A player in early position raised to 350, Andreas Klatt called from the hijack, the small blind called, and Luke Sorensen called from the big blind.
The flop came , and action checked around to Klatt. He bet 600, the small blind folded, Sorensen called, and the preflop raiser folded. The turn brought the , and Sorensen checked. Klatt bet 1,900, and Sorensen check-raised to 4,000. Klatt called. The fell on the river, and Sorensen moved all in for about 6,000.
Klatt quickly called and tabled for sixes full of fours, which was best against Sorensen's for a seven-high straight. Klatt took the pot to send Sorensen to the rail.
A player in early position raised to 275, and David Williams three-bet to 1,075 from the button. The early-position player called, and the two players saw a flop of . The preflop raiser checked, Williams bet 1,125, and his opponent called.
The turn brought the , and Williams' opponent checked. Williams bet 2,000, leaving himself with only about 3,000 chips behind, his opponent moved all in, and Williams quickly called.
Williams:
Opponent:
Williams held top pair, top kicker but was in terrible shape against his opponent's set of sevens. The river changed nothing, and Williams lost the pot, leaving him with just 100 chips.
The PokerNews Live Reporting team was told of the following hand that recently occurred in the Amazon Room.
The player under the gun raised to 400, a player in middle position called, and Dinu Stefaroi made it 1,600 from the button. Action folded around to the original raiser, and he moved all in. The middle-position player folded, and Stefaroi called.
Stefaroi:
Opponent:
Both players held pocket kings, but the board ran out to give Stefaroi the winning flush.
With a substantial pot already brewing and the completed board reading , the player in the hijack checked to his lone opponent, Cate Hall, on the button. Hall put 6,000 chips forward, committing the overwhelming majority of her stack, the hijack folded, and Hall took the pot.
With about 3,200 chips already in the middle on a board of , the player in the big blind bet 1,700 into his lone opponent, Scott Davies, on the button. Davies, who had about 7,000 chips behind, went into the tank briefly before he ultimately called.
The big blind tabled for a pair of aces, and Davies mucked.