Debra Ann Holman raised to 2,400 from the cutoff and Simon Pin-Disle three-bet to 9,000 on the button. Christina Knot called from the big blind and Holman mucked.
The flop came and Knot check-called a bet of 10,000 from Pin-Disle.
The turn was the and Knot checked again. Pin-Disle bet 16,500 and Knot check-shoved for about 50,000. Pin-Disle folded and Knot raked in the pot.
With 6,500 in the middle, on a board reading , Gail Seagris checked from the big blind. Arthur W was on the button and bet 4,000. Seagris called.
The turn was the and Seagris led out for 5,000. Arthur min-raised to 10,000 and Seagris re-raised to 40,000. Arthur called.
The river was the . Seagris checked and Arthur bet 40,000. Seagris agonized over the decision for a while but eventually called.
"You're good" said Arthur. Seagris immediately tabled for the nut straight. "Yeah, I knew you had the straight" said Arthur as he mucked his cards face down.
Gregory Katayama raised to 1,700 and got calls from Imran Hussain in late position as well as Jason Machado in the small blind and Karam Saleh in the big blind.
The flop came and all four players checked to the on the turn. Machado checked and Saleh bet 4,200. Katayama called and Hussein and Machado folded.
The river was the and Saleh bet 7,500 this time. Katayama quickly called and Saleh said "You got it" and sheepishly tabled for jack-high. Katayama showed for two nines and scooped up the pot.
Saturday night at Playground, Francesco Ciarallo played a $110 satellite with seats to the Playground1000. Ciarallo was down to just a single ante deep in the satellite and managed to squeak out a seat to this afternoon's qualifying session.
Ciarallo has been around the top ten stacks for the majority of play here on Day 1c and will be looking to make a deep run and earn just his third live-recorded tournament cash ever.
Facing a bet of 18,000 on the river of a board, tournament chipleader Matthew Brunskole raised, making it 54,000 to go. His heads-up opponent took a moment before making the call.
Brunskole tabled for a straight and his opponent mucked.
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