Michael Ross raised the button to 11,000. Ryan Himes called from the small blind, and big blind Fabrice Soulier reraised to 42,000. Action was back on Ross, who moved all in for 143,500 total. Himes let his hand go, and Soulier contemplated for about a minute before he laid it down, too.
Ross had no problem showing what he had; he turned over .
A big hand of limit hold'em played out between Christopher Vitch and Alexandre Luneau, as the Frenchman three-bet Vitch's preflop open-raise. Vitch called, and the two players went to the flop.
It came , and Vitch check-raised. Luneau called, then called follow-up bets on the turn and the river.
Vitch turned over his for a flopped set. Luneau sighed when he saw it, then mucked.
Under the gun, Vinicius Collaco opened to 10,000, and Christopher Kruk came along from the small blind.
The script of the hand was simple: Kruk checked every time and called every time, as Collaco fired three barrels on the board. It was 12,000 on the flop, another 25,000 on the turn, and, finally, another 30,000 on the river.
Collaco had for a flopped set of tens, and that was a hand with which Kruk couldn't compete.
Christopher Sensoli raised to 11,000 from under the gun, and Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 35,000 from the big blind. Sensoli called.
The flop was . Negreanu moved all in, and Sensoli quickly called.
Sensoli:
Negreanu:
Negreanu's double-suited aces were in the lead, but Sensoli had a myriad of outs to eliminate the six-time bracelet winner.
"Deuce," called Negreanu, and the turn was the . "Deuce-deuce, that's all I need." The river was the , though, completeing Sensoli's flush and sending Negreanu to the exit.
Daniel Negreanu raised, and Christopher Sensoli called. Sensoli check-called a bet on fourth street, then bet fifth, sixth, and seventh streets.
On the last street, Negreanu looked down at his hand in disgust before mucking face-up. "I started ace-three-four-five and just...," he trailed off. "A six or a deuce."
"I had one of each of those," said Sensoli, matter-of-factly.
"Yeah, they were on your board!" Negreanu answered.
Jason Viriyayuthakorn completed with an , and Ryan Himes raised with a . Viriyayuthakorn called.
Viriyayuthakorn called on fourth street, too, and bet fifth street when Himes checked to him. Himes called, then bet himself on sixth street. That was the final act of aggression in this hand, as Viriyayuthakorn laid it down.
Viriyayuthakorn: / (folded on sixth street)
Himes: /
Chip Jett raised to 7,500 in the cutoff. Alex Luneau called on the button, and Joseph Cousin called in the big blind.
Jett continued for 11,000 on the flop, and only Luneau called. The turn card was the , and both players checked. Jett checked again on the river, and Luneau bet 25,000. Jett called.
Luneau showed , having extracted some value with his rivered trip aces.
.
, and Vitch check-raised. Luneau called, then called follow-up bets on the 
turn and the 
river. 
for a flopped set. Luneau sighed when he saw it, then mucked.
board. It was 12,000 on the flop, another 25,000 on the turn, and, finally, another 30,000 on the river.
for a flopped set of tens, and that was a hand with which Kruk couldn't compete.
. "Deuce-deuce, that's all I need." The river was the 
, though, completeing Sensoli's flush and sending Negreanu to the exit.
/ 
face-up. "I started ace-three-four-five and just...," he trailed off. "A six or a deuce."
, and Ryan Himes raised with a 
. Viriyayuthakorn called.
(folded on sixth street)
flop, and only Luneau called. The turn card was the 
, and both players checked. Jett checked again on the 