Martin Jacobson is right in his battle with Brandon Cantu after winning a nice six-figure pot.
The flop was out as and Jacobson led for 20,000 from the big blind. Cantu called and both players checked through the turn to see the river appear.
The Swede fired 43,000 into the pot and Cantu made a frustrated looking call to be shown . He rechecked his his cards and into the muck they went. Momentum all against Cantu right now.
On a flop, Faraz Jaka checked and Konstantin Puchkov bet 7,000. Jaka slid out a check-raise to 18,000 but was called by Puchkov.
The turn was the and Jaka bet 32,000. Puchkov quickly called and prompted the dealer to produce the on the river. Both players checked and Puchkov showed for top pair. Jaka mucked and Puchkov took the pot.
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Brandon Cantu put out a min-raise from the button and Martin Jacobson three-bet to 17,000. Cantu plopped out a stack of red t25,000 chips for a four-bet that was enough to put Jacobson all in. It was at this point that Jacobson went into the tank.
After a few minutes, Cantu finally chirped up.
"So you were bluffing. Come on. Let's go."
"I'm not bluffing," Jacobson said in retort.
"You're thinking for five minutes. Come on. It's irritating. You're folding, just move onto the next hand."
Another minutes or so passed before Jacobson finally relented and released his hand, awarding Cantu the pot.
With the flop reading , Marvin Rettenmaier checked to Jonathan Aguiar. Aguiar bet 9,500 only to find a check-raise from Rettenmaier. The bet was 26,200 and Aguiar sat motionless pondering his action for well over two minutes.
Finally, Aguiar's first movement in minutes was a reach for raising chips. Aguiar made it 60,000 to go and Rettenmaier released his hand.