Jonathan Tamayo was involved in an other raising war. This time preflop and with Ronnie Hofman. Hofman ended up being all in and the players took the flop .
Tamayo:
Hofman:
The turn brought the , giving Tamayo a straight. The river was another ten and sent Hofman home. Tamayo is steam rolling opponents and over 100,000 again.
Zhehao Zhang and Elliot Smith went to the turn on a flop of . The turn brought the and Zhang led out after Smith checked. Smith then raised and Zhang called all in.
Zhang held , but Smith had him with . The river came the , but sent Zhang on his way.
The action was capped preflop between Todd Witteles and Otto Richard. The flop came paired, . Richard bet the flop, Witteles raised, and Richard called. After making the call, Richard was all in.
Richard:
Witteles:
The turn came the and the river the to send Otto out.
Todd Witteles was short stacked approaching the bubble, but has done really well for himself and is now up to 61,000.
John Sidoni was all in against David MacHowsky on the flop of . MacHowsky held top pair with a flush draw with the . Sidoni held top pair as well, but was second best all around with only a king kicker and the king-high flush draw; he held .
The turn and river were both deuces and both not spades to give MacHowsky the win and the elimination of Sidoni.
We pick up the action on the river, with Michael Guzzardi involved in a pot. There are 24,000 chips already in the middle, and the board reads .
Action is on Guzzardi, and he says, "Six thousand," as he throws a random sprinkling of chips out in front of him, amounting to just 3,500. His opponent puts in 3,500 to match it, before realizing that the bet is actually 6,000. The dealer acknowledges that Guzzardi announced six thousand, and the floor is called over. After hearing both sides, the ruling is that the player must leave his 3,500 chips in the pot, and has the option to call the remaining 2,500 or fold. Nobody is really happy with the decision, but the player makes the call.
Guzzardi turns over , and his opponent mucks his hand. With the win, Michael Guzzardi has upped his count, now sitting on 55,000 chips.
From late position, Todd Witteles opens the action with a raise. The short-stacked Marc Goldman is in the small blind, and he reraises. Witteles jams it back, and Goldman calls all in. The cards are turned up:
Witteles:
Goldman:
The flop of gives Witteles more outs with a flush draw and a gutshot straight draw. The turn blanks the . Spade on the river though; the makes Witteles the winner and sends Goldman headed for the exit.