Hand #1- Joao Dorneles Neto raised it up to 51,000 in middle position, and he took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #2- Action folded to Neto, and again he raised it up to 51,000. Richard Dubini made the call next to act, as did Allan Vrooman. Fred Berger made it a four way pot from the big blind, and the flop came down . Berger checked to Neto, who fired out 127,000. Dubini folded, but Vrooman called. Berger also folded, and the hit the turn.
Neto decided to check this time, and Vrooman tossed 200,000 into the middle Neto tanked for over three minutes before pushing all in 550,000 total. Vrooman made the call, and the cards were tabled.
Neto:
Vrooman:
Neto was out in front and looking to dodge a spade or a nine, and he did just that, as the hit the river. Neto jumped up to 1.25 million after that hand, while Vrooman is now down to 1.3 million.
Hand #3: Peter Hengsakul opened the pot to 52,000 from under the gun only to have Nicolas Fierro three-bet to 120,000 next to act. Hengsakul made the call to see a flop before he checked over to Fierro who bet out 125,000.
Hengsakul released his hand and Fierro captured the pot.
Hand #4: Richard Dubini opened to 50,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #5: Richard Dubini opened to 53,000 and Allan Vrooman three-bet to 155,000. Dubini folded and Vrooman collected the pot.
Hand #6: From the button Peter Hengsakul made it 52,000 and Joao Dorneles Neto made the call to see a flop fall. Hengsakul continued for 75,000 and Neto folded.
Hand #7: From the cutoff Peter Hengsakul opened to 52,000 to collect the antes and blinds.
Hand #8- Action folded to Peter Hengsakul from the hijack, and he made it 52,000 to go. Nicolas Fierro called from the cutoff, and they went heads up to a flop of . Hengsakul checked to Fierro, who fired out 75,000. That got a fold from Hengsakul, and Fierro took down the pot.
Hand #9- David Nicholas moved all in for 187,000 from early position, and he took down the pot uncontested.
Hand #10- Fierro made it 50,000 in middle position, and Allan Vrooman reraised to 135,000 from the button. Jarred Hamby was in the big blind, and he moved all in for just over 500,000. Fierro folded, and it was back to Vrooman. After about 90 seconds of thinking, he ended up folding, and Hamby took down the nice sized pot.
Hand #11- Action folded all the way to Jared Hamby in the small blind, and he made it 55,000 to go. Fred Berger defended his big blind, and the flop came . Hamby fired out 60,000, and Berger raised it up to 140,000. Hamby quickly folded, and Berger took down the pot.
Hand #12- Joao Dorneles Neto raised it up to 50,000 from middle position, and Richard Dubini reraised to 126,000. Neto kicked his hand in, and Dubini took down the pot.
Hand #15- Action folded to Fred Berger in the cutoff, and he raised it up to 61,000. Joao Dorneles Neto reraised to 176,000 from the small blind. Berger folded when it got back to him, and Neto took down the pot.
Hand #16- Matt Berkey made it 50,000 to go from early position, and he took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #17- Berkey limped in from under the gun, and Allan Vrooman checked his option from the big blind. The flop ran down , and Vrooman checked to Berkey, who took down the pot with a bet of 33,000.
Hand #18- Jared Hamby made it 55,000 to go from under the gun, and Peter Hengsakul called from middle position. Berkey also called from the big blind, and they went three ways to a flop of . It was checked to Hengsakul, who bet out 110,000. Berkey and Hamby folded, and Hengsakul took down the pot.
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Hand #19: Peter Hengsakul opened to 60,000 only to have Nicolas Fierro three-bet to 170,000 next to act.
Once the action returned to Hengsakul, he moved all in for over 2.5 million to put Fierro to a decision for his chips. That decision would be a fold, and Hengsakul captured the pot.
Hand #20: Peter Hengsakul opened to 75,000 and collected the blinds and antes.
Hand #21: Joao Dorneles Neto opened to 60,000 only to have Matt Berkey make it 135,000 from the cutoff. The action passed back to Neto and he made the call to see a flop fall.
Both players checked as the landed on the turn and again both players tapped the table as the completed the board on the river. Neto pushed out 150,000 and Berkey mucked.
Hand #22: Allan Vrooman raised to 80,000 from middle position and Nicolas Fierro made the call from the big blind to see a flop fall.
Both players checked as the landed on the turn with both players checking as the completed the board on the river. Fierro cut out a bet amounting to 75,000 and Vrooman called tabling his . However it would be Fierro's that would see him win the pot.