Daniel Dvoress raised to 23,000 from middle position and Rocco Palumbo moved all in for 12,000. Palumbo was crippled in an earlier hand and didn't look at his cards as yet. Michael Rocco was in the big blind and decided to defend.
The flop came . Rocco checked, and Dvoress bet 20,000. Rocco went into the tank and eventually check-raised to 52,000. Dvoress called.
The turn was the . Both players checked.
The river was the . Action was on Rocco, but he appeared to be staring straight ahead into the abyss, deep in thought. After several minutes, Dvoress called the clock. The floor came over and counted down. At the ten second mark, Rocco began cutting out chips. With just a few seconds left, he slid a stack out to bet 175,000. Dvoress was now in the tank. After about a minute, he folded.
Rocco tabled for a pair of nines with a ten kicker. Palumbo was finally able to table his hand to reveal his fate. He turned over for two pair, nines and deuces and more than tripled up.
Byron Kaverman opened under the gun to 23,000, and Nick Petrangelo made it 75,000 to go in the cutoff. Kaverman called, and the flop came . Kaverman check-called 60,000. He then checked the turn. Petrangelo bet much bigger this time: 225,000. Kaverman called. They each quickly checked the river.
Kaverman showed for a rivered flush, and Petrangelo stood up and flung into the middle in disgust.
Salman Behbehani opened in the cutoff, Byron Kaverman three-bet out of the small blind, and Behbehani jammed for approximately 400,000. Kaverman called with and they were off to the race as Behbehani had .
"This is big," Behbehani said with a deep breath.
The flop of kept him best but added a few cards to fade. Likewise for the turn. The river: , counterfeiting Behbehani.
"The river just so brutal lately," he said with a sigh.
Byron Kaverman raised to 30,000 from the hijack and Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 75,000 on the button. Mark Radoja was in the big blind and four-bet to 130,000. Kaverman got out of the way and Negreanu moved all in. Radoja snap-called.
Negreanu:
Radoja:
In a classic cooler situation, both Canadians got it in with the best and second-best pre-flop hands in poker.
The board ran out and Negreanu secured the double up.
Sam Greenwood raised in the cutoff to 30,000 and Timothy Adams jammed on the button for 319,000. Michael Rocco got a count of Greenwood's stack then reshoved, forcing a fold.
Rocco:
Adams:
Adams' chances were slim and got slimmer after an flop. He picked up some equity with the but a river finished things.
Earlier in the level, Mark Radoja got his stack in the middle with kings but ran into the aces of Daniel Negreanu. This time, he got the better end of it when Bryn Kenney raised to 27,000 from the hijack and Radoja moved all in for 288,000 from the small blind. Kenney called.
Action folded around to Bryn Kenney in the cutoff and he raised to 27,000. Mark Radoja was in the big blind and he decided to defend.
The fop came . Radoja checked, and Kenney bet 34,000. Radoja called.
The turn was the . Radoja checked again. Kenney bet 63,000 this time and Radoja called again.
The river was the . Radoja checked for a third time. Kenney fired a third barrel for 130,000. Radoja went deep into the tank. After a couple of minutes he went to muck his cards and said, "If that's a bluff it's a terrible one."
Someone also may have offered Kenney some extra incentive to show a bluff but he politely declined.
. Rocco checked, and Dvoress bet 20,000. Rocco went into the tank and eventually check-raised to 52,000. Dvoress called. 
. Both players checked. 
. Action was on Rocco, but he appeared to be staring straight ahead into the abyss, deep in thought. After several minutes, Dvoress called the clock. The floor came over and counted down. At the ten second mark, Rocco began cutting out chips. With just a few seconds left, he slid a stack out to bet 175,000. Dvoress was now in the tank. After about a minute, he folded. 
for a pair of nines with a ten kicker. Palumbo was finally able to table his hand to reveal his fate. He turned over 
for two pair, nines and deuces and more than tripled up.
flop, but a 
turn doomed him.
turn. Petrangelo bet much bigger this time: 225,000. Kaverman called. They each quickly checked the 
river. 
for a rivered flush, and Petrangelo stood up and flung 
and they were off to the race as Behbehani had 
.
turn. The river: 
, counterfeiting Behbehani.
but a 
river finished things.
and Radoja secured the double.