A middle position player raises and the cutoff re-raises. Perry Friedman three-bets and the other two call. On the flop, Friedman bets. The MP calls all in and the cutoff raises. Friedman calls the raise all in.
Friedman has
The cutoff
The MP
There is no low and the middle position player busts Friedman and the cutoff player.
None of the players we're following have busted out. We've heard "Seat Open" several times, but in every case it's been a total unknown. Woe to inexperienced players left in this event - the pros are representing a higher and higher percentage as time goes by!
On the turn, the small blind checks, a player in the big blind bets and John Juanda in middle position raises. A player next to him, the small blind and the big blind all call. On the river, Juanda bets and only the small blind calls. It's a 3,800 pot and Juanda shows for the flush. The small blind mucks and Juanda is up to 6,000.
Picking it up on the turn, Chris Wunderlich bets and Erik Seidel raises. Wunderlich re-raises and Seidel calls. On the river, Wunderlich bets and Seidel calls. It's a 2,600 pot that Wunderlich takes by showing - that's right, a straight flush. Seidel mucks and is down to 2,900, while Wunderlich now has 9,000.