From the cutoff seat, Jared Jaffee raised to 16,000. Matt Vengrin called from the button creating another heads-up battle between these two. After the flop came down , Jaffee fired 27,000. Vengrin made the call.
The turn added the , pairing the board. Jaffee check-called a bet of 40,000 from Vengrin.
Fifth street was the and both players checked. Jaffee tabled the for a straight to the ten. Vengrin showed the for jacks and sevens. He dropped back to 440,000 in chips after losing this pot.
Nikolai Yakovenko raised the button and Alexander Wice called from the small blind. The flop came down and both players checked to see the fall on the turn. Wice bet the turn and Yakovenko called. The river completed the board with the and both players checked again.
Wice tabled the for a pair of jacks to win the high and a low of 8-7-5-2-A. He scooped the pot and moved back to 235,000 in chips. Yakovenko dropped back to 565,000.
Scott Seiver kicked off the action by raising under the gun with Matthew Vengrin being the only caller. Seiver stood pat while Vengrin drew two cards.
Seiver kicked off the next round of betting by committing a bet to the pot with Vengrin calling. Seiver continued to stand pat while Vengrin drew one card. Seiver bet again after the second draw and Vengrin called.
Both players stood pat on the last opportunity to draw, and once more Seiver bet with Vengrin calling.
Seiver tabled and Vengrin tabled . When Vengrin saw his hand laid out on the table he said in a surprised tone, "Holy shit, I had a pair?"
Steve Sung raised from under the gun and Todd Brunson reraised from the big blind. Sung made the call. The flop came down and Brunson led out. Sung raised, Brunson three-bet and Sung called.
The turn brought the and Brunson check-called a bet from Sung. The river completed the board with the and Brunson check-called again.
Sung tabled the for a diamond flush and scooped the pot. Brunson dropped to 150,000 while Sung boomed up to 760,000.
Stephen Su raised from under the gun and called a raise from Matthew Vengrin who popped it up again from the small blind.
Vengrin led out with a bet on a flop of and took his turn calling a raise from Su. The turn was the and Su check-called a bet from Vengrin.
The river brought the and both players checked. Vengrin tabled and Su mucked, which prompted someone on the rail to say, "Woah, aces hold in limit hold'em?"