Matt Stout from the small blind, a player in middle position and the hijack all checked the flop.
On the turn, it was checked to the hijack who bet 2,500. Stout raised to 5,800, the middle-position player got out of the way and the hijack went all in. Stout snap-called and the players turned over their hands.
Stout:
Hijack:
Stout had flopped a flush and had his opponent drawing dead. The river was the and Stout eliminated his opponent.
There was an open for 700 and Sam Grafton flat called.
Behind him, a third player moved all in and yet another player moved all in for a bigger stack. The initial raiser folded but Grafton was excited to see so much action and he too was all in.
Grafton tabled and was against the smaller stack’s and the bigger stack’s
The board ran out .
A delighted Grafton more than tripled up.
“The year of tight poker. Queens full is no good against me,” Grafton declared.
Todd Rodgers, a Las Vegas resident, is sitting on a stack of 22,000 and is regularly updating his count via the MyStack app to keep his family and friends informed of his progress.
Rodgers has already cashed in The Colossus and has made the money and Day 2 of The Giant.
While winning money at the tables is important to him, giving something back to society is of far greater importance.
Rodgers is involved in a charity called "Send Me On Vacation.org".
In conjunction with the timeshare industry, they hold a charity poker tournament to raise money for airfares to send breast cancer survivors on a free holiday. The next event Rodgers is currently in the middle of planning will be held at Caesars next April.
Konstantin Puchkov had opened under the gun and got called by the player in the small blind and Bruno Politano in the big blind.
All three checked the flop of .
On the turn card , the player in the small blind bet 700, got a call from Politano, and then Puchkov raised, resulting in a call from the small blind and a fold from Politano.
The river was the and, when it was checked to Puchkov, he shoved all in for around 6,000. His opponent mucked.
A player in early position limped, a middle position player raised to 575, the hijack called, and Alex Keating went all in from the cutoff for 6,725. Only the middle position player called for 4,950 total and the cards were turned up.
Middle-position player:
Keating:
The board ran out and Keating doubled his opponent up.
In the next hand, it was folded around to Keating on the button and he moved all in again for 1,750. Sam Stein called from the small blind and Shyam Srinivasan raised to 7,050 from the big blind. Stein folded and the players showed their hands.
Keating:
Srinivasan:
Stein claimed that he folded as well and Srinivasan said, "No you didn't."
The board came and Keating spiked a nine on the river to triple up.
flop.
turn, it was checked to the hijack who bet 2,500. Stout raised to 5,800, the middle-position player got out of the way and the hijack went all in. Stout snap-called and the players turned over their hands.
and Stout eliminated his opponent.
and the bigger stack’s 
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, the player in the small blind bet 700, got a call from Politano, and then Puchkov raised, resulting in a call from the small blind and a fold from Politano.
and Keating doubled his opponent up.
as well and Srinivasan said, "No you didn't."
