Two players checked to Ryan Phan on a flop of , and he bet 5,000 from the button. Only Christian Nofal, in middle position, called. Nofal check-called another 10,800 on the , and it went check-check on the .
A player in middle position opened to 4,200 and got a call from Jason Smith on his left. The big blind shoved for 19,300 and the opener snap-called. Smith came along as well, seeing a flop. The opener checked and folded to 15,000 from Smith, showing .
Smith:
Big blind:
The turn was a and the river a , keeping the jacks best.
John Kulkay opened for 5,500 in the cutoff and Michael Sanders three-bet to 15,000 on the button. Kulkay checked a flop after calling the three-bet, and Sanders put 30,000 or so in. Kulkay thought a bit and said something inaudible to Sanders before mucking.
Sanders is in contention for the lead late on Day 1b.
A player on the button made it 5,200, and the small blind shipped for about 46,000. Big blind Ryan Phan got counts of everyone's stack, and he opted to call. The opener folded. Phan expressed disappointment that he wasn't getting three-way action, tabling . The small blind had , and the flop was , leaving the small blind mute after he initially called for a deuce.