A player in middle position opened to 2,100 and Anthony Zinno three-bet shoved a stack of around 23,000 from the cutoff. The opponent called with Zinno covered.
Anthony Zinno:
Opponent:
Zinno was in great shape to double up as he had his opponent dominated, but that changed when the flop came to give the opponent trips. The board finished out and the four-time WSOP bracelet winner was eliminated.
It was an especially brutal beat as Zinno thought the opponent had ace-jack and didn't realize he was beat until the dealer pulled the cards in.
Shaun Deeb recently received a fresh starting stack and found himself in a blind versus blind battle. With roughly 4,500 in the pot on a flop, Deeb was in the small blind and check-called a 1,500 bet by the big blind.
The landed on the turn and Deeb check-raised a 6,000 bet up to 20,000. The big blind went into the tank and eventually, moved in all of his chips. Deeb called for his 15,300 chips behind.
Shaun Deeb:
Big Blind:
The completed the board and Deeb secured the double with his two pair.
Landon Tice opened to 1,300 from under the gun and two players in middle position called.
Tice checked on the flop of and both of his opponents also checked. Tice checked again on the turn and a player fired a bet of 1,800. Only Tice called.
Tice checked again on the river and his opponent checked back. Tice showed for a pair of nines and took down the pot.
Joe McKeehen was in the small blind in a multi-way pot on a board of .
The action folded to Nick Schulman on the button, who bet 3,200. McKeehen then check-raised to around 9,000 and it folded back around to Schulman, who went all-in with McKeehen covered. McKeehen called with his stack of about 18,000.
Joe McKeehen:
Nick Schulman:
McKeehen needed a diamond to stay alive as he was against the set of Schulman. The 2015 WSOP Main Event champion didn't get it as the board ran out to send him out of the tournament.
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