Bernard Lee bet 6,800 on a board of after one player checked, and Ruth Hall called from the button. The third player folded, and Lee checked the river. Hall shoved all in, and Lee snap-called.
"Whoa," he said upon seeing Hall's .
Lee flicked together in disappointment. Stacks were counted down, and Lee had 21,500, while Hall had him covered with 25,900.
Dan Martin bet 5,000 after the big blind checked on a board of . A player called on the button, and the big blind folded. On the river, Martin tossed 10,000 out and was called again. He showed for trips and took the pot.
A player opened for 2,700 in the cutoff, and the player behind him made it 15,000. Michael Newport shoved for 33,800 in the small blind, forcing the opener out. The player on the button counted down his stack before calling off for slightly less.
Newport:
Opponent:
The board ran out , leaving Newport with a cinch on the turn.
Gerald Kahl got a shorter stack all in preflop when Kahl held , and his unfortunate foe was in awful shape with . The board ran out , keeping Kahl's aces well in front for the knockout just before the break.
Rodney Spriggs raised from the cutoff and then called the shove of Jonathan Gaviao on the button, who had just 6,200 more.
Spriggs:
Gaviao:
Spriggs was dismayed to see he didn't have live cards, and the board ran out , giving both players straights, but Gaviao a superior one.
At another table, Rob Salaburu shipped off a portion of his stack when he jammed a queen-high flop with , only to run into a player holding , according to a bystander.