Alexander Kostritsyn raised from the hijack and the small blind was the only caller. On all three streets of the board the small blind check-called a Kostritsyn bet. Once the final call was made, Kostritsyn showed and his opponent mucked.
Phil Hellmuth raised from under the gun and then called an opponent's reraise from the button. It was heads up to the flop, which Hellmuth bet for his last 200. The button made the call and Hellmuth was on the draw.
Hellmuth:
Button:
The turn was no help to Hellmuth and neither was the . The "Poker Brat" showed up late and left early.
We caught up with the action on a board where Shawn Buchanan checked from the small blind. Frank Kassela bet from middle position and was check-raised by Buchanan. Not to be deterred, Kassela made it three bets and Buchanan made it four. Once the hit the river however, the action slowed down as Kassela only called one Buchanan bet. Buchanan showed for a full house, queens full of jacks on the turn which became full of kings on the river. Kassela too held for the same hand though as the players chopped it up.
We caught up with the action to find Hellmuth all in against two other players with a board of . Noah Boeken who was also in the hand faced a raise on the flop, which he called quickly.
Both players checked the on the turn. With a appearing on the river, Boeken again faced another bet from his aggressor which he called.
Hellmuth showed the table and was able to win the main pot. The side pot was awarded to the player in late position who held . Boeken mucked his cards.
Brock Parker raised from the cutoff and Scott Clements three-bet on the button. The big blind made it four bets to go which got Parker out of the way while Clements stuck around. The big blind led out on the flop and Clements called. On the turn, the big blind check-called a Clements’ bet. Both players checked the river and the big blind turned over . Clements showed before he mucked his hand