Action folded around to the hijack player who raised to 20,000. Daniel Riestra moved all in for 72,000 from the small blind and his opponent made the call.
Daniel Riestra: 7♦7♥
Hijack: K♥Q♠
The board ran out A♣3♦2♥7♠4♠ and Riestra earned the pot and a full double up.
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The cutoff opened the action with a raise to 12,000. The button and small blind both called before Eric Dillon three-bet to 72,000 from the big blind. Only the cutoff player made the call.
Action went check-check on a Q♦Q♣2♠ flop before Dillon fired 50,000 on the 4♣ turn. His opponent mucked and Dillon scooped in a nice pot.
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Action folded around to the hijack who opened with a raise to 35,000. The small blind made the call before Pedro Ramirez three-bet to 100,000 from the big blind. The hijack called all in for 45,000 effective and the small blind player folded.
Hijack: K♥Q♣J♥6♦
Pedro Ramirez: A♠Q♥10♣9♥
The board ran out A♥A♣7♠2♠3♦ and Ramirez flopped trips to stack his opponent, adding to his table leading chip stack.
Middle position opened the action with a raise to 35,000. Action folded around to Patrick Ford who three-bet to 60,000 from the big blind, forcing his opponent all in who made the call.
Middle position: A♠K♣K♦2♠
Patrick Ford: A♥9♣9♦5♠
The board ran out 3♥3♠9♠2♦8♠ and Ford flopped a full house to send his opponent to the payout desk.