Jonathan Aguiar and Barry Shulman saw a flop of and Aguiar led out for a bet of 650. Shulman quickly put enough chips in the pot for a call and we were off to the turn.
Fourth street came and this time Aguiar tossed out 1,900. Shulman quickly called once again and the river fell . Aguiar announced all in and Shulman snap called. Aguiar flipped over and Shulman shot his hand to the muck. Shulman is now sitting at around 9,000 in chips.
We came upon a hand between Isaac Haxton and Ludovic Lacay on the river, at which the board showed and there was around 5,000 in the middle. Haxton checked, and Lacay pushed out a bet of 3,750. Haxton studied for a beat, then stacked up and set out a column of 7,325 chips, leaving himself just over 1,000 behind.
Lacay sat back in his chair and smilingly expressed frustration at Haxton's play. "Sick," said Lacay, still grinning and shaking his head. Finally after a minute he made the call, and Haxton quickly flipped over for the nut flush. Lacay nodded and mucked.
Lacay still has about 22,000, while that pot takes Haxton up to about 21,000 himself.
On a board of , Gavin Smith fired out a bet of 1,650 into his opponent. His opponent quickly called and Smith tabled for a rivered spade flush. Smith scooped the pot while having the knee of a massage therapist pushed into his back.
After a preflop raise, James Akenhead saw a flop with two other players. The flop came down and Akenhead checked. The preflop raiser bet 625 and found one player send their cards into the muck while Akenhead made the call.
The turn came and the action went check-check. The rivered and both players checked once more.
"Ace-high", Akenheads opponent said.
Akenhead flipped over and was able to drag in the pot.
Eugene Katchalov opened with a raise to 350 from the hijack seat, then John "Johnny World" Hennigan promptly raised to 950 from the cutoff. Daniel Negreanu folded from the button, as did the blinds, and Katchalov made the call.
The flop came . Katchalov checked, Hennigan bet 1,100, and Katchalov paused a beat before calling. Both then checked the turn. The river brought the and another check from Katchalov. Hennigan cut out chips and pushed out 2,300, and Katchalov didn't waste much time check-raising to 6,200.
"Oh... the pain," exhaled Hennigan with roll of the eyes, eliciting a chuckle from Negreanu. A few seconds later Hennigan tossed his cards dealerward.
Hennigan slips to about 16,000, while Katchalov chips up close to 25,000.
Alex Bolotin opened to 400 from middle position, a player in the cutoff seat called, and Jeff Madsen called out of the big blind. The flop fell , and Madsen checked to Bolotin who continued for 600. The player in the cutoff raised to 1,600, Madsen released, and Bolotin called.
The turn was the , and Bolotin checked. His opponent tossed out two yellow T1,000 chips, and Bolotin called.
Both players checked on the river (we missed the card) and Bolotin's opponent opened up for a pair of tens. They were good.