Marvin Rettenmaier can’t seem to get much going at the moment. He was involved in a three-way pot, sandwiched between two players and looking at a flop of . Rettenmaier called a bet as did the third player and they went to a turn card . Rettenmaier called another bet of 1,700 this time and his neighbor came along.
The river was the and the aggressor now bet 4,000. Whatever Rettenmaier wanted to happen on the river, that sure wasn’t it as he mucked his cards and gave a shake of his head as the aggressor took down the pot.
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PokerStars Team Online's Naoya Kihara was on about 60,000 and going fairly well but the Japanese player just took a hit to knock him back down a little.
On a board, the small blind and Kihara both checked to the button who bet 1,500, the small blind shoved for around 7,000 and Kihara cold-called. The button quickly folded.
Small blind:
Kihara:
The turn and river changed nothing and the small blind doubled up to around 16,000.
The flop was and the player in the big blind led out for 2,200. David Vamplew made the call as did the player in late position, Harcharan Dogra. When the came on the turn it was checked to Vamplew who bet 5,500 and now just he and Dogra would make it to the river which was the .
Vamplew put out a bet of 11,000 leaving behind just over 6,000. Dogra was in a similar position but elected to make the call, mucking when Vamplew turned over his nut flush. Vamplew had gone to the brink on the paired board but had managed to extract precious value to get up to double his starting stack.
Stephen Chidwick lost a big hand against Talal Shakerchi, where Shakerchi had seven-six on . Chidwick lost a bunch in that hand, but won some back the next hand.
With just 6,000 left, Chidwick opened to 600 from middle position. The player two seats down, in the cut off, made the call.
Chidwick bet out a 1,000 on , and his opponent made the call.
Both players checked the on the turn, and Chidwick bet out 1,500 once the completed the board. Chidwick's opponent made the call, but he mucked as the Brit showed for a turned top pair.
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. Rettenmaier called a bet as did the third player and they went to a turn card 
. Rettenmaier called another bet of 1,700 this time and his neighbor came along.
and the aggressor now bet 4,000. Whatever Rettenmaier wanted to happen on the river, that sure wasn’t it as he mucked his cards and gave a shake of his head as the aggressor took down the pot.
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board, the small blind and Kihara both checked to the button who bet 1,500, the small blind shoved for around 7,000 and Kihara cold-called. The button quickly folded.
turn and 
board, Schemion bet out 375 from the small blind. His neighbor in the big blind made the call.
and Schemion bet out 1,625. The big blind called, and Schemion mucked.
board.
and the player in the big blind led out for 2,200. David Vamplew made the call as did the player in late position, Harcharan Dogra. When the 
came on the turn it was checked to Vamplew who bet 5,500 and now just he and Dogra would make it to the river which was the 
nut flush. Vamplew had gone to the brink on the paired board but had managed to extract precious value to get up to double his starting stack.
, and his opponent made the call.
completed the board. Chidwick's opponent made the call, but he mucked as the Brit showed 
