Steve Topakas opened to a raise to 3,200, but threw out a yellow 5,000-denomination chip and two 100-denomination chips.
Carter Phillips - assuming it was a raise to 5,200 - made that call before the dealer deemed his chips in the pot to be a raise. Topakas pushed and Phillips made the call to put the local tournament regular at risk.
Topakas:
Phillips:
With Topakas in the lead, the flop was a safe one for him, but when the spiked on the turn, a now standing Topakas kicked his chair as the completed the board.
"Nice hand!" announced Topakas as he shook his head before making his way to the rail. Phillips is now up to 200,000 in chips.
In the major tournament area on table twenty-eight we find Mitchell Carle and Joel Cohen.
Doesn't sound like too tough of a table. No offense of course.
Well that's until we introduce the next three players.
Phil Ivey. Patrik Antonius. Howard Lederer.
This is not a level.
On one of the first hands they tangled, Lederer opened with a raise from under the gun with Antonius defending his big blind to see a flop fall.
Lederer's 3,500-chip continuation-bet was check-called by Antonius as the on the turn was checked through to see the land on the river. Antonius led for 11,000, and after several moments of deliberation, Lederer relinquished.
On a flop of , Barny Boatman moved all in from the small blind with his opponent from early position making the call.
Boatman:
Opponent:
With Boatman in desperate need to spike a king or a ten, the turn of the changed little before the on the river saw Boatman complete his straight to move to 48,000.
Team Full Tilt Poker member Chris Ferguson had an opponent all in preflop with the . His opponent held the . The player's all-in bet was for nearly all of Ferguson's chips, but the board ran out to keep the jacks good and win Ferguson the hand.
flop was a safe one for him, but when the 
spiked on the turn, a now standing Topakas kicked his chair as the 
completed the board.
to see Levy sent to the rail courtesy of Seal's rivered three-outer.
on the turn was checked through to see the 
land on the river. Antonius led for 11,000, and after several moments of deliberation, Lederer relinquished.
with the pot brewing at around 8,000, Joseph Serock led into his opponent with a bet of 7,600.
, but it would be Serock's 
that would see him collect the pot and move to 47,000 in chips.
, Barny Boatman moved all in from the small blind with his opponent from early position making the call.
changed little before the 
to keep the jacks good and win Ferguson the hand.
