With the community cards having come , the small blind bet 5,000 and was raised to 10,000 by big blind Gennady Shimelfarb. A third player folded, and the small blind called. Shimelfarb turned up for a turned gutshot, and neighbor John Morgan immediately let him have him it.
"You called a lot of bets with that s***!" he said with a laugh.
"You play the four-five, you have to see it through," Shimelfarb replied with a grin. "You can't just give up."
Jason Zarlenga opened for 1,100 in the cutoff and saw Taylor Tollefson ship it for 11,025 from the small blind. Zarlenga called after thinking briefly, and the two were racing.
Zarlenga:
Tollefson:
"Nice hand," Zarlenga said after he failed to catch the deuces on the board despite turning a flush draw.
We found Brandon Meyers with a bet of 20,000, in front of him, enough to put his opponent all in with about 5,000 to spare on a board of . The player thought for a bit before ultimately laying his hand down, and Meyers slid his cards forward.
"Two kings good," Rob Wazwaz said casually.
Meyers flipped over before the dealer could sweep them up.
"I told you before I would show you if you guessed them," he said. "I'm an honest man."
Todd Fisher checked to Peixin Liu on a board of , and Liu bet 15,000 into a pot of about 25,000. Fisher thought for about a minute and tossed in a call, seeing the bad news: Liu held for a flush.
According to the players at Table 34, Adam Lamphere raised a bet from Mark Sandness on a flop, and then bet 4,800 on an turn. Sandness called, and a completed the board, with no flush possible. Lamphere pushed all in for about 14,000, and Sandness thought only briefly before making the call. Lamphere had a missed straight with , and Sandness' was good.
, the small blind bet 5,000 and was raised to 10,000 by big blind Gennady Shimelfarb. A third player folded, and the small blind called. Shimelfarb turned up 
for a turned gutshot, and neighbor John Morgan immediately let him have him it.
board despite turning a flush draw.
. The player thought for a bit before ultimately laying his hand down, and Meyers slid his cards forward.
before the dealer could sweep them up.
for a flush.
flop, and then bet 4,800 on an 
turn. Sandness called, and a 
completed the board, with no flush possible. Lamphere pushed all in for about 14,000, and Sandness thought only briefly before making the call. Lamphere had a missed straight with 
, and Sandness' 
was good.
