Emanuel "Curly" Seal saw a flop in middle position after he raised preflop and both the blinds called. The flop came down and the two players checked to Seal. He fired 300 and only the big blind called.
The turn was the completing some flush and straight draws and the first player checked. Seal didn't fire another bullet and just checked behind.
The river card completed the board with the and the big blind fired 1,100. Seal checked his hole cards and then tossed them into the muck.
Action folded to the button where Mark Kohner sat. He raised to 300 and David Steicke called from the small blind. The big blind also called. The three players took a flop of and Steicke checked. The big blind checked and then Kohner fired 500 as his continuation bet. Only Steicke called.
The turn brought the and Steicke checked. Kohner checked behind, allowing a free river card. The hit the river and Steicke checked again. Kohner fired 1,400 and after some hesitation, Steicke folded.
Just before the level change, JC Tran raised to 250 under the gun. The player next to act, Ryan Ocsebio, called, as did the next guy, John Tech. The button called, and so did the small blind. They went five-handed to the flop. The small blind checked, and Tran bet 500. Ocsebio called, as did Tech and the small blind. Tran gave up after the on the turn. Ocsebio bet 1,500, and that was enough to take it down. He showed the , giving JC some respect after all.
David Steicke has been on a tear so far today. He flopped two pair with jack-ten and got all the money in against Hosien Abbas, who held a pair of queens. The ladies never caught up, and Abbas hit the rail short of the first break. Steicke is up to a field-leading 54,000.
On a board of , Ricky Kroesen fired a bet of 400 after one player checked. Dimitrios Mertzanis made the call and then Terrence Chan called as well. The other player folded.
The river card was the and Kroesen fired 1,200. Mertzanis raised to 3,700 and Chan folded. Kroesen then reraised to 6,200 and Mertzanis quickly folded, mumbling to himself as his tossed his hand away. Kroesen moved up to 23,000.
An under-the-gun player limped in and then JC Tran raised to 750 from the hijack seat. The button made the call, as did the limper.
The flop produced the and the first player tapped the table, moving action to Tran. He fired 1,200 and the player on the button called. The other player folded.
The turn was the , pairing the board. Tran fired 1,800 and his opponent, shaking hands and all, raised to 3,800. Tran looked him up and down, but then tossed his hand away, slipping down to 15,000 chips.
On the flop of , Tom Hall fired 1,025 into JC Tran. Not wanting to play for that price, Tran jacked up the action to 2,600. Hall thought and thought. He counted out his chips and then made the call, leaving himself with only 1,400 behind.
The turn brought the and Hall checked. Tran moved all in and Hall quickly flung his hand away. He was left with only 1,400 chips in his stack while Tran back to the starting stack amount of 20,000.
Check out this hand and see if you can figure out what's going on. Sal Fazzino opened to 650 from middle position, and Mani Rezaei called from the cutoff. Then the big blind squeezed to 2,500, but he didn't succeed in pushing out either opponent.
Flop: - The big blind checked, and Fazzino bet 3,300. Rezaei made the call, and the big blind folded.
Turn: - Fazzino checked this time, and Rezaei took over the aggression, sort of. He tossed out a T5,000 chip, but announced a bet of only 1,000. Fazzino called the 1/15th-pot bet.
River: - Fazzino asked Rezaei how much he had behind, then bet the pot, enough to put Rezaei all in. He muttered something unpleasant and folded face up.
An early table break has moved Roger Spets to the new toughest table in town. He's in the three hole over there on Table 9, and he'll have to deal with John Phan on his right and Team PokerStars Pro Eric Assadourian to his left for the foreseeable future.
We pick up the action at that table: Georgios Santorinaios opened with an under-the-gun raise to 600, and he found calls from both Phan and Spets. The flop came out , and Santorinaios fired 1,200 there, and another 2,100 on the turn. Spets didn't make it past the flop, but Phan called both streets to see the fill out the board. When Santorinaios fired a final bet of 3,500, Phan shuffled his cards in his hands. He had two spades (it looked like king-nine or possibly ten-nine of spades) and into the muck they went.
and the two players checked to Seal. He fired 300 and only the big blind called.
completing some flush and straight draws and the first player checked. Seal didn't fire another bullet and just checked behind.
and the big blind fired 1,100. Seal checked his hole cards and then tossed them into the muck.
and Steicke checked. The big blind checked and then Kohner fired 500 as his continuation bet. Only Steicke called.
and Steicke checked. Kohner checked behind, allowing a free river card. The 
hit the river and Steicke checked again. Kohner fired 1,400 and after some hesitation, Steicke folded.![[user140525]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
flop. The small blind checked, and Tran bet 500. Ocsebio called, as did Tech and the small blind. Tran gave up after the 
on the turn. Ocsebio bet 1,500, and that was enough to take it down. He showed the 
, giving JC some respect after all.
, Ricky Kroesen fired a bet of 400 after one player checked. Dimitrios Mertzanis made the call and then Terrence Chan called as well. The other player folded.
and the first player tapped the table, moving action to Tran. He fired 1,200 and the player on the button called. The other player folded.
, pairing the board. Tran fired 1,800 and his opponent, shaking hands and all, raised to 3,800. Tran looked him up and down, but then tossed his hand away, slipping down to 15,000 chips.
and Hall checked. Tran moved all in and Hall quickly flung his hand away. He was left with only 1,400 chips in his stack while Tran back to the starting stack amount of 20,000.
- Fazzino checked this time, and Rezaei took over the aggression, sort of. He tossed out a T5,000 chip, but announced a bet of only 1,000. Fazzino called the 1/15th-pot bet.
