With the board reading , Max Silver was pitted against one opponent and faced with a bet of 14,100. Silver opted to raise to 40,000, and his opponent went into the tank before eventually folding his hand.
"Ahhh! England one, Germany zero!" proclaimed Team PokerStars Pro Humberto Brenes from across the table.
Silver collected the pot with a smile and moved to 172,000 in chips.
A player raised to 3,300 and two players called before Maria Ho three-bet to 11,900 from the button. Amanda Musumeci four-bet all in from the small blind for 64,100 and slowly but surely the action was folded back around to Ho.
Ho went into the tank for about two minutes, but ultimately she let go of her hand. Despite giving up during this hand Ho has a mountain of chips and she's among the current chip leaders.
Four players took a flop of , including Chris Klodnicki and Renato Almeida. The action checked to Almeida, who tossed out 6,700, and only Klodnicki made the call.
The turn was the , both players knuckled, and the completed the board. Klodnicki casually flicked forward 15,000 in blue T5,000 chips, and Almeida made the call.
Klodnicki showed for kings and queens, and Almeida mucked his hand.
The 2013 World Series of Poker One Drop High Roller runner-up now has 215,000 chips.
Vitor Martins Dzivielevski raised to 3,200 from the button and Tim Reilly called from the small blind. Marcio Cid Holanda three-bet to 10,300 from the big blind and Dzivielevski called. Reilly let his hand go and the two were left heads up to the flop.
The dealer fanned on the felt and Holanda continued for 13,000. Dzivielevski flatted and the fell on fourth street. Two checks meant that the would finish off the board on the river and Holanda put out a final bet of 25,000. Dzivielevski let his hand go and Holanda dragged in the pot, bringing his stack to around 140,000.
We caught up with the hand after Dibella bet 30,000 into a pot of roughly 70,000 with the board reading . His opponent tanked for about two minutes before calling. Dibella tabled for a flush, his opponent mucked, and Dibella collected the pot.
On the flop in a four-way limped pot, the big blind checked, and then Ben Grise led with a bet of 2,700. Tomas Junek raised to 7,000 behind him, and then Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree folded. The big blind also folded, and action fell back on Grise. He reraised all in, but was called by Junek.
Junek tabled the for a flopped straight. Grise had the for top two pair. Junek was the player at risk.
The turn was the , and the river was the . Junek dodged Grise's full house outs and successfully doubled up. Grise dropped to 34,000.
When we arrived at the table, the board read . Rex Alarcon was all in for for what looked like 50,000 or so, only there was one problem - it wasn't his turn to act.
Confused, Leo Yan Ho Cheng needed the floor to explain to him that if he checked the action would be unchanged, and Alarcon would be all in. If he bet, Alarcon would be allowed to call, fold, or raise.
Cheng opened to check, then called the all-in bet. He was pleased to see that he was ahead.
Alarcon:
Cheng:
Unfortunately for Cheng, the river was the , giving Alarcon two pair.
"Wow!" Alarcon said, popping up out of his chair.
While the dealer was verifying the stacks, Alarcon whipped out a cigarette and popped it in his mouth. With the unlit loosey flopping about, he reached into his pocked for another item, his camera phone, and started snapping pictures of the board.
Alarcon now sits with around 180,000 chips, while Cheng is in the danger zone with 14,000.
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Mike "Timex" McDonald raised to 4,000 from early position and David "ODB" Baker called from the big blind.
The flop came down and Baker checked to McDonald who bet 5,000. Baker clicked it back to 10,000, McDonald called, and the fell on the turn. Baker bet 10,000, McDonald called, and the river completed the board. Baker bet 15,000 and after a few moments, McDonald called.
Baker tabled for trips, but McDonald's for trips with a better kicker won the pot.