Hands #98-102: Big Clash Between Koppel and Liberta
Hand #98: Joe Curcio sat in early position and he raised to 210,000. Jared Koppel called from the big blind and they went to the flop.
The flop was dealt 
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Koppel check-called a bet of 350,000. The river was the 
and both players checked again.
Koppel was playing 
and he won the hand with a flush.
Hand #99: Curcio raised from under the gun to 210,000 and he was called by Koppel in the small blind and Matt Russell in the big blind.
The flop was 
and Curcio took it down with a continuation bet.
Hand #100: Francis Anderson raised to 210,000 from the cutoff and small blind Russell and big blind Curcio called.
The flop was 
and it checked to Anderson who continued with a bet of 215,000. It was just called by Russell and Curcio got out of the way.
The turn-card was dealt and Russell check-called another bet by Anderson. They both checked on the 
river and Russell won the pot with 
.
Hand #101: Curcio limped the small blind and big blind Dong Sheng Peng checked. 
landed on the flop and Curcio bet 165,000. Peng called the bet to see the 
on the turn.
Curcio bet another 250,000 on the turn but Peng three-bet to 750,000 this time around. Curcio got out of the way and the pot was awarded to Peng.
Hand #102: Jared Koppel raised to 210,000 from the hijack and Joseph Liberta defended his big blind. The flop was dealt 
and Liberta check-called a bet of 150,000.
The turn was the and Liberta check-called another time. The bet was 325,000 this time.
The 
river completed the board and Liberta checked to Koppel for the third time. Koppel fired a big bet of 750,000 and Liberta went into the tank. He called after about a minute and he showed which was enough to beat the 
by Koppel.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,900,000
-1,100,000
|
-1,100,000 |
|
||
|
3,700,000
1,670,000
|
1,670,000 |