Four players saw the flop of . There was 6,000 in the pot and the first two players checked before the third player bet 3,000. Aaron Massey raised to 8,000. The first player to act, who originally checked, shoved all in. That prompted the next two players, including the original bettor to fold.
Massey snap called and turned over a king-high straight, showing . His opponent had for an ace high flush draw. The turn, , and the river, , didn't complete the flush and Massey won with a straight.
A player in middle position raised to 1,450 and the next player to act called. John Hill shoved all in and the action folded back to the original raiser who called. The next player to act, who called the original raise, shoved all in. The original raiser then folded, leaving Hill heads up against a player with . Hill had and won the pot when the board ran out .
Cord Garcia was doing very well to start off Day 1b, but after losing a flip with versus an opponent's queens, he was clipped back a bit. But, Garcia did win a small pot just a few moments ago to start moving back in the right direction.
After Brandon Steven opened with a raise to 1,500 from middle position, Garcia three-bet to 2,800 out of the cutoff seat. Play folded back to Steven, and he called to see the flop come . Steven checked, Garcia bet 2,000, and Steven folded.
Three players were all in on a board of . One of them, Chengce Jiang, turned over the for a set of threes. His two opponents had the and the . Jiang's set held when the board ran out with the and , and Jiang doubled up.
Three players were all in and waiting on one player to decide whether to play or not. The player reluctantly folded and the three remaining players showed their hands.
Among them was Stacey Jones, who was in the lead with . His two opponents had and . The board ran out , giving Jones the win with a set of eights. He tripled his 20,550 stack to 62,000 on the last hand before the break.