Nice Pot For Ho and a Missed Opportunity For Lisandro
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With two more players to go before we have thirty-six very happy punters, we have a straight for Maria Ho and a missed opportunity for Jeff Lisandro.
Lisandro raised on the button, Yosuke Sekiya made the three-bet from the small blind, the big blind called as did Lisandro. The flop was 
, Sekiya bet, the big blind folded and Lisandro just called. The turn 
went the same way before Lisandro raised the 
river. As expected Sekiya made the call and the two players turned their cards over.
| Lisandro |   |
| Sekiya |   |
So Lisandro had flopped the nuts before allowing Sekiya to catch up for a share of the spoils, "If I had raised that flop he couldn't have called," Lisandro told himself.
Then Maria Ho pulled a nice chunk from the stack of Jacob Petersen. Petersen raised on the button and Ho called. The flair shared a flop of 
and Petersen called a check-raise from Ho. The board then ran out 
and 
and Petersen called two streets of value from Ho. She confidently flipped 
on their backs and Petersen folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
93,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
||
|
73,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
70,000
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
43,600
17,600
|
17,600 |