A player in the big blind bet 3,000 against two opponents on a 
board, and only button Jason Zarlenga called. The big blind checked the 
, and Zarlenga bet 5,750. After about a three-minute tank, the big blind tossed in a call, and Zarlenga showed 
for a boat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
||
Jason Johnson bet 1,350 on a 
flop after both blinds checked to him, and both called. Everyone checked the 
, and Johnson bet 2,650 on the 
river. The small blind quickly mucked, but the big blind called.
Johnson showed 
and took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,600
7,600
|
7,600 |
We found four players all in preflop with the cards on their backs and the dealer preparing to fire out the board. Jason Johnson had the lead for the moment with 
. One player had 
and the shortest stack, Dan Bekavac had 
, and the last player was pleasantly surprised to see he was in solid shape with 
. The flop came 
and the 
turn meant seemingly half of the deck would ship the pot to the player with . The 
river was a brick though, and Johnson pumped his fist and collected the huge pot.
Bekavac lost most of his stack and busted out in short order.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,000
31,400
|
31,400 |
|
Busted |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Andy Rubinberg raised to 3,000 after an opponent bet 1,100 from an early position on a 
flop. The bettor called, and he check-called another 4,000 on the turn. The hit the river, and Rubinberg fired a bet that barely got out of his hands before his opponent mucked a face-up.
Rubinberg finished runner-up at Mid-States Poker Tour Ho-Chunk in February for more than $50,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
29,000 |
Gary Herstein four-bet to 11,500 from early position over a player in the cutoff who made it 4,800 to go preflop. That player called the four-bet, seeing an 
flop. Herstein checked, and the cutoff shoved for about 10,000 effect. An agonized Herstein took about three minutes to fold 
face-up and his opponent showed 
.
Players are on break for 10 minutes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,000 |
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
A flop of 
looked to have appealed to everyone at a table in the corner of the room, as a player who opened from early position to 1,200 preflop bet 2,600 on the flop. He saw a raise to 6,200 from Scott Hammett on the button and then a shove of nearly 30,000 from the player in the small blind. The preflop raiser folded, and Hammett snap-called off his stack of 21,225.
Hammett:
Small blind: 
The turn came 
, and Hammett sealed the double. The opener said he mucked ace-king.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
500
|
500 |
"East Coast" Mike Ross bet 3,200 from under the gun on a 
board, and his opponent in the big blind came out with a check-raise to 10,000. Ross immediately announced he was all in, and the big blind called quickly with . Ross had him beat with though, and the 
was a brick on the end. Ross collected 22,100 from his foe.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
