Robert Kay got involved with Nick Janjic, Nick raised preflop to 2400, Rob called. The flop brought Nick checked as Rob then bet 5K, Nick called. Turn , Nick bets 5K, Robert knows his 3s are good so he bumps him back for another 14K, Nick, after time calls, the cards are shown Rob and Nick . The river brings the and Rob goes unrewarded. Nick now has 45K and the best wishes of Robert
Sam Korman adds to his ever increasing stack. 66 for Sam vs an AJo, they both make a straight but Sam has it to the 6. Very next hand we see 2 massive allins, shame they both have Queens, Split it up. Players going thick and fast now though, down to 83.
Notice there are no antes in this structure, which is why the blinds are popping up a bit faster. Average stack is 23400 and we are now at 600/1200 playing eight handed. Average stack is 14 X BB.
"I busted some old Australian dude," said Brandon Schaefer during the dinner break. That was the second $1,000 bounty he collected today. His King high flush draw bested a 6 high flush.
"I'm free-rolling baby!" he said with a smile. Schaefer slipped to 18K in chips.
Poker News reporter Weng Wong took down a huge pot and crippled Billy the Croc. Here's what went down. The Croc raised in early position to $2600. On the button, Weng Wong re-raised to $8K. The Croc pushed all in with and Weng called with . Weng's pocket cowboys held up and Billy the Croc was left with 300 in chips.