A player in middle position raised to 800 but when the action got to the player in the hijack he raised it up to 2,600. Ross Corless called on the button. The original raiser let his hand go.
The flop came . The player in the hijack continued for a bet of 4,000. Corless rapidly tossed in calling chips.
The came on the turn and the hijack bet again for 4,500 to which Corless called instantly.
On the river the caused the hijack player to slow down with a check. Corless jammed all-in for his remaining 16,100. His opponent didn't take much time to muck.
Armando Then limped under the gun and was raised by a player in middle position to 1,200. The action folded back to Then who made the call.
They went heads-up to the flop which came . Then check-raised his opponent to 3,500 after he had continued for 1,200. His opponent called the raise.
The turn card came . Then took the lead with a bet of 5,200. His opponent quickly called.
The river paired the board with the . The action went check, check.
Then tabled . He flopped top two pair and improved to a full house on the river. His opponent mucked and he was regretful about not getting value on the river.
The action was picked up preflop when Scott Williams and another opponent were all-in putting Williams at risk for his tournament life.
Williams stated, "I was short-stacked with only 19,600 in chips and went all-in blind needing a double up."
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Opponent:
Williams needed help and the board would run out and Williams started to walk away from the table saying "good luck guys" when the river came giving him exactly what he needed to scoop the pot and stay alive.
Shogo Kokubu raised in early position and the player on his left three-bet to 3,600. The action folded around to the button who jammed his stack of 19,800 in the middle. The blinds quickly folded and Kokubu ripped his entire stack in the middle as well. The player who originally three-bet instantly called off his stack of 36,500 and all hands were tabled.
Opponent:
Button:
Shogo Kokubu:
All three players had big pairs with Kokubu having the best starting hand possible and the board ran out for his aces to hold and eliminate both players.