Facing a raise to 750 and a call from the small blind, 2007 WSOP Champion Jerry Yang defended his big blind.
The flop was checked round before Yang led out for 1,050 with only the preflop raiser in the cutoff making the call as the landed on the river.
Yang carefully counted out a bet of 2,750 and dropped it into the pot as the cutoff quickly folded to award the pot to Yang and see him climb to just over 22,000.
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After a raise to 725 from middle position, Eric Wasserson popped it up to 2,000 from the small blind. Action folded back around to the player who made the original raise. He moved all in. Wasserson snap called.
Raiser:
Wasserson:
The board ran out giving Wasserson a boat and the knockout.
"How do you just wake up with the weppies in that spot?" a player a the table asked Wasserson. "Especially with your image?"
"Can you teach me how to do that?" another player asked.
"Can't be taught," Wasserson said, laughing and shaking his head.
With about 5,000 in the pot and a board reading , Christian Harder bet 3,000 from the hijack and received a call from his opponent on the button. When the completed the board on the river, Harder fired out 7,000 and his opponent thought for about 45 seconds before making the call. Harder confidently tabled the for three queens, and it was good as the button simply mucked.
Jackie Glazier just informed of us how she took out a player, without knowing she had done so.
After a betting war pre-flop, Glazier six-bet shoved all in, and waited as her opponent tanked over his decision for a minute. He finally made the call, as the cards were tabled.
Glazier showed and her opponent had .
“Nice hand,” said Glazier, after the board ran out five under cards, as she reached for her chips to pay out her opponent.
“Umm, you made a flush,” said Matt Affleck from across the table. Glazier looked up to see her opponent exiting the tournament floor, before finally noticing that she had hit a flush on the river.
An embarrassed Glazier apologized for the accidental needle, as she moves up to 75,000 in chips.
flop was checked round before Yang led out for 1,050 with only the preflop raiser in the cutoff making the call as the 
landed on the river.
giving Wasserson a boat and the knockout.
, Christian Harder bet 3,000 from the hijack and received a call from his opponent on the button. When the 
for three queens, and it was good as the button simply mucked.
