JC Alvarado limped in from early-middle position and Mathieu Pourrat moved all in for 43,500 from the cutoff seat. Action got back to Alvarado and he called with the . Pourrat held the .
The flop and turn were to keep Alvarado in front, but the on the river gave Pourrat his double up.
Joe Cassidy fired 12,000 on the flop. Victor Ramdin raised to 30,000. Cassidy moved all in and Ramdin snapped for 108,000 total. He held the for trip deuces. Cassidy was making a move with the .
The turn was the and the river the to give Ramdin the double up.
From under the gun, Joe Cassidy raised to 6,500. Andrew Moseley called from middle position and Max Silver called from the button. In the small blind was Victor Ramdin. He reraised to 26,500. Everyone folded back to Silver and he made the call.
The flop came down and Ramdin bet 26,000. Silver called.
The turn was the and Ramdin checked. Silver bet 27,500 and Ramdin folded.
Arnaud Mattern opened to 7,000, and Brian Roberts three-bet to 20,500 from the big blind. Mattern called, and off they went.
The flop came , and we had to step away to watch a hand at the adjacent table, so we're not sure what the betting action was. When we checked back, the turn was out on board, and Roberts had a bet of 42,000 out in front of him. Mattern called, and the completed the board. Roberts checked. Lifting his glasses, Mattern asked to see Roberts' chips. Both men had about 135,000 left in their stacks, and Mattern eventually checked it back.
Roberts tabled , and Mattern hissed in displeasure. "River," he said flatly, spinning his cards into the muck.
We just watched Constant Rijkenberg pay off a ~60,000-chip double up to the gentleman in Seat 1. The board was , and Mr. Double-Up was working with . We were too late to the table to see Rijkenberg's already-mucked hand, but whatever it was, it couldn't beat ace-queen-high.
As we told you already, though, Rijkenberg is one of the most volatile players in the room. Even after paying off that double, he's still up from our last check. We eyeball him at 555,000 now -- still the biggest stack in the room.
There was a raise from under the gun and the action folded around to the teeny-weeny and the giant blinds. Sitting in the teeny-weeny blind was Ilan Boujenah and he three-bet to 17,000. Seated in the giant blind was WSOP bracelet winner Sean Getzwiller and he moved all-in for 81,000. The original raiser folded leaving the decision solely on the shoulders of Boujenah.
"You are an American," said Boujenah
"Yeah, so what?" Asked Getzwiller
"You Americans are like Lone Rangers," said Boujenah before folding his hand.
. Pourrat held the 
.
to keep Alvarado in front, but the 
on the river gave Pourrat his double up.
flop. Victor Ramdin raised to 30,000. Cassidy moved all in and Ramdin snapped for 108,000 total. He held the 
for trip deuces. Cassidy was making a move with the 
.
and the river the 
to give Ramdin the double up.
and Ramdin bet 26,000. Silver called.
, and Mattern hissed in displeasure. "River," he said flatly, spinning his cards into the muck.
