It took a couple of preflop raises but Joshua Martin and his opponent got all of their chips in the middle. Martin had his opponent covered who started the hand with around 150,000 chips.
Joshua Martin:
Opponent:
The flop came and Martin flopped a set of queens to take a commanding lead. His opponent still held a straight draw but was unable to connect on the turn or the river.
Shawn Daniels made a river bet of about 62,000 on a board that read . Robert Hankins was the player on the other end making the decision of whether or not to call. After about 20 seconds he did put the stack of chips in the middle for a call.
Daniels quickly tabled the for the full boat and Hankins mucked his hand.
On a board that read Maurice Hawkins bet 75,000 into a pot of about 90,000. Travis Dorsey thought it over for a while and eventually made the call after about 30 seconds. Hawkins tabled the which was good enough to take the pot as Dorsey mucked.
"You don't like folding to me do you?" Hawkins said to Dorsey as he collected the pot.
The action folded to Dustin Holladay in the small blind who moved all but 1,000 chips into the middle. Marius Conan called the 100,000 raise from the big blind and the flop came . The last chip went into the middle on the flop and the cards were tabled.
Dustin Holladay:
Marius Conan:
The turn brought the and Holladay stood up from his seat only to see the on the river. Holladay made trip sevens to score a double up and stay alive.
Action was picked up on the turn. The board read . Brad Albrinck had made a bet and was raised to what looked like 100,000 by Dwayne Pelham. Albrinck waited a few moments and called the raise.
The two players went to the river which was the to bring a third spade to the board. Pelham then made a 6,000 min bet which Albrinck tossed in for the call. Pelham showed the for two pair while Albrinck turned over the winning hand with the to add chips to his growing stack.
Vincent Moscati's hot start to the day continued as his held up against the of Russell Sullivan in a preflop all in to eliminate another player and continue his chip up.
William O'Neal open-shipped all in for 96,000 in middle position and the action folded all the way around to Scott Born in the big blind. Born made the call after looking down at his cards to put O'Neal at risk.
Scott Born:
William O'Neal:
The flop came and Born took a commanding lead with his pair of aces. The on the turn gave O'Neal two straight draws but the on the river bricked off to send him to the payout desk.