A player in middle position limped in, as did the player on the button. Andy Martin was in the small blind and moved all in for his remaining 7,000. The big blind called, and then the player in middle position moved all in. The button folded, as did the big blind.
Martin tabled , while his opponent showed .
The flop came , giving Martin's opponent top pair but giving him outs with the only diamond in hand.
The turn was the , and Martin secured the triple up as the insignificant fell on the river.
A player in early position raised to 3,000, and the button moved all in for 20,000. Elleke Van Heumen was in the small blind and moved all in for 25,000. The original raiser folded and the hands were tabled.
Van Heumen showed , while her opponent tabled . "Don't do it, Sam!" she exlaimed to the dealer.
The board ran out and Van Heumen just about doubled up while sending her opponent to the rail.
The player under the gun limped, as did Paul McLean from middle position. The cutoff raised to 2,800 and Jianming Sun cold-called from the small blind. Both the under-the-gun player and McLean also called.
The flop came . Sun and the under-the-gun player both checked to McLean, who bet 5,000. The cutoff folded, and Sun called. The under-the-gun player folded.
The turn was the . Sun led out for 15,000, and McLean went all in for slightly more then Sun had behind. Sun snap-called.
McLean:
Sun:
The river was the and Sun was eliminated, sending the pot McLean's way.
In just two hands, Louis Tomassi has managed to grow his stack tremendously.
The Triple Up
On a board reading , Tomassi got his remaining 11,200 chips in the middle with against two players holding and .
The turn was the , and the entire table gasped as Tomassi made his straight. The river was the insignificant and Tomassi tripled up.
The Chip Up
Tomassi was in early position and raised to 2,000. Action folded around to Mike Bracci in the big blind and he decided to defend.
The flop came , and Bracci checked to Tomassi who made it 2,500 to go. Bracci called.
The turn was the , and both players checked.
The river was the . Bracci checked for a third time, and Tomassi fired out a bet of 10,000. Bracci quickly called and saw he was beat by Tomassi's with the nut flush.
, while his opponent showed 
. 
, giving Martin's opponent top pair but giving him outs with the only diamond in hand. 
, and Martin secured the triple up as the insignificant 
fell on the river.
, while her opponent tabled 
. Sun and the under-the-gun player both checked to McLean, who bet 5,000. The cutoff folded, and Sun called. The under-the-gun player folded. 
and Sun was eliminated, sending the pot McLean's way.
, Tomassi got his remaining 11,200 chips in the middle with 
. 
, and the entire table gasped as Tomassi made his straight. The river was the insignificant 
, and Bracci checked to Tomassi who made it 2,500 to go. Bracci called. 
. Bracci checked for a third time, and Tomassi fired out a bet of 10,000. Bracci quickly called and saw he was beat by Tomassi's 
with the nut flush.