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Peter Kaemmerlen opened for 5,200 from the hijack and John Kostelac called from the cutoff. The button and both blinds folded, which brought about a flop of .
Kaemmerlen led out for 6,500, Kostelac called, and then both players checked the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Kaemmerlen bet 13,500 and Kostelac instantly folded.
The players are fairly deep, and action has slowed to a crawl. Vicki Russel, who is the short stack, recently moved all in, but she simply took down the blinds and antes.
Fritz Neunkirchner opened with a big raise to 10,200 under the gun only to have Peter Kaemmerlen three-bet to 27,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Neunkirchner and he made the call, leaving himself 36,400 behind.
Both players ended up checking the flop, and then Neunkirchner moved all in on the turn. Kaemmerlen snap-called and tabled the for top pair, but it was no good as Neunkirchner had turned a set with the .
The completed the board on the river and Neunkirchner was pushed the pot.
Not long ago Bradley Yazici held nearly half the chips in play, but he seems stuck in reverse.
In a recent hand, there was around 45,000 in the pot on a board reading when Peter Kaemmerlen checked from the small blind and Yazici bet 18,000 from the under-the-gun position. Kaemmerlen responded with a check-raise to 44,000, and then snap-called off for 126,000 total when Yazici announced that he was all in.
Yazici:
Kaemmerlen:
Kaemmerlen had gotten lucky to spike a set on the flop, and he got paid maximum value when the blanked on the turn.
We missed the preflop action, but we do know that John Kostelac got his last 49,900 all in on a flop of and was at risk against Vicki Russel.
Kostelac:
Russel:
Even though Russel was ahead at that moment with top pair, Kostelac was a favorite with a flush and open-ended straight draw, plus an over. That gave him 18 outs twice, making him a favorite. Sure enough, the spiked on the turn to complete his flush and secure him the double. The meaningless was put out on the river, and Russel gave back more than half the chips she had just won.
Mike Summers opened for 3,400 under the gun only to have Vicki Summers, who has been quiet at the final table this far, move all in for 43,600 from the cutoff. John Kostelac seemed interested in the small blind, but ultimately folded his cards, which prompted Bradley Yazici to move all in from the big. Summers folded and Russel seemed to know she was in trouble.
Russel:
Yacizi:
Russel was behind, but she was drawing to two live cards. The flop was dry as could be, and the door seemed to be closing on Russel.
"Give me a queen or jack," she pleaded. The dealer didn't listen and turned the . "Oh no, give me a queen," a resigned Russel tried one more time.
This time the dealer obliged an put out the on the river. Russel let out a little cheer while Kostelac cussed and said he had folded .
"I knew I should have went with it," he said. Indeed, if he had Russel would have been eliminated on the bubble and he would be sitting with three times as many cgips in front of him.
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turn. When the 
completed the board on the river, Kaemmerlen bet 13,500 and Kostelac instantly folded.
turn. Kaemmerlen snap-called and tabled the 
for top pair, but it was no good as Neunkirchner had turned a set with the 
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completed the board on the river and Neunkirchner was pushed the pot.
when Peter Kaemmerlen checked from the small blind and Yazici bet 18,000 from the under-the-gun position. Kaemmerlen responded with a check-raise to 44,000, and then snap-called off for 126,000 total when Yazici announced that he was all in.
blanked on the turn.
and was at risk against Vicki Russel.
spiked on the turn to complete his flush and secure him the double. The meaningless 
was put out on the river, and Russel gave back more than half the chips she had just won.
. "Oh no, give me a queen," a resigned Russel tried one more time.
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