From the cutoff seat, Grant Levy came in with a raise to 475. The action passed around to the button, where the player seated there re-raised to 1,200. Levy called.
The heads-up flop came down . Levy checked, allowing his opponent to put out a bet of 1,000, which Levy called.
Fourth street brought the , and both men checked.
On fifth, the board paired with the , and Levy took the lead with a bet of 1,500. His opponent made the call, and Levy showed , which was the winner. He has chipped his way up to 19,000 already.
Peter Pratis raised to 600 under the gun, and the player in the cutoff seat re-raised to 1,600. When it came back to Pratis, he moved all-in for an additional 1,750, which his opponent called.
Pratis showed down and was in good shape to double up against .
The board ran , and Pratis did indeed increase his stack two-fold.
Jamie Pickering came into the pot raising from middle position, making it 600 to play. Action passed around to Tim Duckworth on the button, and he re-raised to 1,800. When it came back around the table, Pickering moved all-in for about 2,000 chips. Duckworth made the call, turning over . His opponent was live, but behind and at risk of elimination with his .
The flop brought some drama, rolling out . The turn was the , and the river was the , earning Duckworth the knockout. He has chipped up to 9,850.
Artie Alston moved all-in for the last 1,500 chips in his stack from under the gun. He was called by Mark Cornwall from the button and the two blinds got out of the way.
Showdown:
Alston:
Cornwall:
The board ran out , with the river being just what the doctor ordered to bring Alston back to life, and double him up to 3,300.
Michael "Sticky" Guttman raised to open the action, making it 600 to play from the cutoff seat. Next to him, the player on the button made the call.
Heads up, the flop came . Guttman led out with 1,500 chips, and his opponent moved all-in for an additional 6,125 on top. Guttman made the call, putting a big pot up for grabs.
Showdown:
Guttman:
Opponent:
Guttman was in front with his pair of tens, but his opponent had a strong drawing hand. The turn paired the board with the , giving Guttman trips and eliminating a lot of his opponent's outs. Just to rub it in, he pulled the on the river, running down quad tens to double up over 16,000.