David Arsht brought it in with a raise from early position and cleared the field all the way to Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri in the big blind. The latter not only called there, but proceeded to check-call bets on the flop and turn. When the appeared on the river, Barbieri checked for a third time and Arsht kept the pressure on with a bet. Barberi gave it a little thought but ultimately folded his hand.
Ben Landowski came in for a raise, and Alex Queen three bet in the small blind. It got back to Landowski, and he made the call. The flop came down , and Queen led out. Landowski raised, and Queen called. Queen would proceed to check call on the turn, the , and the river, the . Landowski showed for top pair, and Queen mucked, dropping him to 280,000, while Landowski rises to 550,000.
Donald Auger raised it up, and Al Barbieri three bet on the button. Auger made the call, and the dealer fanned out a flop of , and Auger check called a bet from Barbieri. The same occurred when the hit the turn and the hit the river. Barbieri showed for two pair, and Auger mucked. This propelled Barbieri back up to 440,000, while Auger dropped down to 370,000.
Action started with Glenn Engelbert in the hijack, and he raised it up. Jeff Weiss called in the big blind, and the flop came down . Weiss checked to Engelbert, who fired out a bet. Weiss decided to check raise, and Engelbert put him all in. Weiss made the call, and he was in great shape.
Weiss:
Engelbert:
The on the turn gave Engelbert an inside straight draw, but the on the river didn't help him. Weiss secured the double up to 130,000, while Engelbert drops to 490,000.
Roland Israel has been on a steady decline for the past couple levels, and his stack has dwindled to a mere 18,000. We expect that Israel will be all in any hand now.
Israel was under the gun, and shoved his last 18,000 into the middle. It folded around to Stephen Hung on the button, and he raised it up. Glenn Engelbert called in the big blind, and they saw a flop of . Engelbert check called a bet from Hung, and the hit the turn. Engelbert checked again, but this time, he raised after Hung bet. Hung went into the tank for about 90 seconds before folding, and Engelbert and Israel showed theird cards.
Engelbert:
Israel:
Engelbert had flopped a set, and Israel was drawing dead. The meaningless river was the , and Israel bubbles the official final table.