On the last hand before the break, Roger Codeca cracked pocket Aces. He was all in preflop with against an opponent with . On a flop of , Codeca stood up and shook his opponents hand. He thought he was going to lose and had accepted his fate. The turn was the , but the river was the . Codeca rivered a set to bust his opponent. His friends on the rail erupted in applause. Roger Codeca increased his stack to 22,000.
After several players limped in, Billy "The Croc" Argyros raised to 1,300 from the small blind. The big blind called and the limpers folded. The flop was . The Croc moved all in for his remaining 1,450 and the big blind insta-called.
"Uh-oh, I guess I've only got three outs" said The Croc as he tabled his . However, much to his delight, the big blind turned over Q-9 offsuit.
"I guess I'm ahead then!" he quipped.
The turn was the , the river was the , and The Croc doubled up to just over 6,000.
On the last hand before the break, Anthony Kingston flopped a flush with and busted a player holding . All the money went in on the flop of . Anthony Kingston's hand held up and he increased his stack to 24,000.
Arul Thillai
Arul Thillai was crippled and forced to make a stand with his last 1,175 chips. He shoved with and lost to a player with A-Q. His opponent rivered a Broadway straight and Arul Thillai headed to the rail.
We presume that reading Lee Nelson's book did not help Jeff Lisandro's cause. After getting crippled, he moved all in with a short stack and . Alex Luck called with . Luck flopped an ace and Lisandro could not come from behind to win. He busted out and was seen heading to the rail with Lee Nelson's book in his hand.
When our floor reporter, Brendan, asked Alex Luck what his name was, Luck pulled out his driver's license to prove that his last name was indeed Luck.