A middle position player opened to an unknown amount and it folded around to Greg Mueller in the small blind. Mueller made it 9,000 to go and the action folded back to the original raiser who called.
The two took a flop of and Mueller came out swinging with 11,000. A call prompted the dealer to throw down the and this time Mueller made it 17,000. His opponent let go and Mueller dragged it in. He's now sitting on approximately 192,000.
Paul Volpe opened to 3,300 from under the gun, Matt Waxman called in middle position, and Dwight Pilgrim defended his big blind. The dealer fanned , Pilgrim checked, and Volpe continued for 5,200. Waxman tank-called, and Pilgrim moved all in.
Volpe quickly folded, and Waxman went into the tank. While Waxman was tanking, Carlos Monti, a photographer, went to grab Pilgrim's picture. Pilgrim, realizing that his photo was being taken, went into his signature, Usain Bolt-like pose.
"I'm all in on Matt!" Pilgrim exclaimed. "When I see that picture, Imma remember that I was all in on Matt!"
Waxman could only laugh.
"How could I possibly take this off the table," he said. "This is a lose-lose situation."
Waxman eventually folded, and Pilgrim raked in the pot.
Action folded around to the player in the cutoff and he popped it up to 3,500. Noah Vaillancourt flat called from the button and the blinds got out of the way.
A flop of was shown and Vaillancourt's opponent checked. Vaillancourt shot out 3,100 and received a call. The dropped down on fourth street and Vaillancourt's opponent took the opportunity to bet 6,200. Vaillancourt called to see the hit the river. A check prompted Vaillancourt to fired 17,100 into the center. His opponent folded and Vaillancourt took down the pot.
When we reached Table 3, three players were all in preflop. Andrej Nagy had , Sam Grafton , and Team PokerStars Pro had both players covered and dominated with .
The board ran out , and both Nagy and Grafton were eliminated.
Dmitry Grishin opened to 2,400 from under the gun, George Clyde-Smith called in the hijack seat, Greg Mueller called in the cutoff, and John Andress called in the small blind. The flop fell , Andress checked, Grishin fired 5,500, and only Mueller called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. Grishin led for 13,200, and Mueller quickly called. Grishin tabled for aces and nines, prompting Mueller to muck his hand.
and Mueller came out swinging with 11,000. A call prompted the dealer to throw down the 
and this time Mueller made it 17,000. His opponent let go and Mueller dragged it in. He's now sitting on approximately 192,000.
, Pilgrim checked, and Volpe continued for 5,200. Waxman tank-called, and Pilgrim moved all in.
was shown and Vaillancourt's opponent checked. Vaillancourt shot out 3,100 and received a call. The 
dropped down on fourth street and Vaillancourt's opponent took the opportunity to bet 6,200. Vaillancourt called to see the 
, and Team PokerStars Pro had both players covered and dominated with 
.
, both players checked, and the 
completed the board. Grishin led for 13,200, and Mueller quickly called. Grishin tabled 
for aces and nines, prompting Mueller to muck his hand.
