Barry Greenstein was the aggressor on every street against David Steicke. his aggression was rewarded with a full double-up. Greenstein raised pre-flop, bet the flop, bet the turn and bet all in on the river. Steicke called pre-flop from the small blind, check-called the flop, check-called the turn and checked the river.
Facing Greenstein's last bet at the river, Steicke peeked at his cards, picked up chips, and said, "This is a gift." He tossed the chips into the pot, prompting Greenstein to turn over , two pair kings and eights. Greenstein collected a pot worth about 33,000 after Steicke mucked.
Justin "Boosted J" Smith boosted the action from under the gun with a raise. Action then folded around to Abe Mosseri in the small blind and he re-popped it. Smith made the call. The flop came down and Mosseri check-called a bet from Smith. After the turn brought the , Mosseri check-folded and was left with 12,000 chips. Smith moved back up to 53,000.
Frank Kassela has one bracelet already this WSOP. He's working on a second today. He scooped Sammy Farha in a recent pot by flopping the nuts and then hanging on. Matt Glantz was the pre-flop aggressor. Farha called from the button and Kassela called from the small blind to a flop of . Kasella opened with a bet that Glantz raised. Farha called two cold and Kassella also called.
Kassella took the lead again when the turn paired the board, . Glantz and Farha both called. No low materialized with the river. Action checked all the way to Farha, who took a stab. Kassela called the bet; Glantz folded. Farha knew his was no good, and he was right. Kassela turned over for a ten-high straight.
Neal Friets raised and then Matt Lefkowitz reraised. Friets was in the cutoff seat and Lefkowitz on the button. Friets reraised again to get himself all in and Lefkowitz called.
Friets held the and Lefkowitz the . The board ran out and the two players chopped the pot, keeping Friets alive.
Carlos Mortensen, Phil Hellmuth and the player on the button all saw the flop of after putting in three bets preflop. On the flop, Mortensen bet, Hellmuth called, the button raised, Mortensen reraised, Hellmuth folded and then the button called.
The turn card was the and Mortensen bet. The button raised, Mortensen reraised to put the player all in and he was called. Mortensen held the and his all-in opponent the .
The river was the to complete the board and Mortensen's second-best flush was no good and he doubled the other player up, slipping down to about 49,600 in chips.
Phil Hellmuth was in the big blind for a recent hand and kept firing. He raised pre-flop, bet the flop, bet the turn and bet the river. By the river, with the board showing , Hellmuth had only one opponent. When his opponent called the last bet, Hellmuth turned over a small flush and the second-nut low, . Both were good to scoop the whole pot.
"I just went from owning a pawn shop to owning a small casino," Hellmuth said to Carlos Mortensen. Hellmuth now has about 60,000 chips.
Mikhael Thuritz and Vladimir Shchmelev were the only players to take a raised flop of . Thuritz had first action and bet into Shchmelev, the pre-flop raiser. Shchmelev called.
The turn was the . Thuritz checked and called a bet. Both players checked the river. Shchmelev's hand wasn't the prettiest, but his two pair, jacks and nines, , was enough to take down the pot. He now has about 70,000 in chips, while Thuritz has slipped to 68,000.
Phil Ivey's up to 86,000 after taking a recent pot from Jordan Morgan with a great river card. Ivey was first to act and bet a flop. Morgan called. Both players checked the turn. When the river fell , Ivey checked again. Morgan took the bait with a bet, then called Ivey's check-raise. Ivey turned over for a ten-high straight. It was the winner.
Morgan's count is getting dangerously low, with just 33,000.
Neal Friets was all in preflop with Phil Ivey and James Dempsey still left to act post flop. The flop came down and Ivey bet out. Dempsey made the call.
The turn brought the and Ivey checked before calling a bet from Dempsey. The river completed the board with the and Ivey check-called again.
Dempsey tabled the for a staight and a low. Ivey mucked his hand and Dempsey was awarded the side pot first. He then chopped the main pot with Friets, who held the . Friets won the high with a flush and Dempsey won the low.
Friets stayed alive once more and moved back to 9,200 in chips while Ivey sits on 81,500 and Dempsey with 155,000.
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flop, check-called the 
turn and checked the 
river.
, two pair kings and eights. Greenstein collected a pot worth about 33,000 after Steicke mucked.
and Mosseri check-called a bet from Smith. After the turn brought the 
. Kasella opened with a bet that Glantz raised. Farha called two cold and Kassella also called.
. Glantz and Farha both called. No low materialized with the 
river. Action checked all the way to Farha, who took a stab. Kassela called the bet; Glantz folded. Farha knew his 
for a ten-high straight.
and Lefkowitz the 
. The board ran out 
and the two players chopped the pot, keeping Friets alive.
after putting in three bets preflop. On the flop, Mortensen bet, Hellmuth called, the button raised, Mortensen reraised, Hellmuth folded and then the button called.
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. Both were good to scoop the whole pot.
river. Shchmelev's hand wasn't the prettiest, but his two pair, jacks and nines, 
turn. When the river fell 
, Ivey checked again. Morgan took the bait with a bet, then called Ivey's check-raise. Ivey turned over 
for a ten-high straight. It was the winner.
and Ivey checked before calling a bet from Dempsey. The river completed the board with the