Frank Fratzola opened for 1,500 from middle position and picked up a couple of callers behind him in Theo Tran and John Chapman. It then folded around to a short-stacked Matt Glantz who reraised all in from the blinds. Fratzola called the reraise and the others folded.
Glantz:
Fratzola:
All was fine for Glantz through the flop and turn. But the fell on the river to give Fratzola the better pair, and Glantz has been eliminated.
Jennifer So raised to 1,300 from early position and got four callers, including Theo Tran in middle position. The flop came and it checked around to Tran who bet 2,800. All folded around to So who called Tran's bet. The turn was the . So checked, Tran bet 3,500 this time, and So called.
The river was the . So rechecked her cards, then bet 11,000. Tran paused a minute, a faint smile on his face, then called the bet. So flipped over for the nut flush, and Tran nodded as he mucked.
A player under the gun opened to 1,500 and Todd Terry called from the next seat over. A player in middle position re-popped it to 4,500 before Dan Buzgon four-bet all in for 15,875. The UTG player folded, as did Terry, before the middle-position player called with .
Buzgon tabled for big slick as well, but found himself with a sweat when the flop came down . The turn was black, but fine for Buzgon. The completed the board, chopping up the pot.
Busse battled with a short stack for much of the afternoon, but just now watched a player limp from early position, then he jammed all in for about 8,000 from the blinds only to be called quickly by the limper. Busse had , but his opponent had , and when the board rolled out , Busse was knocked out.
Action folded to Craig Bergeron in the hijack and he raised to 1,500. Kevin McColgan three-bet to 3,600 from the cutoff, forcing folds from the button and the blinds. Bergeron four-bet to 7,500, but was soon met with a five-bet to 32,100 by McColgan. After about 15 seconds, Bergeron gave it up.
Ketan Pandya continues to accumulate chips here on Day 1b. Just now he was involved in a hand with Robert Bowers. With the board showing , Pandya bet 2,700 (about two-thirds of the pot) and Bowers called. The river was the and both players checked.
Both players tabled two pair, but Pandya's were better than the of Bowers, and Pandya added a few more to his stack.
Lou Procopio opened to 15,000 from the hijack and Micah Raskin three-bet to 4,500 from the cutoff. Action folded to Craig Bergeron in the big blind who four-bet to about 12,000, forcing a fold from Procopio. Raskin called to see the flop where Bergeron went all in for 17,100.
Raskin mulled it over for about 45 seconds before opting to call. Bergeron was caught making a movie with and was in awful shape against Raskin's . The turn and officially ended Bergeron's tournament, while upping Raskin's stack to about 260,000.
flop and 
turn. But the 
fell on the river to give Fratzola the better pair, and Glantz has been eliminated.
and it checked around to Tran who bet 2,800. All folded around to So who called Tran's bet. The turn was the 
. So checked, Tran bet 3,500 this time, and So called.
. So rechecked her cards, then bet 11,000. Tran paused a minute, a faint smile on his face, then called the bet. So flipped over 
for the nut flush, and Tran nodded as he mucked.
for big slick as well, but found himself with a sweat when the flop came down 
turn was black, but fine for Buzgon. The 
completed the board, chopping up the pot.
, but his opponent had 
, Pandya bet 2,700 (about two-thirds of the pot) and Bowers called. The river was the 
and both players checked.
were better than the 
and was in awful shape against Raskin's 
turn and 
officially ended Bergeron's tournament, while upping Raskin's stack to about 260,000.