Action folded to Kathy Liebert on the button, and she raised to 4,000. The small blind called, and the flop came down . After the small blind checked, Liebert fired 5,000. Her opponent check-raised to 13,000, and Liebert folded.
In this battle of two World Series of Poker gold bracelet winners, David Singontiko checked the board, and Brian Hastings fired 12,000. Singontiko took a few moments, then called.
The river was the , and Singontiko checked. Hastings bet 27,000, and Singontiko tank-called.
"I have a three," said Hastings. Singontiko then tabled the for a pair of nines and won the pot.
The action folded to Ryan Julius, who opened to 3,000 from middle position. The player in the cutoff called, and the player on the button three-bet to 8,500. Both blinds released, and the action was back on Julius.
Julis studied the three-bettor, then reached for orange T5,000 chips and four-bet to 21,000. Both of his opponents folded, and Julius picked up the pot without a showdown.
From middle position, Hiren "Sunny" Patel raised to 2,800. The cutoff seat flat-called, then the button reraised all in for 4,200. Action folded back to Patel, and he reraised to 9,400. That knocked the cutoff seat out of the hand and left Patel heads up with the all-in opponent.
Patel showed the and was live against his opponent's . After the board ran out , the player nearly tripled up.
On the very next hand, Patel raised to 2,800 again, and the same player reraised all in for 14,900. Play folded back to Patel, and he did some math in his head before calling.
This time, Patel held a pair with the and was ahead of the for his opponent. The flop, turn and river kept Patel's ducks in front when the fell, and he won the pot to send the player to the rail.