Brittney Stout opened from middle position, Joseph Graber three-bet on her immediate left. Action folded back to Stout who put in the four-bet. Graber responded with a five-bet to 21,600. Stout flatted from out of position.
The flop brought the . Stout checked to Graber, who bet 9,000, to which Stout check-called.
The turn fell the . Stout saw the single 25,000 chip left in Graber's stack and decided to lead out for that amount, putting Graber to a decision for all his chips in level one.
"I said I'd fold these if it happened in level one," said Graber, effectively telling the table his hand.
Eventually, he did fold and showed the face up.
"Show one time," the table pleaded of Stout. She didn't, but she did tell her neighbor she had the aces.
"I didn't want you to fold preflop, that's why I just flatted. I almost put it in on the flop," said Stout.
"My intention was to bet-fold the flop. I don't know if I would have," reflected Graber.
Either way, Stout chipped up big early and Graber escaped the ultimate no-limit cooler with chips behind.
Details of some early action and bet amounts were relayed by Graber, Stout, and others at the table.
Action was caught on the river as the board read . From early position, Daniel Chambers had bet 13,500. Stephen Baze raised to 50,400 which was for most of Chamber's stack. He was in the tank before a tablemate called clock.
The floor came over to administer the countdown, which Chambers disagreed with, saying that he had not had enough time to decide. Eventually the countdown reached zero and the hand was declared dead.
Preflop action had Adrian Mateos raising to 500 from the big blind and getting called from the cutoff, hijack and Nancy Birnbaum in the small blind.
The flop came down and Birnbaum checked to Mateos who bet 700. The hijack and button folded and Birnbaum called.
The showed up on the turn and Birnbaum check-raised Mateos' 2,200 bet up to 7,000. Mateos called the raise.
On the river was the to pair the board and Birnbaum checked to Mateos, who bet 22,000. Birnbaum went into the tank and studied the board, contemplating calling before deciding to fold. She showed her tough laydown against the four-time bracelet winner, for an ace-high flush.
Action was picked up with 10,000 in the pot and a flop of on the table with four players still in the hand. Ryan Ko, the small blind, led out for 4,000. Frank Kassela, in middle position, raised to 9,000.
After a fold from late position, the hijack smooth-called after a minute or so of thought, putting action back on Ko. After a couple minutes in the tank, he put in the reraise to 20,000. Kassela got out of the way while the hijack made the call.
The pair checked through the turn leading to the on the river. Ko moved all in for 25,200 and his opponent snap-folded, giving the pot to Ko. He turned over for the straight. Kassela told him that had the hijack not smooth-called, he probably would have doubled up Ko, sharing that he had folded .
Georgios Sotiropoulos opened to 500 from middle position and faced a three-bet to 1,600 from a player in late position. Action folded back around to Sotiropoulos who made the call to send the two players heads-up to the flop.
Sotiropoulos checked to the three-bettor on a flop of and then called when his opponent continued for 1,500.
Action checked through the turn to the board pairing river where Sotiropoulos took over the betting lead, tossing 3,000 into the middle. His opponent thought for a while before choosing to raise to 8,500.
Sotiropoulos did not immediately release his holding but eventually decided on a fold to put a slight dent in his stack.
In a pot of roughly 27,000 on a board showing , Joseph Spanne bet 13,000 from the cutoff. The button went deep in the tank contemplating what to do. Eventually the button reluctantly flicked in a chip for the call.
Spanne rolled over for the overpair, which was enough to scoop the large pot.