2023 PokerNews Cup
Ryan Laplante raised to 2,000 in early position which saw a player in the hijack call and Cole Ferraro in the big blind call as well.
The flop of A♠A♥5♠ saw action check around to the 2♣ turn where Ferraro bet 2,500 which only Laplante called.
On the river 10♠, Ferraro checked over to Laplante who bet 7,200 and Ferraro sighed flashing 4♥ as he tossed his hand into the muck. Laplante showed A♦2♦ for aces full as he took in the pot from a fellow bracelet winner.
The middle position player jammed for 11,300 and Roman Bremond called from the small blind.
Opponent: A♥8♥
Roman Bremond: 10♣10♠
the pocket pair was never troubled and held out following the K♣K♥8♠5♣Q♦ runout.
Nível: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Day 1b has seen 532 entries so far, and the players have been sent on a 15-minute break.
The guarantee has been eclipsed already, with $1,004,920 currently in the prize pool.
The middle position player opened to 1,500 before Forrest Kollar made it 4,000 from the cutoff. His opponent called.
The K♣2♥2♦ flop checked through to the 5♥ turn. Kollar bet 3,800 and was called.
Kollar then jammed for 13,000 on the K♥ river and his opponent called.
Kollar tabled Q♥Q♠ to best his opponent's 7x7x.
In last year's PokerNews Cup, Kollar finished in 3rd place for $92,095. Can the American put in another deep run this time around?
Douglas Shirk limped in from the button and Dennis Wilke checked from the big blind.
Wilke check-called for 2,200 on the Q♣9♦3♥ flop before the 2♣ turn checked through to the 6♥ river.
Wilke led out for 2,500 and was called. The German tabled Q♥7♦ for top pair and Shirk mucked.
Jack Bittker opened to 1,200 from middle position and the player on his direct left called. Lachezar Petkov clicked it to 4,100 and both players called.
Petkov continued for 3,500 on the K♥J♦3♥, and again both opponents called.
Action checked to Petkov for a second time, who jammed for 13,500 on the Q♠ turn. Bittker asked for a count and spent some time in the tank before folding and the final opponent quickly released their hand.