Brian Wilson opened to 1,475, and an unknown player in seat 9 three-bet to 4,000 straight. Leo Boxell called out of the small blind and Brian Wilson shoved for 36,000. Seat 9 folded, and Boxell went deep into the tank. Boxell finally mustered up a call, and showed the . Wilson, on the other hand flipped up and was pleasantly surprised to see he was flipping.
The flop fell down giving Wilson the lead, but Boxell plenty of outs with a heart draw. The on the turn put the nail in Wilson's coffin, knocking him out of the tournament and catapulting Boxell to 145,000 in chips.
On a board reading David Steicke check-raised Eric Tomberlin's bet of 1,800 to 4,800 from the big blind. Tomberlin made the call.
The river was the and Steicke led out for 6,625 and Tomberlin folded. Steicke flipped over and the table began to chatter about how Steicke never misses with his junk hands. Steicke retorted by saying "if you play every pot, you hit quite a few of them."
A middle-position player raised to 2,000 and PokerStars online qualifier Asier Aberro called from the next seat. Minh Nguyen then reraised all in for 12,125. The original raiser folded, but Aberro made the call.
Aberro:
Nguyen:
The board was run through , doubling Nguyen up to 28,000. Aberro dropped to 35,000.
Peter Parsons moved all in for 5,000 on a flop of . PokerStars online qualifier Eric Tomberlin raised all in for 25,000 and then another PokerStars online qualifier Marcos Vassiliadis made the call.
It proved to be quite the flop as Parsons revealed for an open-ended straight draw, Tomberlin tabled for bottom set and Vassiliadis had for top two pair.
The turn was the , catapulting Vassiliadis into the lead with a full house and leaving Parsons drawing dead.
The river card was then dealt and the hit the felt, giving Tomberlin quad fours and winning him the pot. We've now seen quads twice within five minutes.
We picked up the action on the flop at table 17, with Sarah Lee betting 8,000 on a board reading . David Steicke made the call, and the two players went to the turn.
When the was flipped over by the dealer, Lee immediately announced she was all in. Steicke asked for a count, and the dealer counted down Lee's stack which amounted to 23,200. Steicke decided to make the call, revealing for bottom pair, a gut-shot straight draw and a flush draw. Lee was ahead with and called for a deuce on the river.
Sarah Lee's wishes were granted, as the hit the river doubling her up to about 67,000. Steicke, on the other hand was left with about 15,000 after the hand.