Adams was heads up, and he bet 2,000 when it was checked to him. His opponent promptly check-raised to 6,500, and Adams moved all in for about 10,000 total. He showed for the pair and the gutshot, and his opponent showed a dangerous , still drawing. The turn hit both players, but it hit Adams where it hurt, leaving him dead with his inferior straight. The on the river ushered Adams out the door after a day of short-stacked misery.
Dan Harrington and the player dressed up as Batman just got involved in a hand where the player on the button raised only to have Harrington re-raise from the small blind. Batman called, but the player on the button folded.
The flop came and Harrington bet 4,000, getting a call from his opponent. When the came on the river, Harrington bet again, this time for 10,000. Batman folded and Harrington said, "Alright, Batman's arch enemy wins again" as the table broke.
On the flop of , the small blind bet 1,700 and Jason DeWitt made the call. The turn brought the and the small blind fired 3,150. DeWitt called again. The river completed the board with the and DeWitt called a bet of 4,550.
The small blind tabled the and DeWitt the . DeWitt's pair of nines were good and he moved up to 120,000 in chips.
Gabe Walls' day has experienced more twists and turns than an entire series of Lost, but his turns of late have mainly been south.
His latest encounter saw him three-bet an open of 900 to 2,500 with . The initial raiser folded, but a player who had called the original raise pushed all in for 25,325.
Walls made the call to find that he was coin flipping against , but, on this occasion, his coin was buttered the wrong side, the board coming to double his opponent through and drop Walls down to 134,300.
Four players were in the hand for the minimum to see the flop come down . The small blind checked and then Ronnie Bardah checked in the big blind. The lady in the next spot checked and then the button checked before the dealer put the out on the turn.
The small blind checked and Bardah fired 1,200. Only the woman to his direct left made the call, knocking out half of the players who went to the flop.
The river completed the board with the and Bardah fired 3,500. The woman made the call and Bardah tabled the . His opponent tabled the , but she lost with only one pair to Bardah's two pair.
Bardah moved back up to 42,600 in chips by taking this pot.
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, all in on the river of a 
when all of the money went in preflop. The board ran out 
, and in fact improved to a full house on the river of the 
drew a leading bet from the small blind, and this time it was Kelly calling the 3,000-chip wager.
for the striaght, but it was second-best. Kelly turned up 
for the pair and the gutshot, and his opponent showed a dangerous 
hit both players, but it hit Adams where it hurt, leaving him dead with his inferior straight. The 
on the river ushered Adams out the door after a day of short-stacked misery.
and the small blind fired 3,150. DeWitt called again. The river completed the board with the 
and DeWitt called a bet of 4,550.
and Bardah fired 3,500. The woman made the call and Bardah tabled the 