Tony Dunst raised to 50,000 on the button, Keven Stammen defended his big blind, and the flop fell . Stammen led out on the flop, betting 65,000, and the host of the WPT's Raw Deal made the call.
The river was the , and Stammen checked again. Dunst slid forward 325,000, Stammen tank-called, and Dunst rolled over for a whiffed flush draw. Stammen showed for a flopped pair of queens, and won the pot.
Curt Kohlberg opened for a raise on the button, Byron Kaverman defended, and both players appeared to check on a flop of . Kaverman led out for 65,000 on the turn (), Kohlberg called, and the river was the .
Kaverman moved all in for 279,000, Kohlberg tank-called, and the former showed for two pair.
Tony Dunst raised to 50,000 in the cutoff, Abraham Korotki defended his big blind, and the duo checked on a flop of .
The turn was the , Korotki led out for 75,000, and Dunst called.
The completed the board, Korotki checked, and Dunst fired out 225,000. The 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open Champion instantly called, and Dunst showed for an ace-high flush.
We've had a couple pots go down where a four bet has emerged victorious.
The first hand saw Bobby Oboodi open the action to 52,000 from under the gun. Brock Parker raised it to 132,000 from the hijack and it was folded to Ryan D'Angelo in the small blind who bumped it up to 280,000. Oboodi quickly folded. Parker not so quickly, but he eventually relented.
The second hand saw a raising war go down between Byron Kaverman and Curt Kohlberg with Kohlberg coming out on top after he four-bet Kaverman's 135,000 three bet and Kaverman decided to lay it down.
The action folded to Tony Dunst in the small blind, and he tossed in a raise. Ray Qartomy defended, the dealer fanned , and Dunst led out for 60,000. Qartomy called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and a repeat deuce - the - completed the board. Dunst led out for 125,000, Qartomy immediately called, and Dunst ripped over for kings and deuces.
"Nice hand," Qartomy lamented, cutting out enough chips to send to his neighbor.
The WPT Champions Club member is now up over a million chips, while Qartomy is very short with 218,000 chips.
On the first hand after the break, a short-stacked Ray Qartomy moved all in and for a minute it looked like he would pick up the blinds and antes as everyone folded. Everyone but the big blind, Tom Dobrilovic, who after getting a count decided to make the call with [As. Qartomy was live with his [Kh but the board would be no help to him as it would run out to give Dobrilovic two pair, Aces and Eights, and in the process eliminated Qartomy in 13th place.
Eric Afriat opened for a raise to 75,000 in the cutoff, Ryan D'Angelo and Curt Kohlberg called from the blinds, and the flop fell .
D'Angelo opted to lead out, firing 130,000, and Kohlberg raised to 385,000. Afriat got out of the way, and D'Angelo responded with a shove for effectively 995,000. Kohlberg went deep into the tank, and as he mulled the decision over a rail of people surrounded around the table.
Eventually, Kohlberg folded, and D'Angelo dragged the pot without a showdown.