Eddie Blumenthal opened for 1,650 under the gun, and only the blinds called. They checked to Blumenthal on the flop, and he bet 2,175. The small blind raised to 6,050, the big blind folded, and Blumenthal took his time before calling. On the turn, the small blind put Blumenthal all in for about 8,000, and he called it off.
Blumenthal:
Small blind:
Blumenthal had his opponent stone dead, and a completed the board for his double.
Bill Romer pushed all in from the big blind on a flop of for about 25,000. Robert Buckman declared that he had to call before doing so.
Buckman:
Romer:
Buckman had flopped a combo draw, and the gave him yet another out if he could make deuces full. A filled his gutshot straight draw, and Romer could only shake his head as his stack was pushed to Buckman.
A player opened for 1,800 in the hijack, and Nick Jivkov made it 4,200 from the button. The raiser called, and two took in a flop. Jivkov bet 5,800 when checked to, and his opponent pushed all in. Jivkov wasted no time calling.
Jivkov:
Hijack:
Jivkov's overpair was good for the moment, but his opponent had considerable outage with an open-ender, a backdoor flush draw, and a pair. The turn was a brick, and the board pairing with on the river did the hijack no good either.
Jivkov, who has nearly $600,000 in career cashes, including World Series of Poker win in Pot-Limit Hold'em in 2012, will be a player to watch going forward if he can maintain his stack.
Anselmo Villareal checked to an opponent on the button in a pot that contained over 30,000. The board read , and Villareal's opponent bet 16,000. Villareal made the call, and his was good against the of his opponent for a missed heart draw.
The next hand, Villareal opened for 2,500 and got three callers. The flopped, and action checked to Robert Buckman, who bet 3,500 on the button. Villareal popped it to 11,000 when action came back to him, and Buckman called. The board paired with the , and Villareal fired another bet, which took down the pot. His opponent showed a king before folding, and Villareal showed .
We found Terry Ring with 6,000 in front of him on a flop of . His opponent, who had checked out of the blinds, shoved for 17,400, and Ring folded face up. He's only sitting with about 10 big blinds now.