Yuhang Chen raised to 600 from early position, Andrew Moreno then three-bet to 1,800, and Chen made the call.
The flop came Q♦J♥9♦, Chen checked, Moreno bet 1,400 and Chen called.
Action checked through on the 5♠ turn card.
The river was the 6♣, Chen bet 2,100 and Moreno quickly called. Chen tabled A♠J♣ which was good enough to win the hand.
Yi Klassen opened the action to 600 from under the gun. The hijack player on her left three-bet to 2,200 before she four-bet to 8,000. Her opponent called.
The dealer put out A♥8♣9♠ and Klassen continued for 5,100. The hijack peeled in position.
Klassen checked the 2♦ turn over to the hijack who fired 10,000. She made the call.
Both players checked the A♣ river and Klassen tabled A♦K♠ for the winner and a nice pot early on.
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Action was picked up with 2,000 chips in the middle on a 10♥4♦5♦ flop.
Elias Kolsun fired out 800 from under the gun and the big blind called.
The big blind led for 1,500 on the 4♠ turn and Kolsun made the call.
The big blind continued for 1,800 on the 10♣ river before Kolsun raise to 5,000. His opponent frustratingly folded.
Joao Simao raised to 600 from under the gun and was called by the small blind and the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of 6♥7♥2♣, action checked to Simao who bet 800, the small blind called and the big blind folded.
The turn was the 7♦, the small blind checked, Simao bet 1,200 and the small blind called.
The river was the 8♣, the small blind once again checked. This time Simao decided to bet 5,300 and the small blind called. Simao tabled Q♣7♣ and the small blind mucked his hand.
Rui Neves Ferreira raised in the cutoff and Jason Wong three-bet on the button. Ferreira called and the flop came A♦2♣8♥.
Ferreira check-called a bet of 1,200 from Wong, bringing the 4♥ turn, which went check-check.
On the J♠ river, Ferreira fired out a bet of 6,000 and Wong folded.
The hijack player opened things up to 600 before the button thee-bet to 2,100. Nick Yunis put in the cold-four bet from the big blind to 10,200 and only the hijack called.
Yunis continued for 8,000 on 2♣J♥9♥ and his opponent called.
The J♦ turn rolled off and Yunis moved all in for 40,200. His opponent went into a deep tank and after nearly eight minutes, he mucked his cards.
Action picked up on the turn in a hand between Jorge Abreu in the big blind and the player in the small blind.
With the board reading 6♦9♥2♥4♠, the small blind check-called a bet of 1,500 from Abreu.
On the Q♦ river, the small blind check-folded to a bet of 3,200 and the pot was pushed Abreu's way.
Cards are in the air in Event #94: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship.
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