We picked up the action on a board with about 40,000 in the pot.
Both Aaron Overton and Vanessa Rousso checked the turn and when the hit the river, Overton bet 37,700. Rousso re-raised all in for about 90,000, but was snap-called by Overton who tabled . Rousso couldn't beat and is eliminated.
From the cutoff seat, Bernard Lee opened with a raise, and he was three-bet by an opponent in the big blind. Lee flatted, and off they went to the flop.
It came , and the big blind led out with 21,000 -- about a pot-sized bet. Lee didn't waste much time calling, and the landed on the turn. That cued a check from the big blind, and Lee checked it right back to see the complete the board. The big blind spent a long time studying, and Lee broke down his stack to show the ~80,700 he had behind. It was another few minutes before the big blind slowly checked, and Lee checked as well.
The big blind shrugged and mumbled something about 'playing the board', and Lee tabled to take the pot. He's back up to about 145,000 now.
Action was on Adam Geyer in the cutoff, having seen Mike Trelski and Vanessa Rousso call before him. Geyer made it 9,000 to play and only Trelski came along to see the flop.
Trelski checked to Geyer who bet 15,000. After about a minute Trelski raised to 43,000, only to see Geyer shove with the bigger stack. With about 30,000 behind, Trelski called all in with and needed help against Geyer's . The turn gave Trelski a few more outs, but the river sealed the deal, ending his tournament.
On the board of , Victor Ramdin bet 22,000. Ronnie Bardah made the call and the river completed the board with the . Ramdin bet 30,000 and Bardah tanked for a bit. Eventually, he gave it up and Ramdin won the pot.
Byran Leskowitz called from the small blind, only to see Victor Ramdin raise to 6,400 in the big blind. Leskowitz called and a flop followed. Leskowitz check-called 8,200, landing the on the turn. Another check-call came from Leskowitz, this time for 12,000. The river was the and Leskowitz check-called 20,000 from Ramdin who showed . Leskowitz mucked and Ramdin took it down.
All right, how about some controversy right before the break, hmm?
We walked over to Nick Binger's table just as he was doubling up. Well, kind of. The board showed , and Binger's had made the second nuts. His opponent had turned Broadway with , but the story wasn't done yet. We need to back up to the turn action.
When the had hit fourth street, Binger led out with a bet, and Mike Trelski raised to 75,000. Both men thought that it represented a covering raise, and Binger announced the call. The cards were turned up by both men, and the dealer burned and turned the river. Everything was going along just fine until Binger's chips were counted down, and Binger had about 86,000 of them. Oops. "Floor!"
It took four floorpersons and about eight minutes to sort out the problem. Trelski at one point tried to claim that the hands should be dead because they were exposed. "I hate to be this guy," he began, and when he finished his proposal, Binger just laughed at the suggestion with an open mouth. In the end, the floor ruled that the river card would be shuffled back into the deck and run back out again, with both players having the option to bet or check. The main decision-maker also decided not to enforce the penalty that can come with exposing your hand out of turn. In any event, the ruling basically ended the hand because Trelski couldn't even call a bet of the proverbial wooden nickel with his un-improvable hand.
So Binger just collected the 75,000-chip raise and stacked up the near-double-up to move up towards 200,000.
board with about 40,000 in the pot.
hit the river, Overton bet 37,700. Rousso re-raised all in for about 90,000, but was snap-called by Overton who tabled 
. Rousso couldn't beat and is eliminated.
, and the big blind led out with 21,000 -- about a pot-sized bet. Lee didn't waste much time calling, and the 
landed on the turn. That cued a check from the big blind, and Lee checked it right back to see the 
complete the board. The big blind spent a long time studying, and Lee broke down his stack to show the ~80,700 he had behind. It was another few minutes before the big blind slowly checked, and Lee checked as well.
and had Pezzin's 
in trouble.
flop.
and needed help against Geyer's 
. The 
, Victor Ramdin bet 22,000. Ronnie Bardah made the call and the river completed the board with the 
. Ramdin bet 30,000 and Bardah tanked for a bit. Eventually, he gave it up and Ramdin won the pot.
. Fernandez's set of tens stayed the best hand and he won the pot to eliminate Lippert.
