Armando Figueroa opened in early position to 1,200 and only the big blind made the call. A flop of appeared and the big blind check-called Figueroa's continuation bet for 1,600.
The turn fell the and this time the big blind led out for 1,600. Figueroa quickly announced all in, putting his opponent at risk for his last 8,600 chips. The latter quickly folded.
On a heads-up board of , Imran Shafi in the big blind led out for 3,000, but was then raised by his opponent to 6,700. After a few seconds, Shafi called.
On the river, Shafi checked to the raiser, who then bet 12,000, which sent Shafi into the tank. He then started engaging in some table talk:
"What do you have? Can you just show me right now?" Shafi asked him.
"Only if you pay," his opponent replied.
"if i fold, will you show?" Shafi inquired again, but his opponent's response was just an exaggerated shrug. And with that Shafi promptly threw in a call chip and his opponent shook his head as he tabled for ace-high. Shafi then proudly flipped over for middle pair to win the big pot.
Loni Hui, the two-time WSOP bracelet winner and owner of five WSOP Circuit rings just joined the field in Bally's and is seated in front of a fresh stack worth 20,000.
After a limp from middle position, Curtis Anderau made it 1,700 from late position and the big blind called. The middle position player called as well.
The flop ran out and got checked round.
The turn saw the action resume, with the dealer laying the .
The big blind checked, inducing the middle position player to lead for 2,200. Anderau and the big blind slowly called.
The river fell , and the first two players checked it to Anderau. He decided to take this as an opportunity to bet out 6,000.
Both players dropped into the tank on their respective turns, however both folded and Anderau scooped the pot.
In a three-way raised pot, the flop showed when Matt Penner checked in the small blind. The big blind checked as well and the under the gun player bet 1,500. Only the Penner stayed in the pot.
The turn fell a and brought no betting action. When the appeared on the river, Penner led out for 4,400 and his opponent looked at his cards once more before folding his hand.
On a board in a head-up situation, the flop was already containing more than 8,000 when Ryan Cicciu sent a bet of 3,000 from the small blind seat. His opponent tanked for a few minutes before folding his cards.
Action started with a raise from early position to 1,500. Edward Welch, sitting just under starting stack with 17,000, shoved from the button. The preflop raiser thought for a moment before getting chatty.
"That's nearly 30 big blinds. Why so much? Do you want to re-reg already?"
"It's a freezeout," responded Welch.
"Ok, I call," was the reply, and cards were tabled.
Edward Welch:
Early position:
At risk but ahead, Welch had two outs to dodge on the flop. The first three cards ran , giving his opponent some backdoor hopes.
The turn of then tripled the early position's outs.
"Five, give me a five," was the call.
The river was low, but not enough and the saw Welch receive a full double to almost twice the starting stack.