Saro Getzoyan raised from early position, William Thorson re-raised, Thor Hansen called from the small blind and Getzoyan called. The flop was . Hansen checked, Getzoyan checked, Thorson bet, Hansen raised, Getzoyan called and Thorson called. The turn was the . Hansen bet his last 4,000 and both players called. The river was the . Getzoyan bet and Thorson flashed the before folding. Getzoyan showed the for top pair, but was outkicked by Hansen's .
Hansen was up to 140,000 after the hand. Getzoyan was at 190,000 and Thorson was down to 245,000.
Brandon Wong raised from the cutoff, Don Todd called from the button and Rick Chase called all in for his last 16,000. The flop was . Wong and Todd both checked. The turn was the . Both players checked again. The river was the . Check-check again. Wong showed A-T, but Chase made two pair on the river with his A-4. Todd mucked.
Johnathan Gaskell raised from early position, Ian Johns re-raised all in for his last 18,000 and Gaskell called. Johns showed , dominated by Gaskell's . Neither player's hand improved, and Johns was eliminated.
On a flop of , Gabriel Nassif checked, Saro Getzoyan bet, Nassif raised, Getzoyan re-raised, and Nassif called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the . Nassif checked, Getzoyan bet, Nassif raised all in and Getzoyan called. Nassif showed the , cracking Getzoyan's .
Saro Getzoyan has been playing with great aggression as of late. Witness this hand where he got a bet in at every opportunity:
David Gee raised from middle position, Getzoyan three-bet from the cutoff and Gee called. The flop was . Gee checked, Getzoyan bet, Gee raised, Getzoyan re-raised, and Gee called. The turn was the . Gee checked, Getzoyan bet and Gee called. The river was the . Gee checked Getzoyan bet and Gee folded.
Getzoyan's stack was closing in on 400K after the hand.
Tom Koral raised from the cutoff, Ayaz Mahmood called from the button, Gabriel Nassif called from the small blind and William Thorson called from the big blind. The flop was . Nassif checked, Hansen checked, Koral bet, Mahmood called, Nassif called, and Thorson called. The turn was the and all four players checked. The river was the and everyone checked again.
Nassif showed the , for king high with a busted flush draw, Koral showed for a pair of threes, and Wiliam Thorson dragged the pot with his mighty . Yes, the fours were good.