Will Molson raised to 3,000 in first position and his next door neighbour, Scott Seiver, three-bet to 9,000. The rest of the table returned to their electronic equipment whilst Molson made the call. The flop spoiled the action - -and both players checked all the way down to the river (turn & river ) where Molson picked up the pot with two pair - Seiver tabled .
Leon Tsoukernik limped into the pot from middle position, Phil Ivey isolated from the cutoff making it 4,000, Philipp Gruissem called on the button, Daniel Cates called in the big blind and Tsoukernik folded. The flop was and Gruissem took down the pot with a 9,000 bet when checked to.
Team PokerStars Pro Viktor Blom raised to 2,500 in early position, Artem Litvinov and Talal Shakerchi called before Will Molson three-bet to 15,000 from the small blind. Blom didn't mess about and put out the four-bet making it 32,000 to play and everybody folded.
From the hijack seat, Will Molson raised to 2,500. Action folded to Sam Chartier on the button and he three-bet to 7,200. Play moved back to Molson and he four-bet to 17,000. After a minute, Chartier came back with a five-bet to 36,500. Molson tanked himself, then six-bet to 58,000. With just over 200,000 behind, Chartier folded and Molson won the pot. Molson flipped over the to show the table just before the dealer pushed him the pot.
Sorel Mizzi checked the flop and Masa Kagawa bet 12,500. Behind him, Anton Allemann made the call and then Mizzi folded.
The turn was the and Kagawa bet 31,000. Allemann called once more, then the dealer completed the board with the on the river. Kagawa checked and Allemann tanked for a bit. In the end, he checked behind.
Kagawa showed the and Allemann flashed the to the table.
From under the gun, Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov raised to 2,500. This was the second hand at his table and he was called by Masa Kagawa in the next seat, Sam Trickett in the hijack seat, Jason Mercier on the button and Vanessa Selbst in the small blind.
All five of them saw the flop come down and action was first checked by Selbst. Katchalov bet 5,000 and everyone folded back to Selbst. She made the call.
The turn was the and now four hearts laid in the middle of the felt. Selbst checked and Katchalov bet 10,000. Selbst called. Them, the river card was the and Selbst checked again. Katchalov bet 25,000 and Selbst tank-called.
Katchalov showed the for the ace-high flush and Selbst mucked her hand.
Jonathan Duhamel raised to 2,500 in the cutoff and the action brought a stare from Mike McDonald in the small blind followed by a three-bet to 7,500. High Roller Regular, Govert Metaal, was seated in the big blind and he made the call, as did Duhamel.
Flop:
McDonald put out a bet of 13,300 and Metaal raised to 29,000. Duhamel is next to act and he made the call before McDonald folded.
Talal Shakerchi and Justin Bonomo have just clashed in a three-bet pot. Here is the action.
Shakerchi raised to 2,500 and Bonomo three-bet to 8,500 in the next seat. The rest of the table folded and and Shakerchi made the call. The flop was and Shakerchi check-called a 12,100 Bonomo c-bet. That was the end of the action as the and were checked through.
"Last aggressor shows?" Bonomo asks.
The dealer nods and Bonomo tables , meanwhile, Shakerchi shows the winning hand of .
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier just picked up the first pot at his table and it was a nice one. Maybe it has to do with the new chip protector he's brought out for this even — a bright yellow and orange sponge seahorse that stands about four inches tall.
Action folded to Anton Allemann on the button and he raised to 2,500. Mercier three-bet from the small blind to 7,700. Allemann tanked for a minute, then called to take the flop. Mercier fired 4,200 and Allemann called.
The turn card was the and Mercier bet 10,200. Allemann gave it a bit of thought, then folded.