With 20,000 already in, Frank Bastow looked at the board of . The heads-up action was checked to Bastow by the player on his right. He checked back.
The river came . Again, Bastow's opponent checked to him. Bastow moved all in with 21,900 behind, receiving a snap-call. Both players exposed their hands.
Frank Bastow:
Opponent:
Bastow's three of a kind bested his opponent's pair of queens, giving Bastow the double up.
With a completed board of and 20,000 in the middle, the big blind bet 8,000. Mathieu Carpena on the button raised to 25,000 leaving around 16,000 chips behind.
The big blind took their time before deciding to put the Frenchman all in. Carpena snap-called and tabled for the nut straight. The big blind tapped the table and revealed they had for two pair.
British poker player Jack Hardcastle was in the mix in a four-way pot. After a middle position open of 2,300 chips and a call from the cutoff and small blind, Hardcastle came along in the big blind.
They saw a flop of and the original raiser slowed down with a check. The cutoff then took over the aggression betting 6,000 and the small blind and Hardcastle both called.
On the turn, Hardcastle took over the betting lead after the small blind checked, betting 10,000 and both the cutoff and small blind folded.
With around 15,000 in the pot and three players in the hand, the flop came . The hijack lead for 3,300. A player from the blinds folded, bringing action to Dustin Mistelske in middle position. He called, but the board now read just .
The players and dealer looked at each other in confusion. When the previous player folded, the had accidentally been scooped into the muck. The table began trying to find a solution. Nobody was positive of what the mucked card had been, but the table was in consensus that it was a small red card. After a few minutes of confusion and deliberation, the dealer carefully looked through the muck and found the missing card, returning the to the board.
The came on the turn. Mistelske led for 8,500, earning a snap-fold from the hijack, scooping the pot in the process. The accidental muck proved inconsequential and the players at the table had a good laugh about it.
The pot was 15,800 with a board reading . The small blind put in a bet a bit north of 20,000, more than Gilberto Amaral's entire stack. Amaral made the call from the button. Both players tabled their hands.
Gilberto Amaral:
Opponent:
Anaral's pair of nines was good enough to scoop the pot and double his stack.
Ezequiel Waigel from Argentina opened to 1,200 from under the gun and was called by Jason Saylor in middle position. Both blinds came along as well.
The flop was and all players checked.
On the turn the small blind bet out 3,000 folding out the big blind, but was quickly raised by Waigel next to act. Saylor got out of the way, as did the small blind player awarding Waigel the pot.