Oskar Sandberg raised to 17,500 under the gun and Robert Fein called from his immediate left before Trevor Buckenham moved all in. Buckenham's shove was for 45,500 and Sandberg tanked for a bit before making the call, and Fein folded.
Buckenham:
Sandberg:
The board ran out and Buckenham doubled his stack.
Eric Ethans raised to 17,500 and Oskar Sandberg stared him down for quite a bit before making his decision.
"I just like looking at you," Sandberg joked after he folded, and the table cracked up.
"Don't tell your fiancee that," Ethans laughed, as Sandberg proposed to his girlfriend Cecilia yesterday on one of the breaks.
The next player to act was Robert Fein, and he made the call. The flop brought out and both players checked.
On the turn the hit and Fein lead out for 20,000 and Ethans called. The river completed the board with the and Fein bet 75,000. Ethans stared his opponent down for a while before eventually folding his cards and giving up another pot.
"Seven!" yelled Jesse Capps from across the room. "Let's see a seven!"
When we arrived at the table, Capps was all in preflop with the and cheering for his lower card to hit because he was very much dominated by the for Paul van der Heu. Capps was all in for 94,000, and van der Heu had a stack of about 185,000.
The flop came out , and despite there being no seven that Capps was yelling for, he did pick up an open-ended straight draw. All van der Heu could do was watch and hope that his hand held.
The turn was the , and Capps continued to chant for one of the cards he needed. As if the poker gods finally heard him, the on the river delivered exactly what Capps needed, and he doubled through van der Heu.