Steve Pheasant opened the action with a raise from under the gun to 10,000. It folded around to the small blind, who made the call and the two went heads up to the 
flop. The small blind checked and Pheasant went all in for 30,000. He was called and the two turned their cards over.
Steve Pheasant: 
Small blind: 
The turn and river came 
and Pheasant secured the double.
A player shoved for 37,000 under the gun and Jack Kerr verbalized a call in the cutoff. The players behind him folded before he could even get the chips in and he was pleased to see 
dominating 
of the all-in player.
The board ran out 
, and the all-in player's calls for a three after the turn went unheeded.
Chris Perkins limped preflop from early position and action folded around to the small blind, who called. Lydia Waltonbaugh checked from the big blind and the flop came 
. All three players checked to the 
turn and the small blind bet 7,000. Waltonbaugh raised to 16,000, and Perkins took some time before making a call. The small blind folded, taking action heads up to the river. Waltonbaugh checked to Perkins, who fired 35,000 into the pot. Waltonbaugh counted out a call and shuffled the chips for some time, studying her opponent, before eventually folding.
"Bad fold?" She asked after the hand was over.
"Depends," Perkins said as he raked in the pot.
Jarrod Cipresse had 25,000 in front of him on 
in the cutoff and the player in the big blind announced all in. Cipresse instantly stuck his stack in and they showed down.
Big blind: 
Jarrod Cipresse: 
Cipresse was good for the moment and it stayed that way through the 
turn and river. He had 93,600, which his opponent covered by just 1,000.
"And then, in Level 14, everyone lost their minds," James Pisano said.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
There have been a few large pots recently on Table 20. We walked over after showdown with the losing player's cards already mucked while the dealer was counting out Marty Gorenc's stack for the double up he had just secured. Gorenc's was still tabled and the board read 
, signifying he had won with two pair.
On the very next hand, there was a four-way limped pot that saw a flop of 
. Action checked to a player in middle position who went all in for around 40,000. Michael Pempin was on the button and reraised all in, getting everybody else to fold.
Middle position: 
Michael Pempin: 
The board ran out 
and Pempin breathed a sigh of relief as his missed ace high flush draw was good to take down the pot.
A player in the big blind had put in a three-bet to 18,400 and been called by the player on the button when Christopher Lee tossed in enough chips to see the flop from the small blind. Lee bet out 20,000 on the 
flop and the big blind folded. It went heads up to the 
turn when the other player stuck around and both checked to the .
Lee bet 25,000, his opponent thought about 30 seconds and called, and Lee tabled 
to his opponent's shock and disgust.
"Should have shoved preflop," he lamented. "Leads f****** eights. What did you think I called with? Nothing?"
The big blind said a preflop shove wouldn't have gotten through as he held queens.
Zinoviy Pelekh stuffed his last 30,000 or so in the cutoff with 
and was looked up by Marcus Gaunt, who had 
on the button. The flop came nine high but it was 
and the 
turn left Pelekh drawing dead to a chop that he didn't hit.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 2,400
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