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Ben "Ben86" Tollerene raised to 16,500 on the button and "allin2bluff" re-raised to 52,500 in the big blind. Tollerene called and the two players headed to a flop of ]tc7h3s].
"allin2bluff" continued for 33,480 and Tollerene just called as the landed on the turn. "allin2bluff" bet the pot of 174,960 and Tollerene moved all in, putting his opponent to the test. "allin2bluff" called off his remaining 207,312 chips and the cards were face up.
Tollerene:
"allin2bluff":
Tollerene turned a straight and was just looking to avoid the board pairing. The river was the and Tollerene held on to eliminate "allin2bluff".
"terror7777727" opened to 15,000 in the cutoff and was called by Andrew "ClockWyze" Pantling on the button and "kjunia" in the small blind. The flop came and it was checked to Pantling who bet 24,448. "kjunia" folded but "terror7777727" came along for the ride.
The landed on the turn and "terror7777727" check-called another bet of 72,124 from Pantling. The river brought the and "terror7777727" checked once more. Pantling fired a third barrel of 124,848 and "terror7777727" finally folded.
In the next hand, Pantling got to showdown against Belarmino "PaGaOVelhinho" de Souza on a board reading . Pantling showed for a jack-high flush while de Souza held for a set of eights.
Ben "Ben86" Tollerene raised to 15,000 in the cutoff and Jorryt "TheCleaner11" van Hoof re-raised to 54,000 on the button. "allin2bluff" called from the small blind as did Tollerene.
The flop came and the action checked around to the on the turn. "allin2bluff" led out for 52,080 which got Tollerene to fold but van Hoof still called.
The river was the and "allin2bluff" fired out another bet of 84,370. Van Hoof jammed all in for 431,970 and "allin2bluff" laid his hand down, allowing van Hoof to scoop the pot.
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi raised to 14,640 from under the gun and "navebit83" re-raised to 52,920 on his left. The action folded back to Shakerchi who called to see a flop of . Both players checked to the on the turn and Shakerchi led out with a bet of 60,865 which earned him the pot.
A couple of hands later, "krakukra" raised to 15,120 on the button and Shakerchi three-bet to 51,360 in the small blind. "krakukra" called and the flop fell . Shakerchi led out for 57,622 and his opponent let his hand go.