Jorryt van Hoof started a little late today, and things haven't gone his way so far.
Just now we saw him lose yet another small pot. He bet out 2,500 on a board. After some dawdling, his opponent made the call.
Van Hoof showed with confidence. His opponent had to take a second look to make sure Van Hoof didn't in fact some sort of straight, and showed when he saw it was nothing more than seven-high for the Dutchman.
The board was reading when he, Shaun Deeb and Didier Mazairac all put their stacks in the middle.
Madsen:
Deeb:
Mazairac:
The turn and river meant Mazairac would triple up to around 40,000, Deeb won the side pot worth about 16,000 for a net loss of around 5,000 and Madsen dropped to just 2,000.
With a board of , the big blind checked to a player in early position. That player bet out 3,500, and Dan Smith on the button made the call. The big blind huffed and puffed, and folded reluctantly.
"Two pair" said the player who had bet; . Dan Smith showed his and was expecting the pot most likely, but the dealer mucked his hand and started to push the pot to his opponent.
"I have a straight" Smith said with a grin. The dealer opened his cards up again, saw that there indeed was a straight made, and changed pushing position.
On a flop, Yann Dion and Tobias Ziegler checked across to Tiago Goueva Dias who bet 5,000. Dion made he call and Ziegler thought for a couple of minutes before eventually folding.
Both players checked the turn and Dion fired out a bet of 16,000 on the river. Dias took a minute but then announced a call, Dion turned over for an unlikely straight and Dias mucked.
Gaston Raul Torralba opened the betting and was three-bet to 1,300 by Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree from the small blind. Torralba gave it a bit of thought and made the call.
The flop spread by the dealer was and Boeree led out for 2,050. Torralba raised it up to 4,125 and Boeree made the call. The turn card was checked by both players to see the river .
Boeree bet 7,000 with 14,000 behind and Torralba went in the tank. After several minutes thought, during which Torralba stared at the board, Boeree and his stack while the other players began to look around the room, one of the players called the clock.
Before the floor could reach the ten second countdown Torralba made the call. Boeree showed and Torralba showed his winning .
From the cutoff seat, Najim Yahyaouy raised to 800. Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier called from the big blind, and the flop came down . Mercier checked, and Yahyaouy bet 1,500. Mercier called.
After the fell on the turn, both Mercier and Yahyaouy checked to see the fall on the river. Mercier led out with a bet of 3,100, and Yahyaouy quickly called.
Mercier showed a straight with the , but Yahyaouy held a higher straight with the and he won the pot.
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On the final board of , Noah Schwartz was faced with a bet of 20,000 from Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen. After a bit of tanking, Schwartz made the call. Jorgensen had flopped a set with the and that wasn't to the delight of Schwartz, who showed that he had flopped top two pair with the .
Jorgensen won the pot and moved to roughly 76,000, while Schwartz was knocked back to around 10,000 and left mumbling about how he should've folded.
board. After some dawdling, his opponent made the call.
with confidence. His opponent had to take a second look to make sure Van Hoof didn't in fact some sort of straight, and showed 
when he saw it was nothing more than seven-high for the Dutchman.
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when he, Shaun Deeb and Didier Mazairac all put their stacks in the middle.
turn and 
river meant Mazairac would triple up to around 40,000, Deeb won the side pot worth about 16,000 for a net loss of around 5,000 and Madsen dropped to just 2,000.
, the big blind checked to a player in early position. That player bet out 3,500, and Dan Smith on the button made the call. The big blind huffed and puffed, and folded reluctantly.
turn and Dion fired out a bet of 16,000 on the 
river. Dias took a minute but then announced a call, Dion turned over 
for an unlikely straight and Dias mucked.
and Boeree led out for 2,050. Torralba raised it up to 4,125 and Boeree made the call. The 
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. Mercier checked, and Yahyaouy bet 1,500. Mercier called.
it got checked to him, and he bet out 1,000. The small blind made the call, Brito folded.
-turn, and Staszko bet out 2,050. The small blind now raised to 5,000 and Staszko made the call.
fell on the river and the small blind threw in two 5,000 chips. Staszko thought about it for some time, but folded eventually.
and that wasn't to the delight of Schwartz, who showed that he had flopped top two pair with the 
