Over at the feature table, David "Doc" Sands opened for 2,400 under the gun and Philipp Gruissem, who was seated to his direct left, flatted. The rest of the players folded, the flop came down and Sands methodically bet 3,700. Gruissem made the call and the appeared on the turn.
This time Sands slowed down with a checked and Gruissem fired out 7,500. Sands, who is prone to take his time before acting, thought long and hard before dropping in a call. The river prompted another check from Sands and then he spent nearly three minutes in the tank before calling Gruissem's bet of 18,000.
"Full house," Gruissem declared and tabled the for a rivered boat.
"That's a nice river," Sands admitted before double checking his cards and then sending them to the muck unseen.
The gentleman under-the-gun limped in for 800 and so did his neighbor. Marvin Rettenmaier joined the party for 800 but Alexey Rybin in the cut off had other plans. The Russian player made it 5,000 and Chamath Palihapitiya made the call on the button. Both blinds folded but two of the limpers made the call, Rettenmaier folded.
and everybody checked to Rybin who made a 18,000 continuation-bet. Palihapitiya quickly folded, but the first limper made the call. They went heads up to the turn where the dealer put the out on the table. Both players checked and the completed the board. The player who had limped preflop, now bet out 35,000. Rybin made the call, but had to muck as his opponent showed him for a flopped full house.
"I love it!" Palihapitiya laughed, "So dirty and so gross!"
Action folded to Byron Kaverman on the button and he made it 2,000 to go. Lawrence Greenberg and Ami Alibay called from the small and big blinds respectively, and it was three-way action to the flop. One by one all three players checked and the dealer burned and turned the . Greenberg led out for 3,000, both his opponents called and then all three returned to checking on the river.
No one was in a hurry to table their hand, and since he was first to act, Greenberg eventually showed the for a pair of tens. It was good as both Alibay and Kaverman sent their hands to the muck.
With on the table we saw Steven Silverman check from the small blind, and Dutch player Rachid Ben Cherif check from the big blind. Alexander Kostritsyn on the button made it 3,000 and Silverman quickly folded. Ben Cherif made the call however after which both players checked the on the turn. Ben Cherif checked again on the river and Kostritsyn bet out 8,200. Ben Cherif gave it some thoughts, and eventually made it 24,800 to go. Kostritsyn folded, leaving the pot to the only Dutch player in the field today.
We managed to catch a few details as Bill Perkins was being pushed a pot of roughly 125,000. What we do know is that Perkins held and had rivered a six against Phil Galfond to make a nine-high straight.
"How do you do it Bill Perkins?" someone at the table asked.
"Just get there," Perkins replied with a big smile on his face. "Sometimes we go fishing and catch something."
We picked up the action with | already out on the table. The big blind had checked to Chris Lee who bet 13,500. Masa Kagawa made the call and so did the big blind. All three players checked on the on the river. Lee showed his for a rivered top two, and took down the pot.
Christian Harder opened to 1,800 from the hijack and Jeremy Ausmus three-bet to 5,200 from the the cutoff. Eugene Katchalov called on the button, Harder called, and the flop came down .
Harder checked to Ausmus who continued for 8,600. Katchalov folded, Harder called, and the landed on the turn. This time Harder check-called 19,000 from Ausmus, landing the river. After a few moments, both players checked.
Harder tabled for deuces full of threes, Ausmus mucked, and Harder won the pot.
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