In a rare six-way limped pot, the players see a flop of . The action is checked to David Steicke who bets out 24,000. Andrew Robl then declares "I raise the pot". Postflop the action is no-limit and after some confusion and discussion between dealers and supervisors, the bet amount is determined to be 92,000.
The play folds back to Bill Jordanou in the small blind who called off his last 67,000 chips. Steicke folded and the two players flipped their cards.
Jordanou:
Robl:
Jordanou had flopped two pair as Robl was drawing with his flush draw. The turn was the and river the and Jordanou more than doubles up to about 180,000 to leave Robl in trouble with only 47,000 chips.
David Steicke raised to 12,000 and JC Tran made the call in position on the button. The flop landed and Steicke led out for 12,000. Tran then raised to 28,000 and Steicke called.
The turn was the and Steicke checked to Tran who fired out 40,000. It was enough to force a fold from Steicke as Tran collects the pot.
Nam Le opened with a raise to 12,000 from the cutoff position. It was then Jeff Lisandro's turn to put in the three-bet, making it 40,000 to go from the small blind. Le moved all in over the top for 92,500 in total and Lisandro made the call.
Lisandro:
Le:
The flop gave Le the lead when it arrived giving Le a pair of aces. The turn was the and river the and Le doubles up to nearly 190,000. Lisandro is back to 85,000.
Jason Gray raised from middle position to 12,000 before Patrik Antonius reraised to 47,000 from the big blind. Gray moved all in for a total of 68,500, and Antonius made a pot-committed call.
Gray:
Antonius:
The board fell and Gray's queens hold up to double up to 140,000. Antonius is back to 180,000.
Action was on JC Tran from middle position and he obliged by entering the pot with a raise to 10,500. Both Bill Jordanou and David Steicke made the call before the flop of fell.
Steicke threw out a bet of 16,000, Tran made the call and Jordanou timed down before folding his hand. When the turn of the landed Steicke checked, and Tran followed with a bet of 20,000. Steicke took a long sip from his bottle of water, before making the call.
The river of the brought yet another check from Steicke. Tran pondered for a minute before sliding in a stack of grey 1000-chips for a total bet of 27,000. As the clock counted down, Steicke rechecked his cards before splashing the pot with his call.
Tran tabled which was enough for the pot as he moved back to over 200,000, with Steicke slipping to 250,000 in chips.
He's busted out of the event, but during an earlier break PokerNews' own Gloria Balding caught up with the elusive Phil Ivey. Here's what he had to say:
David Steicke raised it up preflop to 10,000 and the action moved to Masa Kagawa in the big blind who repotted to 32,000 leaving himself only 2,500 behind. Steicke deliberated before putting Kagawa all in.
Kagawa:
Steicke:
Steicke had made a great call, but Kagawa was delighted as he gave a fist pump on the flop. The turn was the and river the as Steicke commented "I had a funny feeling about that one" as the pot was sent to Kagawa.
"That's a lucky hand!" laughed Andrew Robl as the two double ups on this table since dinner have come from queen-jack.
John Juanda opened with a preflop raise to 11,000 from late position and JC Tran made the call out of the big blind.
The flop landed and Tran checked to Juanda who made a continuation bet of 15,000. Tran cut out calling chips and slid them into the middle.
The turn brought the and both players checked. The river was the and again both checked it down. Tran was the only player to show with his as the best hand as Juanda mucked. Juanda slips to 130,000 with Tran now up to 175,000.
Andrew Robl opened to 11,000 and was called by JC Tran and Erik Seidel. The board of was checked down. Not a terribly interesting hand, however after Tran revealed , it was Seidel who showed the best hand with for a set!
Seidel's checking out of position couldn't induce a bet from his opponents as Robl quipped "That's it huh?" in surprise at Seidel's strong holding.