On an flop, action had checked to the button who bet 400. Simon Deadman called in the small blind before Jan Bendik check-raised to 1,125 in the big blind. The button folded but Deadman made the call to see the on the turn.
Deadman checked a second time and Bendik bet 1,600 - which the Englishman called. The river was the and Deadman checked a final time, Bendik threw out a blue 5k chip while indicating a bet of 3,000. Deadman took about a minute before choosing to fold, Bendik showed him the .
There was an open for 250 from early position and online qualifier Martins Seilis raised it up to 850 from the button.
Vanessa Selbst was in the small blind and it’s never too early for a four-bet when she is at the table, making it 1,900 to go. The original raiser folded but Seilis elected to call.
The flop was and when Selbst checked Seilis opted to take the cautious line against the PokerStars Pro and checked too. They both checked the turn and when the river came the Selbst again checked.
Seilis decided to have a stab for 1,500. Selbst sized up the situation and raised him to 5,650. A chastened Seilis released his hand and the pot was pushed to Selbst.
We reported earlier how El Amir Ziad Chehab was coolered and left short, well now he has doubled up courtesy of Jason Wheeler. It all went in preflop and Chehab’s held up against the of Wheeler.
Chehab now has several more chips, but still just the one chair.
On the turn of a board, the small blind had led out for 525 before Dan Smith raised to 1,800. Mike Watson opted to cold call this bet, Paul Newey folded and the small blind also called.
The river was the and all three players checked, the small blind showed , Smith turned over but Watson had them all beat with .
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Jonathan Odogwu had the last of his chips in the middle of a flop reading and was up against two other players who had called, Joao Simao from Brazil and Jeremy Nock. The turn card was the and the river was the .
Nock said, “Flush.” and turned over his . Simao mucked and Odogwu said “Two pair.”
Odogwu turned over for the flopped quads explaining his triple up as, “My kid needs shoes.”
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