Andre Pnewski opened to 6,500 on the button, the small blind called, and big blind Jason Robertson shoved for about 26,000. Pnewski called, and the small blind mucked.
Pnewski:
Robertson:
Robertson needed a nine and found no such card on the runout.
Andre Pnewski bet 1,600 on a flop, and an opponent who checked in the big blind made it 4,500. Pnewski called, and the big blind bet 4,000 on the turn. Pnewski moved all in, and his opponent folded a face-up.
Pnewski showed .
At another table, Colin Perry doubled through an opponent and is up to 51,000.
Chunlei Yuan pushed all in for 62,500 out of the big blind on a flop. Issac "Rungood" Tucker was looking at a bet of well over the 22,000 pot, giving him pause.
"I don't see how I don't," he said.
After another 20 seconds or so, he called with and saw he was miles ahead of . The turn preceded a river and Tucker raked in a huge pot, busting Yuan.
Four players saw a flop, and the big blind fired all in for 33,500 into a pot of about 9,000. Greg Jennings got the count and then pushed all of his chips in, and everyone else folded.
Jennings:
Opponent:
Jennings' superior straight had his opponent stone dead to a chop, and even those slim hopes ended with the turn.
Ryan Phan got what looked to be his last 18,000 or so in just before break with on a nine-high flop, but Jason Robertson held and Phan did not improve.