With about 20,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , Allen Sternberg bet 20,000 from the hijack into his lone opponent in the cutoff, Joey Ingram, who called.
The fell on the turn and Sternberg, who had already committed the majority of his stack, moved all in. Ingram called and the two players tabled their hands.
Sternberg:
Ingram:
Things were looking promising for Sternberg and grim for Ingram heading to the river. The final card was the , securing the double-up for Sternberg.
On a flop of , action checked to Ryan D'Angelo and he bet 4,500. A player in the blinds made a pot-sized check-raise, D'Angelo moved all in, and his opponent called.
D'Angelo:
Opponent:
Both players had flopped two pair, but D'Angelo had by far the best of it with top two to his opponent's bottom two. The fell on the turn to give D'Angelo queens full of nines and leave his opponent drawing dead, the meaningless fell on the river, and D'Angelo scooped the pot to double up.