Jason Potter opened to 250 from under the gun and a player called from late position. The blinds released and the flop fell . Potter continued for 250 and his opponent called.
Both players checked the on the turn and after the rivered Potter led for 650. His opponent called tabling and Potter mucked his hand.
Eddy Scharf opened to 150 from early position and the action folded to the blinds. Lee Childs called out of the small blind and a player in the big blind called as well.
The dealer fanned and the action checked to Scharf who continued for 300. Childs was his only caller.
Both players checked the on the turn and the river brought the . Childs led for 500 and Scharf made the call.
Childs tabled for a pair of jacks but Scharf opened for the same pair and a better kicker shipping him the pot.
Scharf is up to 10,000 chips and Childs has slipped below starting stack to 6,325.
It was a quick day for Brooklyn native Alex Bolotin.
A player raised to 300 from under the gun and James Akenhead made the call out of the small blind. Bolotin moved all in for his last 1,000 chips from the big blind and the original raiser four-bet to 2,000. Akenhead released and it was showdown time:
Showdown
Mr. Under The Gun:
Bolotin:
There was no help on the board for Bolotin and he reported to the rail
With around 5,000 in the pot and a board reading , Andre Akkari was faced with an all in from one of his opponents to the total of 5,350.
"How much do you have?" Akkari asked Neil Channing who was also in the hand.
Channing uttered something in his English tone before Akkari returned to a deep thought.
Eventually he cut out the chips to make the call and dropped them in front of his cards as Channing quickly tossed his cards into the muck - similar to the way his country's soccer team let their World Cup bid slip just a few nights ago!
Akkari tapped the table and slid his cards into the muck at the sight of his opponent's as he slipped to just 3,800 in chips.
Facing an early position raise to 300, Erick Lindgren made the call along with another player to see a flop fall.
The action was checked round to see the land on the turn and the original raiser fire out 500. The player caught in the middle called only to have Lindgren bump it to 2,000.
The original raiser made the call as the player caught in the middle folded as the landed on the river. Lindgren fired out 2,200 and his opponent made a cringing call only to turn over his to chop with Lindgren's .