Carter Gill opened to 3,200 on the button, Leon Campbell defended his big blind, and the dealer fanned . Campbell check-called a bet of 3,500 from Gill, and the turn brought the .
Campbell checked, Gill fired out another 5,400, and Campbell made the call.
A repeat king - the - completed the board, and Campbell checked a third and final time.
"Queen-nine is good," Gill said, checking behind.
Campbell showed for trip kings, and raked in the pot.
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The flop read and Myro Garcia checked over to Florian Kossler who fired out 3,500. John Dibella called from the button and Garcia check-raised all in for 18,200 total. Kossler folded and Dibella called.
Garcia showed for trips but was looking to fade Dibella's club draw with . The on the turn, however, ended everything, as it gave Garcia a full house and made Dibella's draw useless. The completed the board and Garcia was able to score a double to around 40,000. Dibella, on the other hand, is now sitting on about 180,000.
With the board reading , David Peters gets his stack of 41,500 into the middle with against the of Igor Yaroshevsky. The turn and river were safe for Peters, giving him the double up.
Antonio Esfandiari raised from the button to 2,500 and he was in talks with the player in Seat 9 about some prop bets while the big blind was tanking. The big blind eventually moved all in for 30,000 chips and Esfandiari snap-called.
Esfandiari:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Esfandiari knocked a player out.