A player in early position opened with a raise to 75,000, Iaron Lightbourne called from middle position, and the player on the button three-bet to 250,000. The original raiser called and Lightbourne called, as well.
The flop came and action checked to the button who bet 500,000. The early-position player folded and Lightbourne slid out a stack of T-100,000 chips, putting his opponent to a decision for the remainder of his stack. He went into the tank and the clock was eventually called. Ultimately, the button called to put himself at risk and the two players tabled their hands.
Lightbourne:
Button:
Lightbourne was way ahead with his flopped set and his opponent needed a lot of help from the deck in order to double up. The on the turn further improved Lightbourne to tens full, the on the river changed nothing, and Lightbourne took the pot.
There were already about 1,000,000 chips in the pot when we got to the table and the board read . Action checked to the player on the button and he bet 300,000. Charlie Godwin called from middle position.
The fell on the river and Godwin checked. The button checked behind and Godwin tabled for a rivered set of tens. Her opponent mucked and she took the pot.
Three players already had all their chips in the middle before the flop and Jiri Horak, in late middle position, had the largest of the three stacks.
Horak:
Middle position:
Hijack:
Horak had the preflop advantage and his opponents needed to improve in order to stay alive. The board ran out which improved both pocket pairs to sets but Horak held the higher of the two, so he took the pot to send both his opponents to the rail.
With about 350,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , team partypoker online pro Louise Butler bet 175,000 from the big blind and Diego Zeiter called from the hijack.
The turn brought the and both players checked.
The fell on the river and Butler checked. Zeiter shoved for what looked like about 530,000, and after some consideration, Butler folded and Zeiter took the pot.
A player in late middle position opened with a raise to 65,000, the player in the hijack called, and partypoker Sponsored Pro Natalia Breviglieri called from the button.
The flop came and action checked to Breviglieri. She bet 155,000 and both of her opponents called.
The turn brought the and action checked to Breviglieri again. She bet 500,000, sending the preflop raiser into the tank. After over a minute, he tossed his cards into the muck. After brief consideration, the hijack also folded and Breviglieri took the pot.