After Matt Waxman fired 1,700 on the flop of , Jennifer Tilly raised to 4,000. Waxman tanked for a long bit of time and then made the call.
The turn brought the and paired the board. Both players checked and the river produced the . Both players checked again and there was some discussion about who was to show first. Tilly then showed the and Waxman mucked his hand.
Waxman dropped to 45,000 while Tilly increased back to 20,000.
Five players were in action on the flop of . The first two players checked to Michael Binger and he bet 2,400. David Williams folded as did the player behind him. The first player who had checked made the call and the other player folded, leaving action heads up to the turn.
Binger and his lone opponent saw the added to the board on fourth street. Both checked and the paired the board on the turn. Binger's opponent fired a bet of 5,300. After some time in the tank, Binger made the call.
"Fives full," said the player, tabling the for a full house. Binger then showed the for trip queens, but lost the pot. He dropped back to 41,500 after that hit.
A player in the cutoff position raised to 1,250 and Victor Ramdin popped it to 3,700 from the button. Action folded back to the cutoff and he asked for a count from Ramdin. After the stack was broken down, the cutoff announced all in and Ramdin snap-called.
Ramdin:
Cutoff:
The board ran out and Ramdin doubled to just over 44,000.
The player in Seat 7 was in middle position and raised to 500. Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, who had fallen down to just 10,000 chips, called from the hijack. The big blind came along for the ride and the three watched the flop fall .
The big blind checked, Seat 7 bet 1,000, Mizrachi called and the big blind folded as the dealer burned and turned the . Both players checked to the on the river and Seat 7 checked to Mizrachi, who bet 1,100. Seat 7 reluctantly made the call and showed , which turned out to be good against Mizrachi's . Mizrachi is down to just 7,400.
Action folded to Michael Binger on the button and he put in a small raise, which both blinds called. All three players checked the flop and the hit the turn. David Williams, who was in the small blind and first to act, bet 700. After the big blind called, Binger put in a raise to 3,000. Williams quickly folded as did the big blind. Binger showed for a turned set and increased his stack to right around 50,000.
The World Series of Poker Player of the Year, Frank Kassela, is in the field today. In a recent hand a player in middle position raised to 525 and Kassela reraised to 1,400, which was enough to take down the hand. Kassela is slightly down with 29,000.
With about 4,300 in the pot, the hijack checked a flop and Phil "Unabomber" Laak bet 2,100. The bet was enough to take down the pot and bring his stack back up to the starting stack of 30,000.