Jason Cook opened the pot with a raise from the under the gun position. Simon Nesbitt then moved all in from late position as the play folded back around to Cook. He called and the cards were revealed.
Nesbitt:
Cook:
The board ran out resulting in Cook taking down the pot with ace-high.
Nerrisha Grant was first to act and moved all in for 18,000 from under the gun. The action folded to Steve Smith in late position who committed his remaining 5,100 in chips as the rest of the table got out of the way.
Grant:
Smith:
Smith had run into an over pair and was unable to improve on the board as he was sent to the rail.
Derek Schwartz opened to 3,500 from late position before Paul Elliott moved all in for 20,500 from the cut off. The button and blinds folded and Schwartz called.
Schwartz:
Elliott:
The board ran out to see Schwartz improve to a straight when he spiked the queen on the river.
Thomas Ward has just taken a massive pot off the chip leader Mehrdad Razmi.
It wasn't a good start to the day for Razmi anyway and it only got worse after battling with Ward.
We didn't catch all the action, but we know Ward held on a -X--X- board for the flush and enough to see Razmi's cards in the muck. With that, Ward had swapped places with Razmi as the chip leader.
The action folded around to Carl Knox in the cut off who moved all in for his last 16,500 in chips. Cory Fransham called from the button and blinds folded.
Unfortunately for Knox he had run his into Fransham’s and was unable to improve as the board ran out king-high.
The action started with Simen Romslo raising to 2,900 from the hijack. Tae Hoon Han then bumped it up to 6,400 forcing a fold from the players in the blinds. Romslo made the call and both players watched the flop come down .
Romslo check called a continuation bet of 6,000 from Han before both players opted to check the turn.
The fell on the river and Romslo checked for the third time. Han thought about his decision for a moment before sliding in a large stack of 5,000-chips forcing Romslo all in. Romslo had 25,700 behind and went into the tank for a couple of minutes. He finally made the call as both players tabled their cards.
“You win,” said Hoon, flashing his for jack-high. Romslo then rolled over his for ace-high and did indeed take down the pot.
“If you’re going to report on that hand, you have to say I’m from Norway,” said Romslo to the nearby field reporter following the completion of the hand.