After the cutoff seat raised to 2,200, Jason Mercier reraised to 4,800 from the button. Matt Glantz tossed in 2,200 from the big blind, thinking Mercier had just called. He claimed that he mistook the T1,000 chips that Mercier tossed in as T500 chips. Glantz then contemplated to call the extra 2,600 or not. Eventually he folded. The cutoff also folded and Mercier picked up the pot.
Dennis Petronack raised from under the gun to 2,600. Mike "Little Man" Sica called from the next seat, Corey Jackson called from the hijack seat, Steve Happas called from the small blind and then Jeff Papola reraised to 12,000 from the big blind. Petronack folded and Sica called. Jackson and Happas folded after that, leaving heads-up action to the flop.
The flop came down and Papola bet 16,000. Sica put in a raise to 50,000 and Papola moved all in for 72,000. Sica quickly called with the . Papola held the and had out-flopped Little Man.
The turn brought the and the river the . Sica lost the hand and was knocked to about 25,000 in chips. Papola increased to over 150,000 in chips.
In a battle of the blinds, Nick Binger and his opponent were involved in quite the raising war. Binger was in the small blind and raised, only to see his opponent three-bet to 7,200. Binger came over the top with a four-bet, before his opponent five-bet shoved with the bigger stack. Binger called all in for 57,000 total with , only to see his opponent table .
A chop was likely, but not the case this time as the board ran out to give Binger the ace-high flush to win the pot.
Jeff Madsen, Vanessa Selbst and Denise Molloy put 4,200 in each before the flop came down . Action checked around and the turn brought the . Selbst was up first and bet 8,800. Molloy moved all in for 22,300 and Madsen folded. Selbst also folded and Molloy won the pot.
Chris Tryba was all in preflop with the for 77,500. His opponent had him covered and held the . The board ran out and Tryba was able to spike a king before going on to make a full house and move to about 160,000 in chips.
From early-middle position, Eddy Sabat raised to 2,500. John D'Agostino called from the next seat and then action moved over to the player in the cutoff. He reraised to 9,200 with 30,000 behind. Action folded around to Sabat and he released his hand. D'Agostino called.
The flop came down and D'Agostino checked. His opponent moved all in for 30,000 and D'Agostino quickly called.
D'Agostino:
Opponent:
The turn was the and the river the to eliminate the cutoff seat from the hand.