On a flop of , Bertrand Grospellier bet 37,500, and Will Failla called. The turn was the . Grospellier bet 113,000, Failla raised all in for about 36,000 more, and Grospellier called.
Grospellier:
Failla:
"Black and low! Black and low!" said Failla, walking over to where his supporters stood. The river was the , and Failla had zoomed up to 390,000.
"Know your opponent," said Failla. "I was waiting all day for that, bro'."
Tom Lutz raised to 12,000 from early position, and Chris Dombrowski raised all in with his stack of 69,500 from the button. Lutz thought for awhile, then made the call.
"I don't have much of a hand," said Lutz, turning over . Dombrowski showed .
The flop came , and Lutz's hand suddenly looked a lot better. The on the turn reduced Dombrowski's chances down to just a couple of outs. The on the river sealed it, and Dombrowski was eliminated.
Christo Vlassis raised under the gun to 11,000. It folded to Keith Hawkins in the cutoff. Hawkins made it 34,000 to go. After everyone else folded and it got back to Vlassis, he announced that he was all in. Hawkins made the quick call.
Hawkins:
Vlassis:
The flop came down and it was just a matter of formalities in dealing the turn the and the river the to send Vlassis to the rail.
Andrey Zaichenko just experienced the ups and downs of no-limit hold'em in two successive hands.
We picked up the first one on the river. The board showed . With the pot already large, Joe Commisso made a 75,000 bet and Zaichenko called. Commisso showed , and Zaichenko mucked. Commisso was up to 470,000, while Zaichenko had slipped to 70,000.
On the next hand, Zaichenko pushed all of his chips in from the cutoff with and was called by Philip Sparta who held . Zaichenko had Sparta covered. The flop came , giving Zaichenko quads and a lock on the hand. Sparta is out, and Zaichenko is back up to 140,000.