Tien Phan led a ten-high flop and his opponent shoved all in with . Phan called with and he turned trips to secure the win and eliminate his opponent.
At a nearby table, Karen Robison was all in against Daniel Lu with pocket aces against the of Lu. Lu flopped a queen, but that would be all he would get from the board as Robison locked up the double.
Chengce Jiang three-bet to what looked like 78,000 from the cutoff when a middle player opened, and Charles Bass put his remaining 144,000 in from the big blind. The opener tanked awhile and mucked, and Jiang snapped it off with . Bass had and didn't get enough improvement on the board.
At a table across the room, Michael Perrone got the last of his chips in with in a multi-way pot and flopped a flush then hit a royal flush to boot, roughly tripling up to get back to a competitive stack.
Daniel Lu opened for a raise to about 25,000 early and Michael Perrone three-bet him on his left, to about 70,000. Lu said he was all in and turned to stare at Perrone, but Perrone called immediately.
Perrone:
Lu:
The flop did little for Lu except bring the vague possibility of chops. The turn was a brick, but the river put a brutal beat on Lu and he dropped some chips in a heap in frustration.
Richard Tygum raised to 21,000 under the gun and the big blind defended.
The flop came all clubs, , and the big blind checked. Tygum bet 20,000 and the big blind called.
The turn was the and the big blind checked again. Tygum bet 40,000 and the big blind called.
The river was the and the big blind led for 100,000, leaving about 25,000 behind. Tygum called right away and was good with against the of the big blind.
Anthony Spinella called a bet of 60,000 in middle position when the big blind bet into him on a board of . The big blind immediately jammed on the river.
"That was fast," Spinella said after about 10 seconds. "I call."
The big blind rolled over for top two, but Spinella had for a set.