Daniel Alaei raised preflop and was called by David Olson. On a flop of , Olson check-called Alaei's bet. The turn brought the and Olson checked again. Alaei fired off another shell and this time Olson raised. Alaei would make the call.
The final card off was the and Olson led out. Alaei called. Olson showed the nut straight with and Alaei mucked.
Barry Greenstein is back in business after another double up, this time through Matt Glantz. Greenstein raised from under the gun and Glantz three-bet from the small blind. Greenstein flat called and they saw a flop of .
Glantz bet out and Greenstein again just flat called as the fell on the turn. Glantz fired again but Greenstein put in the raise. Glantz saw that Greenstein only had 1,200 behind, so he put him all in and Greenstein obliged.
Greenstein:
Glantz:
It was top set for Greenstein but he'd have to avoid plenty of outs with Glantz showing the flush draw.
The river bricked the and Greenstein doubles through to 27,000 to stay alive!
Shaun Buchanan and Chris Tryba are seated at adjacent tables in the same row. Both are occupying seat five on their respective tables and have been extremely active the past few rotations. Buchanan and Tryba have built their stacks nicely. Tryba is up to 115,000 and Buchanan is rockin' a stack of 121,000.
Andrew "Dr. Bruce" Brussard has had a rough few minutes. We caught an interesting pot between Brussard and Bryan Horton. There was a bet on the flop before the turn and river were checked down with the board reading .
"King" said Horton as his kicker played with quads on board as Brussard sighed and mucked .
A few minutes later Brussard was forced to fold on the river in a huge pot with Matt Lichtie. The board read after a series of raises Brussard was finally convinced to fold his face up as Lichtie took it down with .
Lichtie is up to 95,000 with Brussard slipping, but still in good shape with 65,000.
Barry Greenstein is back to 50,000 chips after his collected a nice pot against Matt Glantz's on a board which features two more kings. The kicker of Greenstein played as he took it down.
Glantz has been amongst the chip leaders for most of the day, but now slips back down to 29,000 chips.
If one player is going to collect a pot with nine-high here today, it's going to be Daniel Negreanu.
After raising from under the gun and finding two callers in the blinds, he fired a continuation bet on the flop of . He found one caller in the small blind, and they saw the land on the turn. Again it was checked to Negreanu who fired a bet which was called.
The river landed the and both players surrendered and checked it down. Negreanu tabled for just nine-high but somehow his hand was good as his opponent revealed a busted draw with .
On the turn, the board read and David Olson fired a bet. Daniel Alaei raised and Olson made the call. The river was the , putting four diamonds on the board, and Olson checked. Alaei fired a bet and Olson called.
Both players tabled , but Alaei held the in his hand and scooped the pot.
On the very next hand, Alaei won a sizable pot on a board of holding . He is now up to 148,000 chips and climbing.