Sorel Mizzi raised on the button and Vincent Gironda called from the big blind to see the flop come down . Gironda check-raised a bet from Mizzi and got called.
The turn was the and Gironda bet. Mizzi called.
The river was the and Gironda bet. Mizzi called and Gironda turned up the for queen high. Mizzi showed the for two pair and won the pot.
Action folded to Vincent Gironda on the button and he put in a raise. Ronnie "RoNasty" Bardah called from the big blind and the flop came down . Bardah checked and Gironda fired a bet. Gironda check-raised and Gironda called.
The turn brought the and Bardah bet. Gironda put in a raise, but Bardah came right back with a reraise. Gironda took a few moments to think and then called.
The completed the board on the river and Bardah stuck out another bet. Gironda made the call.
Bardah tabled the for a full house on the turn after flopping trips. Gironda mucked his hand and Bardah raked in the pot to take the chip lead.
It folded around to Ronnie Bardah who raised from the small blind. Hans Minocha in the big blind checked his cards, then made the call.
The flop came . Bardah bet, Minocha raised, and Bardah called. The turn was the . Bardah hesitated, and when he did Minocha tossed out chips out of turn before realizing Bardah had yet to act. Bardah then checked, Minocha bet, and Bardah called.
Both checked the river. Bardah opened for fours and aces, Minocha for a lesser two pair, and Bardah dragged the pot.
It folded to Vincent Gironda in the cutoff who peered across the table, looking over Hans Minocha sitting in the big blind with a short stack. Gironda raised, then Marco Johnson made it three bets from the button. It folded to Minocha who checked his cards, then decided to reraise himself, a bet that committed his entire stack of 59,000. Both Gironda and Johnson called.
The flop came . Gironda checked, Johnson bet, and Gironda called. The turn brought a fourth spade, the , and both players checked. They again checked the river.
All three players had made flushes. Minocha had , Gironda had , and Johnson had the best of the three with to drag the main pot plus the small side pot. Meanwhile, Hans Minocha's supporters gave him a round of applause to acknowledge his sixth-place finish.
After losing a few chips, Brent Wheeler was down to about 300,000 when he opened with a raise from the small blind. Vincent Gironda three-bet from the small blind, and Wheeler called.
The flop came . Wheeler checked, Gironda bet, and Wheeler called. The turn was the , and Wheeler check-called again. The river brought the and yet another check-call.
Gironda showed for queens and tens, and Wheeler mucked.
Sorel Mizzi opened from the button, Brent Wheeler three-bet from the small blind, then Vincent Gironda made it four to go from the big blind. Mizzi and Wheeler both called, and the flop came . Wheeler checked, Gironda bet, Mizzi raised, Wheeler folded, then Gironda three-bet. Mizzi thought a moment, then called.
The turn was the and Gironda fired another bet which Mizzi called. The river brought the and another Gironda bet, sending Mizzi deep into the tank. Finally Mizzi pushed his cards to the dealer, conceding the pot to Gironda.