HomeGerald Casey claimed himself a sizable pot against Sato Sainichiro that had the table on pause for a long second. During the hand, Casey limped in, three other players joined him, but Sainichiro raised to 1550. Casey called and the rest folded. The flop ran Q♦ 6♦ 10♣. Sainichiro bet 2k and Casey called. The turn of 8♦ had Sainichiro betting out 4k and again, Casey called. On the river of 2♦, both players checked and revealed their hands. Sainichiro had Q♣ Q♥ for trips while Casey had 6♥ 4♦ for a flush that was nearly overlooked.
Re-entry player Jun Javalera is back at the felt after getting railed by Mike Artis on his first buy-in. In this hand, his downstreak continued after losing a pot to Yao Hui. The board showed A♠ K♥ 10♥ 10♣, Javalera bet 1500, and Hui called. On the river of J♣, Javalera bet 1500 again, and Hui matched it up. Javalera had 10♦ 8♦ for trips, but Hui had Q♣ J♦ for a straight.
What a nutty board between Gerard Bringley and George Taylor. On a board of A♣ 6♣ J♥, Bringley led for 825 and Taylor called. At the turn of Q♣, Bringley checked to Taylor who bet 2k. Bringley flat-called. On the river of K♣, both opted to check and Taylor won the pot with his 8♣ 9♣ flush against Bringley’s A♥ 6♥, two pairs that he c aught at the flop.
Pots are beginning to look like jewels with lots of chips piled up. On this hand, there was already 4k in the middle preflop, and the dealer spread 3♣ 10♥ A♥. Aso Seitaro was first to decided and he checked. A mid-position player was next, and he bet 1525. The cutoff folded, while Seitaro called, further ballooning the pot. The turn of K♥ saw more action with Seitaro betting 4600. He was called. On the river of Q♣, Seitaro was unstoppable and bet 10k. The mp player only had 10.5k behind and thought it was best to fight another time by folding. Seitaro scooped a very hefty well-earned pot.
From mid-position, George Salud raised to 450 preflop and was called by re-entry player, SJ Kim. Action then moved to button Nick Blackburn of three-bet to 1550. When action was sent back to Salud, he asked for a count of Blackburn’s chips. With still healthy stack, Blackburn commented “around 11 thousand, and I can re-buy”. This seemed to be enough for Salud to make the call, and Kim followed in his footsteps. At the flop of 5♣ 6♠ 10♠, everyone checked. At the turn of 2♣, Salud bet 4200. Kim and Blackburn folded.
Marc Rivera and Michael Falcon engaged in a hand that had a flop of Q♥ 6♠ 5♣. Falcon bet 800, Rivera called, and the dealer dropped the next card in, Q♣. Falcon continued to test Rivera and bet 1200, Rivera raised to 3k, and that was it. Falcon felt he was beat and folded.
In the words of Gerard Bringley to Mike Artis “Man, you are running so good right now!” That came right after Artis eliminated another player at his table, this time it was Jun Javalera. Catching the action at the flop of 2♣ J♦ 4♣, Javalera be 250, was raised to 675 by Artis, two players folded, one called, and Javalera shoved his remaining 5k chip in. Artis quickly called and it was a showdown after the last player in the hand with them decided to fold up. Javalera was ahead with J♥ 2♥ two pairs while Artis had A♣ J♣ top pair nut flush draw. The turn of 5♠ kept Javalera alive but with the river of A♥, Artis landed a higher two pairs. Javalera was eliminated and Artis added more to his stack.
We are on a 10-min break. Mike Artis currently in the lead with over 70k chips. There are 44 entries posted on the screen.
On a board of A♣ 8♠ K♣, Jun Javalera led out for 400, Gerard Bringley raised to 1100, and Javalera called. At the turn of 5♠, Javalera checked to Bringley who bet 1900, and Javalera called. On the river of A♠, both players slowed to a check and Bringley won with his 9♣ 8♣ mid pair against Javalera’s Q♣ 5♣ bottom pair.