With 5,300 chips already in the middle on a flop of , PokerStars Team Pro Leo Fernandez was on the button and facing a decision for 2,400 from the player in the big blind. Fernandez raised to 5,400 and the big blind called.
The turn brought the and the big blind bet 2,400 again. Fernandez palmed a stack of chips and moved them forward, putting his opponent to a decision for the remainder of his stack. He called and the two players tabled their hands.
Fernandez:
Big blind:
Fernandez was way ahead with the flopped nut straight, while his opponent had no hope of winning the pot outright and needed to catch a nine in order to preserve his stack with a chopped pot. The on the river changed nothing and Fernandez scooped.
A player opened from early position with a raise to 1,800. He found a call from Julio Belluscio from the cutoff. Everyone folded so the two were heads up.
The flop was and both players checked to see the on the turn. The player in early position checked over to Belluscio who put out a bet of 3,000. His opponent called.
On the river the early position player checked once more. Belluscio put out another bet, this time for 4,500. His opponent called after a brief thought. Belluscio showed and that was good to earn him yet another pot and add to what seems to be his ever-growing chip stack.
With about 6,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , Brett Trevillian was in the hijack and heads-up against the player who was under the gun. The under-the-gun player checked and Trevillian bet 3,000. After brief consideration, he folded, and Trevillian took the pot to put his stack over the 90,000-chip mark.
Fabio Colonese opened with a raise to 2,000 and he was called by Carlos Curi in middle position, Alberto Santana on the button, and the big blind as well.
The flop came and action checked to Curi who bet 2,500. Only Colonese called.
Both players then checked on the turn. The river was the and Colonese fired out a bet of 5,000. Curi thought for second then reraised, making it 15,000. Colonese then thought for a while and folding, showing his .
Curi showed his and the two players then began exchanging a few words, Colonese saying that he knows he had better than that, and Curi saying, if you show me your other card I'll show you mine. Eventually Colonese did show his and Curi turned up his for the nut flush. Colonese nodded and Curi took in the big pot.
With about 11,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , action checked to Brett Trevillian in early position and he bet 12,000. The player in the big blind called.
The fell on the river and the big blind checked. Trevillian checked behind in fairly short order and the big blind flipped over for top two pair. Trevillian mucked and the big blind took the chips.
We didn't catch the preflop action but Andres Korn had one opponent all in and he was holding while his opponent help .
The put Korn in the lead with a pair and a flush draw. The on the turn kept him in the lead, but the on the river was one of the two outs his opponent was looking for and with that Andres Korn was left with just 9,000 in chips.