Following an under the gun limp Yevgeniy Timoshenko popped it up to 900 to go from middle position with the limper the only caller.
Under the gun checked the rainbow flop over to Timoshenko, who checked it right back, bringing the action to the turn.
Following another check from his opponent, Tomoshenko decided to take a stab for 1,400 and his opponent threw out the calling chips to bring the action to the river.
The under the gun player checked for a third time and Timoshenko fired out an 1,800 bet and is called once more, taking down the hand after rolling over for the rivered straight.
From early position, Jyri Merivirta raised to 600. He got no fewer than three callers; Sam Greenwood (cutoff), Sam Higgs (button), and Dominykas Karmazinas (big blind).
All four of them checked on the flop and turn before the completed the board. Karmazinas and Merivirta checked again, showing no interest in the pot at all. Greenwood bet pot for 2,500 and Higgs raised to 8,500. Everyone, including Greenwood, folded right away.
Sam Higgs sure does like to play a lot of pots and the Aussie player is at it once again following a middle position raise to 750 from Sam Greenwood. Higgs called the cutoff and a player on the button came along for the ride as well.
Greenwood checked the flop opening the door for Higgs who fired out a 2,000 bet. The button called and Greenwood bowed out to take play heads-up to the turn, which both players check.
The river brought a 2,300 bet from Greenwood and the button chewed through his allocated 20-seconds before folding and Higgs wins another.
On a flop of , Sam Higgs was seeing check-calling 500 from the small blind agains tunder the gun player Dominykas Karmazinas. Higgs lead out for 1,400 on the turn and Karmazinas called. Higgs checked once the board paired with the on the river. Karmazinas bet 3,500 and Higgs folded.
A player sitting under the gun opened to 300 with Yevgeniy Timoshenko (button) and Phil Laak (small blind) making the call to take play three-way to a flop.
All three players check, and do so again on the turn with Laak leading out for 750 on the river.
The original raiser folds and after a big sigh so does Timoshenko.
"You know what, I believe you Phil," said Timoshenko.
"I believable, I'll show you." Quipped Laak, showing two of his four cards, rolling over while raking in the small pot.
Poker players are notoriously late risers and with only 16 players registered so far play is shorthanded at present.
That seemed to suit Daniel Laidlaw just fine however, and he has just taken a decent sized pot down off a tablemate.
Preflop Laidlaw opened to 350 from the button and his opponent, seated in the small blind, pumped it up to 1,150 to go with Laidlaw making the call to take play heads-up to a flop of [c6ctd].
The small blind checked and Laidlaw decided to take a stab for 1,600, which his opponent called.
The turn brought another check from the small blind and a slightly larger bet of 5,600 from Laidlaw. The small blind made the call before checking for a third time when the hit the river.