Hands #41-44: Liberto Adds to His Stack
Hand #41: Justin Liberto raised to 400,000 from the cutoff, Barny Boatman three-bet to 600,000 from the button, and Liberto called. The flop came and Liberto checked. Boatman bet 500,000 and Liberto folded.
Hand #42: Joe McKeehen moved all in from the small blind covering Arne Kern in the big blind who had 2,860,000 and Kern folded.
Hand #43: McKeehen raised to 450,000 from the button. Kern moved all in for 2,630,000 from the small blind and McKeehen folded.
Hand #44: Liberto raised to 400,000 from under the gun and Manuel Ruivo called from the big blind. They went heads up to the flop and both players checked.
The turn was the and Ruivo lead out with a bet of 725,000. Liberto called and the completed the board. Ruivo checked to Liberto who bet 650,000 and after giving it some thought Ruivo folded.