Jason Gray began the hand on the button and raised to 250 after action folded around to him. The big blind was Steve Pappas and he made the call.
The flop produced the and both players checked. The turn brought the and both players checked again. The river was the and Pappas fired 200. Gray raised to 1,500 and won the pot as Pappas folded.
The under-the-gun player limped, the button limped, Julian Powell completed from the small blind and then Julian Cohen checked his option in the big blind.
The flop came down . Powell checked, Cohen checked and the under-the-gun player checked all before the button fired 600. Only Cohen made the call.
The turn was the and Cohen checked. The button fired 600 and was check-raised to 1,600. The button reraised to 4,600 and Cohen called, creating a juicy pot for the river.
The river was the and both players checked. Cohen tabled for an eight-high flush. His opponent showed a higher flush with the .
At table 21, Andrew Capelin bumped up the action to 300, finding calls from both Antonio Paino, and Predrag Jovanovic.
The players saw a flop and Capelin checked. Paino bet 400, Jovanovic called from the button and Capelin folded.
The turn card was the and both players checked.
The river brought the the , firing Paino back into action with a bet of 800. Jovanovic turned up the heat tossing out a raise to 2,600 and Paino took less than twenty seconds before tossing out another handful of chips, making it 6,300 straight. Jovanovic went into the tank contemplating his options before finally making the call. He would be disappointed to see his rivered straight () was beaten by Paino's kings full of tens () shipping the 14k pot to Antonio Paino.
Karl Krautschneider and Lee "Final Table" Nelson both checked the river of a board of . There was about 3,000 in the pot as both players went to a showdown.
Nelson mucked his hand after Krautschneider showed him , slipping to 40,000. Krautschneider moved up to 35,000.
From under the gun, Julian Cohen raised to 300. The cutoff and button made the call. The three playerts took a flop of . Cohen was first in action and led with a bet of 750. Both his opponents folded and Cohen scooped in the chips. He's now got about 26,000.
We caught up with the action on the river, with the board reading . With both straight and flush possibilities the two remaining contenders elected to check. Waterman revealed besting Derek Grieco's pocket kings much to Grieco's dismay.
Julian Powell raised to 700 after one limper. The big blind, Phillip Kober, and the limper called. The flop came down and Kober checked to the preflop limper. He fired 1,000 before Powell raised to 3,000. Kober made the call as did the limper.
The turn brought the . Action checked to Powell and he fired 5,500. Both his opponents made the call.
The river was the and Kober was first to act. He fired 8,000. Powell went into the tank after the player in middle position folded. A player eventually called the clock on Powell. Within the allotted minute, Powell made the call.
After Powell called, Kober tabled his powerhouse with the . That's right folks, a royal flush! Powell mucked his hand, dropping to 10,000.