With the flop showing Davidi Kitai checked his option from the small blind. Vanessa Selbst was in the hand and made it 2,400 from under the gun plus one. Kitai called.
The fell on the turn and again Kitai check called a bet of 5,300 before the dealer produced the on the river.
Kitai checked and Selbst thought for a minute before betting out 13,500. Kitai paused for a moment before moving all in for his remaining 22,750 in chips.
Selbst seemed noticeably upset with the small shove and still tanked over her decision for over a minute. She finally made the call and watched as Kitai casually turned over his for the nut flush. Selbst knew she was beat when she made the additional call and tabled her for the second best flush and watched as the pot was pushed towards Kitai.
The board read and Chino Rheem moved all in. David Taborsky had a decision to make and he studied Rheem as he sat there stony faced. Taborsky folded and Cheem triumphantly showed his bluff and addressed first Taborsky, referring to an earlier hand, and then the table.
“If you don’t show nine five, I don’t show queen nine. You boys get a good read? Remember that face next time.”
Taborsky said he had folded and they both agreed the river was perfect for Cheem to pull off his move. Any picture card and Taborsky would have got a few more chips out of Rheem as well as the pot.
Albert Daher faced a bet of 10,200 on the river of a board reading from Jakub Kotas.
Kotas was chatting away to other players seemingly without a care in the world while Daher tried to talk the hand through.
“How can I fold this?” he asked, eventually reasoning that his hand was too strong to fold unless somehow Kotas had turned up with a six. Daher made the call and Kotas showed him the .
We arrived at the table with the flop already spread out.
The player in the small blind had checked his option before Kitty Kuo bet out 4,300 from the under the gun position. Pieter de Korver was seat to her left and moved all in for his remaining 21,775. The player on the button got out of the way as did the small blind.
With the action back on Kuo, she tanked over her decision for a few minutes.
“Can you please turn around,” joked Kuo to the media representative that was reporting on the hand.
Kuo might’ve been embarrassed about showing her hand but made the call before both players tabled their cards.
Kuo:
de Korver:
De Korver was in front with his over pair but had to dodge many out that could improve Kuo’s hand. He couldn’t watch as the dealer revealed the and on the turn and river.
Kuo was noticeably upset after the hand with de Korver the complete opposite, standing from his chair and congratualing himself on surviving the hand.
Chris Moorman three-bet to 3,500 from the button and then five-bet to 21,000 after Andrey Zaichenko had four-bet to 10,000. The all in of the Russian was too much for the Brit though, he mucked his cards instantly. Zaichenko showed the .
Shortly before the clock was stopped, Sebastian Langrock got the remainder of his stack in with pocket sevens against the of Chino Rheem. The American would find two queens in the community cards and that sent the "Who wants to be a Millionaire" winner to the rail.
Only five minutes prior to the next massive pot, Andrey Zaichenko had six-bet shoved and shown Chris Moorman a four. Now they would pick up the action from under the gun and one seat over with the Russian once again six-bet shoving. Moorman wouldn't let go this time, as he made the call and immediately saw himself at the wrong end of a massive cooler.
Zaichenko:
Moorman:
There was no glimpse of hope on a board of and the British super star was left with almost nothing. Moorman would be all in the next hand to pick up the blinds and antes, but he bagged up shortly after.