Mike Laing and Phil Ivey saw a flop of and Laing called Ivey's 500 bet. Likewise, he called Ivey's 500 bet when the fell on the turn. But when the arrived on the river Laing led out for $2,100 and this time Ivey called. Laing turned over the for the flush and took down the pot.
David Benyamine makes it 300 in middle position. Seat 6 calls. The flop is . Seat 6 makes it 150. Benyamine raises to 300. Seat 6 re-raises to 450. Benyamine calls. The turn is . Seat 6 bets 300. Benyamine calls. The river is . Seat 6 checks and Benyamine bets 300. Seat 6 folds. Benyamine is up to 15,500.
Bill Gazes makes it 300 under the gun. John Phan makes it 600. Gazes calls. The flop is . Gazes checks. Phan bets 150 and Gazes calls. The turn is . Gazes checks and Phan makes it 300. Gazes calls. The river is . Both check. Gazes shows and Phan mucks.
Chad Layne limped from the small blind, and Gus Hansen checked his option in the big blind. The flop came , Layne checked, and before Hansen could act, the dealer burned a card and started to flip over the turn card. The dealer stopped before the card was visible to Layne and Hansen, but players on the other side got a good look at it. There was a brief debate about whether or not to call over a floorperson, but Layne and Hansen agreed to just show the card. (Hansen checked for his action on the flop.)
The turn card was the , and Hansen said "Yes!" as if it made his hand. But Layne was unfazed, and bet 125. Hansen gave up the ruse and quickly folded.
The pot is 2,250 and Dale Pinchot's opponent in seat 8 moves all in on the turn for 6,700. The board reads . Pinchot calls and shows . Seat 8 has . The river is and Pinchot is up to 15,650.
There's no better way to get healthy in a hurry than doubling up twice. After a flop both players checked, but after the fell on the turn Galfond check-raised all-in for 1,200 more after inducing a 3,000 bet. His opponent called and showed pocket Aces--Galfond turned over for the nut straight and doubled up.
The very next hand he and J.C. Tran got all the money in before the flop, and Galfond had A-K to Tran's A-Q. Galfond flopped a king to put an end to the drama and now has about a 12K stack.