There's a lot of blind stealing going on right now as players are worried about getting involved with marginal holdings. Barny Boatman just stole the blinds two hands in a row, the second time it was Layne Flack who reluctantly gave up his big blind.
Layne Flack limped from the button, Michael Schwartz completed from the small blind, and Jerrod Ankenman checked his option in the big blind.
The flop came , and all three checked. The turn was the . Ankenman bet 5,000, Flack called, and Schwartz folded.
The river was the . Ankenman quickly bet 15,000, and Flack quickly called. Ankenmann showed for a couple of busted draws. Flack showed for trip sevens.
After losing a few small pots, Flack is back up to 150,000. Ankenman still has a nice stack of 310,000.
Jerrod Ankenman and Varahram Vardjavand have clashed for a second time today with the latter looking to double up through the former again. Both had aces, but it would be the other two cards in the hole that would do the damage for one.
Ankenman had .
Vardjavand had .
The board came .
The straight for Ankenman means he got the chips back he gave to Vardjavand earlier, eliminating him in the process.