From under-the-gun, Michael Binger made it 1,100 to go before a player in the cutoff raised it to 3,100. Binger announced all-in for 10,525 and was called by his opponent.
Binger turned over and when he saw his opponents , he got out of his seat and started packing up his stuff.
The flop brought the and Andrew Feldman said, "You can sit back down." When the hit the turn, Binger said something along the lines of, "Nope. It's over." The fell on the river and Binger made his exit.
From the small blind, John Juanda bet 10,000. His opponent, Ronny Kaiser, in the cutoff moved all-in. Juanda played with his chips, thinking for a moment before saying, "I don't have it, but do you have it?" He thought a little more before committing himself and putting his tournament life at risk.
Kaiser showed and Juanda tabled . The river was the and Juanda made his exit.
From under-the-gun, Tony G made it 800 and found two callers in Georgy Kalashnikov and Phil Laak before the small blind bumped it up to 5,650.
Tony and Kalashnikov folded and it was the short-stacked Laak's turn to decide. He said, "Will you show me one if I fold?" His opponent said yes and after some thought, Laak folded nines face up.
His opponent slid his two cards in front of him and said, "Pick one." Laak picked the one on his right and flipped over the .
"At least I didn't see a six of hearts. That would have been astrotilt," said Laak.
We walked up to the table to see a suited flop of on board, and three players each putting 4,000 chips into the pot quickly.
On to the turn and picking up live action now. The dealer dropped the , and Phil Laak checked. Tony G bet 13,000, and both Georgy Kalashnikov and Laak made the calls to see the last card.
It was the , and action checked to Kalashnikov on the button. He moved all in for 28,775, drawing a sideways look from Laak. "If I call and I'm right, I'm a machine and a genius!" he said proudly. With that, he made the call for a significant chunk of his own stack, and Tony G open-mucked his . Just then, Kalashnikov's phone rang, and the dealer told him he couldn't talk on the phone during a hand.
"Wait! That could be good for me!" Laak said. "Someone call the floor!" Kalashnikov shut off his phone and tabled for the full house, and Laak would have preferred not to see that. He showed his on the way into the muck; his nut flush being second best.
That slip drops Laak down to about 13,000, though he should be able to get his hands on some double-up chips at that volatile table.
John Juanda made it 800 to see a flop, and two players called before it got to Daniel Negreanu in the small blind. He called as well to make it a four-handed pot. The flop came . Negreanu checked to Juanda, who made a 3,000 continuation bet. Only Negreanu called. The turn was the , and both players checked. Negreanu again checked the on the river, and Juanda looked like he was about to bet before thinking better of it and rapping the table.
Negreanu then insisted that since Juanda made the last betting action (Negreanu called his bet on the flop), he had to show first. It sounded like it wasn't the first time today the table had the same debate. Juanda showed for a flopped gutter and turned pair, but Negreanu took the pot with for flopped top pair.
The hijack opened to 800, and next to act, Michael Binger made it 2,300 to go. After asking Binger how much he was playing, Feldman repopped to 5,300. The four-bet earned a snap-fold, a tank-fold, and a nice pre-flop pot.