A player raised from under the gun to 750 and two players called, including Chuck Newcomb, before the player in the small blind shoved all in for his last 7,250. The next two players folded and the action was on Newcomb. Newcomb weighed his decision while rubbing his hands together, ala Mr. Miyagi from the Karate Kid. Newcomb then flicked a chip into the pot to call.
Newcomb showed and he was up against an opponent with . The board made short work of his opponent when a queen came on the flop and his opponent never caught up with the turn, , and the river, .
Two players, including Dan Rollman were in the pot for 7,000. The last player in shoved for 8,525 and both players called. The board read and the three players saw the river, with one player all in. The river was the and both players checked. The all in player had , another player had and Rollman won the hand with .
"I doubled up on my second hand," said Rollman who is sitting at just under 60,000
The flop was and A.B. Yerra checked to his opponent who bet 2,27, Yerra called. The turn was the and Yerra checked again. This time his opponent bet 1,550 and Yerra called. The river was the and both players checked.
"Two pair," said Yerra as he turned over . His opponent was visibly flustered and it appeared he might have had the best hand before the river. After a few moments, he mucked his hand and Yerra took the pot.
Jose Serratos is above 60,000 after his all in bet got called and he showed the nut straight.
The board read and Jose Serratos got all in with his opponent. Serratos had and his opponent had , for a smaller straight. The on the river made no difference and Serratos stacked the chips of his newly-eliminated opponent.
A player under the gun raised to 600. One player in middle position called and so did John Hoppas from the big blind. The flop came and Hoppas checked. The original raiser bet 800 and the next player to act folded. Hoppas called and the two players were heads up to the on the turn. Hoppas checked again and his opponent bet 1,100. Hoppas check-raises to 3,250 and his opponent folds his pocket queens face up. Hoppas takes down the pot.
There was 5,600 in the pot and the flop was . Chinh Tran was heads up with the player on the button. Both players checked and saw the on the turn. Tran checked again, the button bet 1,750, Tran called. The river was the , Tran checked and the button confidently set out a bet of 3,675 then stared at Tran. Tran took a few moments and finally decided to call.
"Pair is good," said the player on the button.
Tran waited for his opponent to show his hand, which was . Then Tran turned over and won the pot.