Brian Tate opened from middle position, Bahador Ahmadi called and Kirk Banks put in a second bet in position preflop. Tate and Ahmadi both called, and the dealer flopped .
Tate and Ahmadi checked to Banks who fired a bet which the two called.
The on the turn went check, check, bet again, but this time only Ahmadi called.
The river brought the and Ahmadi checked a third time. Banks fired a third barrel and won the pot when Ahmadi released.
On the flop, Andre Braender and Javier Torresola checked to Barry Shulman who tossed in a bet. Braender made the call and Torresola got out of the way.
The turn brought the . Braender check-called Shulman's bet.
On the river however, Braender couldn't call Shulman's bet and folded.
Cameron Kazemi raised from under the gun and the action folded to Michael Kaufman who re-raised from the small blind. Kazemi put in a third bet, Kaufman capped it and Kazemi called.
The flop fell and Kaufman check-called a bet from Kazemi.
Kaufman fired bets after the turned and the rivered and Kazemi called both times.
Kazemi rolled over for wired kings and Kaufman mucked his hand. Kazemi chipped up to 47,000 while Kaufman slipped to 30,000.
It was folded to Ben Yu, in late position, who made it two bets. Chris Farmer on the button made the call and the small blind, Dash Dudley, made it three bets. Both Yu and Farmer made the call.
The flop came down . Dudley bet, Yu got out of the way, and Farmer made the call.
The hit the turn and Dudley bet before Farmer made it two bets. Dudley folded his cards and Farmer dragged in the pot.
As we reported earlier, Yueqi Zhu has been disqualified from Event #53. Well, Zhu returned to the Amazon Room moments ago to tell us his side of the story.
According to Zhu, he was heads up last night with about 30,000 chips and his opponent had less than 6,000. Zhu was feeling stomach pains, so he and his opponent decided to make a minor deal. They tried to call the floor four times, but the floor was not around. His opponent then told him he would just fold every hand until the match was over and Zhu agreed.
"It was wrong to win that way," Zhu told us. "Even thought it was a minor deal, I still broke the rules. I want to apologize to the World Series of Poker and to all of the players. This is the first and last time I will make a deal."
On a flop, Chau Giang made it two bets from middle position and Claudio Rinaldi made the call from the cutoff.
The turn brought the and Giang tossed in a bet, only to be two-bet by Rinaldi. Giang made the call and the two went to the river.
The fell and Giang's bet was called by Rinaldi. Giang showed for two pair. Rinaldi tossed his cards in the muck and saw his chips slide over in Giang's direction.
It was folded around to Szabolcs Mayer who had his head propped in his hand and was looking down not following the action. Russell Cooper tapped the table to get his attention. Mayer looked up, apologized, glanced at his cards, and made it two bets. Cooper, from the big blind made it three bets and Mayer made the call.
The flop came down . Cooper bet. Mayer raised it and Cooper made the call.
The turn brought the . Cooper check-called Mayer's bet.
On the river, Cooper checked to Mayer, who tossed in a bet. Cooper made the call. Both players tabled their cards, Cooper tabling to take the pot with a pair of queens, against Mayer's jacks.
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on the turn went check, check, bet again, but this time only Ahmadi called.
and Ahmadi checked a third time. Banks fired a third barrel and won the pot when Ahmadi released.
. Schock check-called Besser's bet.
and Schock check-called Besser's bet once again.
river, Schock checked to Besser who tossed in a bet. Schock made the call, only to muck when he saw Besser table 
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. Braender check-called Shulman's bet.
and Kaufman check-called a bet from Kazemi.
turned and the 
and Petersen check-raised Eder. Eder called.
and Petersen fired one last bet. Eder decided to finally fold, slipping to just 25,200 chips. Petersen is now up to 57,000.
. Dudley bet, Yu got out of the way, and Farmer made the call.
hit the turn and Dudley bet before Farmer made it two bets. Dudley folded his cards and Farmer dragged in the pot.
. Cooper bet. Mayer raised it and Cooper made the call.
. Cooper check-called Mayer's bet.
river, Cooper checked to Mayer, who tossed in a bet. Cooper made the call. Both players tabled their cards, Cooper tabling 
to take the pot with a pair of queens, against Mayer's jacks.