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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
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.
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.
We missed the action in an interesting hand, but there was already more than 10,000 in the pot on a board reading 
. Tamas Lendvai checked, and David Steicke bet 6,625. Lendvai didn't look happy about it, but he made the call. Steicke turned over the absolute nuts, 
for quad aces. Lendvai showed pocket kings for kings full of aces on their way to the muck. "You did nothing wrong," Steicke said. "You played it well to lose the minimum." But as he thought about it more, Steicke changed his mind. "Well actually, you played the hand very bad," he said, explaining that Lendvai probably should have gotten stacks in on the turn. Steicke is up to 35,000.
JC Tran raised to 250 from the hijack seat and one player called from the cutoff seat. The flop came down 
and Tran checked. His opponent checked behind.
The turn was the and Tran fired 350. His opponent made the call, bringing the 
on the river. Tran checked and his opponent fired 1,000. Tran tossed in the call and watched his opponent turn up the . Tran mucked and dropped to 18,000 chips.
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