From the cutoff, Gavin Griffin raised. The button reraised and Griffin made the call. The flop came and Griffin checked. His opponent bet and then Gavin raised. The player called.
The turn was the and Griffin fired. His opponent called.
The river was the and Griffin bet out again. His opponent called again.
Griffin showed top two, , and scooped the pot to move to 20,000 chips.
From the cutoff, Chip Jett raised to action. The big blind reraised and Jett called. The flop came down and the big blind bet out. Jett raised and was all in. His opponent made the call.
Showdown
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The turn was the , keeping Jett in the lead and then the river fell the . Jett was able to double up, but still only has about 2,000 chips.
A player in middle position raised before Nick Frangos popped it up to three bets. Mike "GoLeafsGoEh" Leah called from the big blind and the first raiser called as well.
The flop was . Action checked to Frangos and he fired a bet. Leah was the only caller. The turn was the and Leah led out. Frangos made the call.
The river fell the , pairing the top card on the board. Both players checked. Leah flipped up and Frangos mucked his hand almost unwillingly.
Frangos dropped to 5,000 while Leah moved up to 8,500.
Gavin Griffin check-called a bet from his opponent on a flop of . The turn went check, check after the fell. The on the river prompted a bet from Griffin. The bet was enough to get his opponent to fold and give Gavin the pot.
Griffin is one of the big stacks in the room with approximately 18,000 chips.
Gavin Smith came out betting on a flop of . Barry Shulman raised and Smith called. The turn was the . Both players checked after this card hit the felt. The river was the and Smith fired. Shulman folded.
Smith moved up to 3,500, but it was still short. Shulman dropped to 10,000.
After being down to just 2,000 chips, Ronnie "RoNasty" Bardah has made a comeback to over 10,000 chips. In two back-to-back hands, this action went down.
Brandon Hawkins was recently eliminated from the tournament on the other side of the room and came over to let his buddy Bardah know about it. "Let me get a sweat." said Hawkins as Bardah peeled back his cards to show them to Hawkins.
The flop came down and a player checked to Bardah. Bardah fired a bet and his opponent called. The turn brought the and it was checked to Bardah again. He fired again and was called.
The river was the and the first player checked once more. Bardah reached for chips and tossed out a final bet. His opponent called. Bardah turned up for a straight on the river. "Damn, I sweat SOOO good!" exclaimed Hawkins as he patted Bardah on the back. "Nasty nizzles!" he added.
On the very next hand, Bardah raised preflop and was called by the big blind. The flop was . The big blind checked and Bardah bet. The player raised and Ronnie called. The turn brought the and the big blind fired a bet. Bardah stuck in a raise and his opponent folded.
Steve Zolotow limped in from under the gun. Action folded over to the small blind, and he completed before Joe Cassidy checked his option in the big blind. The flop came down . Everyone checked.
The turn brought the and the small blind bet. Cassidy called and Zolotow folded. When the river fell the , the small blind fired again. Cassidy took a moment and looked at his opponent before tossing in the call. Both players showed for the straight and the pot was chopped up.