Hands #17-18: Blumstein Check-Raises the River

Hand #17: Action folded around to Scott Blumstein in the small blind. He limped in, and Antoine Saout checked his option in the big blind. The flop came down , and Blumstein led out for 800,000. Saout called, and the hit the turn. Blumstein checked this time, and Saout fired out 1.2 million. Blumstein called, and the completed the board. Blumstein checked again, and Saout spent over a minute in the tank before betting 1,750,000. Blumstein decided to check-raise to four million, and Saout snap folded, giving the pot to Blumstein.

Hand #18: Dan Ott raised to 1.7 million from the hijack, and it folded to Benjamin Pollak in the big blind. He made the call, and they went heads up to a flop of . Pollak quickly checked, and Ott continued for 1.3 million. Pollak rechecked his hole cards, then sent them to the dealer, giving Ott the pot.