Phil Hellmuth was in middle position and heads-up against the player to his immediate right. The board read and there were about 18,000 chips in the middle. Hellmuth's opponent checked, the fifteen-time bracelet winner bet 5,100, and his opponent called.
The turn brought the and Hellmuth's opponent checked. Hellmuth bet again, 12,000 this time, and his opponent called.
The fell on the river, Hellmuth's opponent checked, Hellmuth bet 14,000, and after some consideration, his opponent folded.
The player on the cutoff opened to 3,600. The player on the button reshoved for 8,200. Sarah Cook, in the small blind, reshoved for 30,300. The original raiser gave up his hand.
Sarah Cook:
Opponent:
The board came and Cook took down the pot sending her opponent to the rail.
A player in early position raised to 4,000 and action folded around to Renato Nomura in the small blind. He three-bet to 12,000 and the original raiser went into the tank. After about half a minute, he jammed for 20,200, and Nomura called with a covering stack.
Renato Nomura:
Opponent:
Nomura found himself trailing his opponent's queens and needed help from the deck to win. The board ran out and Nomura's opponent stood up to make his exit.
"That's you, man," said a player at the table. "That's a queen, not a jack."
Nomura's opponent realized he had queens full, sat back down, and took the pot to double up.