A Gaggle of Small Hands

Jose Maria Galindo Lopez opened to 800 from under the gun, Annette Obrestad call in the hijack seat, and the flop fell . Lopez checked, Obrestad fired 1,200, and Lopez called. The turn was the , Lopez checked again, and Obrestad tossed out 2,600. Lopez folded, and Obrestad raked in the pot.

On an adjacent table, Antoine Labat raised to 800 in early position and Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel defended his big blind. The flop was , both players checked, and the turn was the . Duhamel led out for 1,200, Labat called, and the completed the board. Both players checked, and Duhamel's was good for the win.

Marc-Andre Ladouceur padded his stack in a hand against Sam Greenwood and a third opponent. The action checked t Greenwood on a flop of , and he tossed out 2,100. Ladouceur check-raised to 5,900, both of his opponents folded, and the French Canadian now has over 180,000 chips.