On a flop of Andreas Berggren fired out a bet of 5,600 and his opponent made the call. The turn was the and both players checked. The river landed the and Berggren fired out 11,400. His opponent double-checked his hole cards before making the call.
Berggren showed for the nut flush to take down the pot and move up to 44,000 chips.
Keith Brookes opened with a raise to 900 from the cutoff before Haris Tsaousis bumped it up to 3,300 from the button. The action folded back to Brookes and he moved all in for his last 15,900. Tsaousis thought for a long time before laying down pocket jacks face up! It was the right fold as Brookes showed pocket kings!
David Epstein got the rest of his chips all in preflop with only to run into Burt Boutin's . The board ran out and Epstein hit the rail while Boutin increased his stack to 24,000.
With the board reading , Matt Ross moved all in, sending his opponent into the tank for several minutes. Ultimately, he folded face-up and Ross flashed as he raked in the pot. He's now up to 46,000.
Juan Maceiras opened for 775, the small blind moved all in for 3,500 and Maceiras called, turning up to his opponent's . The flop was but the turn was the giving the small blind a straight. The river was the and the small blind doubled through Maceiras, who is down to 35,000 in chips.
Matt Larsh, memorable for having played today in a toga with a Bodog logo slapped on it, has just been eliminated. He got his money all in on the turn with the board reading . Larsh held but his opponent had flopped a set with . The river was the and Toga Boy hit the rail.
Michael "Fatass" Andrews has just doubled up with his pocket queens holding up against pocket jacks in a preflop war to jump Andrews up to 12,000. Not a terribly exciting hand, but anyone with a nickname like that deserves their own post!
Henning Granstad reraised after facing an early-position raise. His opponent moved all in and Granstad made the call with . He was in great shape against his opponent's .
The board ran seven high, meaning Granstad eliminates his foe and sees his stack rise to 184,000.