Mike Leah raised to 125,000 from under the gun and Ole Schemion defended his big blind.
The flop came and Schemion check-called a bet of 125,000. The turn was the and Schemion checked again. Leah bet 250,000. Schemion check-raised all in and Leah called.
Ole Schemion:
Mike Leah:
The river was the and Schemion secured himself a double up.
Adrian Mateos bet 80,000 from the button on a flop and Liv Boeree called from the big blind. They both checked the and Mateos bet 350,000 when checked to on the . Boeree called fairly quickly but Mateos showed the bad news: he'd run two pair with .
Manig Loeser defended his big blind from a 100,000 raise by Nick Petrangelo, who had the button. They both checked the flop, leading to a board of . Loeser bet about 80,000 and Petrangelo called. Loeser checked the river and Petrangelo put him all in for about 300,000. The German mucked in short order.
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Sylvain Loosli shoved all in from the small blind and Paul Newey called from the big. Loosli had against the of Newey.
The board ran out four spades and Newey doubled to 420,000 with a flush.
Claas Segebrecht raised to 85,000 from early position and Liv Boeree called in position. The flop came and Segebrecht bet 85,000. Boeree called.
The turn was the and Segebrecht bet 280,000. Boeree called. The river was the and Segebrecht bet again, this time making it 660,000. Boeree wasted no time and folded.
Loosli went all in for 295,000 and Phil Hellmuth called. Loosli had against the of Hellmuth from the big blind. Neither player improved and Loosli earned the double.
Newey then shoved all in and Segebrect asked for a count. Newey's shove was for 340,000 and Segebrecht decided to move along.
"If you got dealt pocket eights every hand, what would you do?" was the question posed by Martin Kabrhel, not usually one to shy away from such conversation points. "How would you play them?" he asked Sam Grafton.
"I dunno, probably just set mine every hand," replied Grafton.
"Limp every hand?" offered Bryn Kenney as a suggestion, "Catch some short stacks?"
"After a while, you might be able to put him on a hand!" said Sam Trickett.
In one hand Kabrhel limped in the small blind and Ole Schemion raised to 150,000 in the big blind. Kabrhel folded.
"I folded sevens; I know he has eights!" said Kabrhel.