The flop read and Team PokerStars pro Bryan Huang was heads up in the pot. He checked over to his opponent who fired 600. Huang stuck around.
The turn paired the board with the and Huang tapped the table once more. When his opponent fired 1,000, Huang once again opted to stay in the hand. The river brought the and Huang cut out 2,850. His opponent shook his head and let go of his hand, awarding Huang the pot. The Team Pro is sitting with about 21,500 in chips.
A middle position player opened to 500 and action folded all of the way around to Naoya Kihara's big blind. Kihara casually tossed out a call and the two took a flop.
The dealer rapped the table and produced on the felt. Kihara checked to his opponent who continued out for 600. Kihara cut out a check-raise to 1,900 total and Kihara's opponent opted to release his hand. Kihara dragged in yet another pot and is currently sitting on about 41,000 for a little more than double starting stack.
A flurry of raises between JJ Liu and an opponent culminated with her opponent raising enough to cover Liu's stack. She spent a good two minutes in the tank before the clock was called and shortly thereafter, she folded face up.
There was about 1,900 already in the pot when we saw David Steicke and an opponent taking a flop together. The dealer spread out and Steicke check-called a bet of 1,600. Fourth street brought the and the action went check-check, prompting the dealer to complete the board with the .
Steicke checked for a third time and his opponent shot out 2,000. Steicke snap called and his opponent tabled merely the for a pair of eights. Steicke rolled over for top-top and took down the pot. He's currently sitting on about 23,000 in chips.
Frank Peelen raised to 750 from early position and Andrey "andreasbar" Lobzhanidze three-bet to 2,150 from the small blind. Peelen took a few moments before he called to see a flop.
Lobzhanidze bet 2,000 and sent Peelen into the tank for about 90 seconds before he raised all in for 12,900. Now it was Lobzhanidze's time in the tank for about 45 seconds bere he slid in most of his stack to call.
Lobzhanidze:
Peelen:
Lobzhanidze's ace-high call was tied for the best hand, but Peelen was freerolling. However, he couldn't get there when the turn and river resulted in a chopped pot.