Jeff Banghart raised to 500 in the hijack seat, and Eddy Sabat made the call from the button. Gary Leibovitz called from the blinds, and it was three ways to the flop.
It came out , and the table checked to Sabat. He took the lead with a bet of 625, and both opponents called quickly. The on the turn brought all the rest of the action. Leibovitz checked, Banghart led for 1,200, and Sabat called. When it came back to the blinds, Leibovitz snuck in a check-raise to 6,000 straight, Banghart moved all in, Sabat called all in, and Leibovitz did the same, committing his last ~15,000 to the pot.
"Anyone freerolling to a diamond?" Banghart asked.
"I am," came the voice from the other end of the table, Leibovitz rolling hover his . Sabat showed his and Banghart his , all three men with a piece of the pot at the time. But that all changed on the river.
The dropped off the deck, giving Leibovitz his freerolled flush and earning him the big triple up. He's vaulted all the way up over 60,000 now, dropping Sabat down to 925 and Banghart down around 14,000.
One hand after being crippled at the hands of Gary Leibovitz, Eddy Sabat got his last 925 chips into the middle with . Josh Brikis reraised to 2,000 right next door, and that was enough to isolate him against the at-risk player with a chance for the knockout.
"I got a pair," Brikis said, tabling . Sabat showed his before asking the dealer to find an ace in the deck. He would not; the board ran , and Brikis' full house is plenty good enough to do the deed.
On the flop of , Josh Brikis raised an opponent's bet of 1,100 to 3,600. Everyone in the hand folded, including the bettor and Brikis won the pot to add another couple of thousand chips to his growing stack. He's got about 47,000 now.
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After the hijack seat made a preflop raise to 600, Kevin Saul reraised from the small blind to 1,600. The player in the big blind thought for a long time before reraising to 3,550. The original raiser folded from the hijack seat and then Saul tanked for a couple of minutes. In true Kevin Saul fashion, he wasn't about to let just a measly four-bet win this pot. Instead, Saul five-bet to 8,550 and his opponent in the big blind folded. Saul's nearing 40,000 in chips now.
We just caught the tail end of another pot involving Jeff Banghart. There was about 9,000 in the middle as we walked up to a board of . David Peters checked first to act, and Banghart fired out 6,500, nearly enough to cover his opponent. Peters sunk in his chair and shot a forlorn look across the table. After just a minute, though, he flicked a chip into the pot to symbolize his call.
"Good call," Banghart said, not wanting to show. Peters did him a favor and opened up his , and his trip queens earned him the pot to bump him back up to 23,000. Banghart, on the other hand, has taken another step back to about 10,000 now.
Faraz Jaka has stormed his way to 80,000 in chips, but hot on his heels is James Carroll. He's got about 75,000 and looks to be the only player near Jaka at the moment.
On the flop of , John Land checked to his opponent. The player fired out 1,800 and Land then check-raised to 4,000. The player deliberated for quite some time, talking out loud about what he thought Land had. He eventually stated that Land either had it or was making a great play and folded, showing the . Land shwoed the and scooped the pot.
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, and the table checked to Sabat. He took the lead with a bet of 625, and both opponents called quickly. The 
on the turn brought all the rest of the action. Leibovitz checked, Banghart led for 1,200, and Sabat called. When it came back to the blinds, Leibovitz snuck in a check-raise to 6,000 straight, Banghart moved all in, Sabat called all in, and Leibovitz did the same, committing his last ~15,000 to the pot.
. Sabat showed his 
and Banghart his 
, all three men with a piece of the pot at the time. But that all changed on the river.
dropped off the deck, giving Leibovitz his freerolled flush and earning him the big triple up. He's vaulted all the way up over 60,000 now, dropping Sabat down to 925 and Banghart down around 14,000.
. Josh Brikis reraised to 2,000 right next door, and that was enough to isolate him against the at-risk player with a chance for the knockout.
. Sabat showed his 
, and Brikis' full house is plenty good enough to do the deed.
, John Land checked to his opponent. The player fired out 1,800 and Land then check-raised to 4,000. The player deliberated for quite some time, talking out loud about what he thought Land had. He eventually stated that Land either had it or was making a great play and folded, showing the 