Joseph Cheong raised from middle position to 525 and Jose Rivas Rivas called from the next seat in the hijack. Domenico Cordi reraised from the small blind to 2,325. Cheong was the only caller.
The flop came down and both players checked to see the land on the turn. Cordi bet 2,250 and Cheong called.
The river was the and Cordi fired 5,075. Cheong thought for a little bit and then called. Cordi tabled the for aces and tens and Cheong mucked his hand.
When we walked up to Jason Wheeler's table, the full board was out on the table, and there was 14,600 in the pot. Wheeler was in his statue pose, because he'd shoved in for 13,575 and his opponent was in the tank.
It would be several long minutes before the fold finally came, and Wheeler is off the hook and back just over starting stack.
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Action folded to Ted Forrest in the hijack seat and he raised to 450. Natalie Hof called from the cutoff seat and Taimaz Sadat called from the big blind.
The flop came down and action checked over to Hof. She fired 1,000 and Sadat called. Forrest folded.
The fell on the turn and Sadat checked again. Hof bet 1,800 and Sadat called.
The completed the board on the river and Sadat checked. Hof bet 3,050 and Sadat snap-called. Hof tabled the for a set of queens. "So bad," said Sadat, showing the for a losing top two pair.
Men "The Master" Nguyen fired 1,100 on the flop and James Mitchell made the call. The turn brought the and Nguyen bet 3,500. Mitchell picked his hand up, looked at it and then tossed it face down into the muck.
After one player checked the board, Eddy Sabat bet 2,150. Guilherme Pita was behind him and made the call before the first player folded. The river completed the board with the and Sabat checked. Pita checked behind.
Antonio Pericolo and Dermot Blain tangled up in a pot that left Blain all in on the turn. The board read , and it looks like Pericolo had bet 6,000 before we walked up. Blain had shoved for 14,650, and Pericolo had turned the nuts with his . Blain showed down , and his two pair needed to fill up to keep him afloat.
River:
At this point, the dealer left both hands face-up, and she grabbed Blain's chips, stacked them on top of the pot, and pushed them toward Pericolo. The table stopped her, and Blain's bet was pulled back out. With both hands still face-up, she began to count the pot... and the table once again corrected her and told her to count Blain's stack. She didn't understand at first, and it was another moment before she realized that Blain had made a full house. Finally, the double-up was paid off, and Blain is up to about 36,000 now.