Someone in middle position opened the pot to 6,500 before Kevin Eyster three-bet to 14,800. Next door, Todd Terry looked down at and moved all in for 46,000. That folded the initial raiser, but Eyster's was good enough to call Terry down, flipping for his full stack.
The flop was a fine sight for the at-risk Terry, and the turn and river secured his double up, pushing him up over 100,000 by just a tick.
Aaron Overton opened to 5,100 from middle position and Vanessa Rousso called from the hijack.
The flop came down and Overton made a continuation bet of 8,200. Rousso put in a min-raise to 16,400, Overton called to see the turn, and both checked. When the river delivered the , Overton bet 22,400. Rousso called, but mucked when Overton tabled .
Vanessa Selsbt opened from middle position with a raise to 4,200. After the cutoff seat flat-called, Lee Markholt reraised from the button to 15,800. Everyone folded and Markholt won the pot to move to about 120,000.
When we got to the table, four players were on the flop of . Only two of them were active though, as Amnon Filippi and Corey Jackson were all in preflop. Jeff Papola checked the flop and Dennis Petronack checked behind.
The turn brought the and Papola bet 7,000. Petronack called.
The river was the and Papola bet 21,000. Petronack folded and Papola was first awarded the side pot with his for a flush. He then scooped both the main pot and the other side pot as Filippi held the and Jackson .
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.
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.