Jamie Gold raises to 2,200 in late position and Sabyl Cohen calls in the small blind. Matt Sterling calls in the big blind. On the flop and turn, they all check. On the river, Cohen bets 3,000 and Sterling folds. Gold raises to 12,000. Cohen announces all in and Gold leans back, looking exasperated. He asks for a count -- about 5,075 more. Gold folds. "Guess you can beat a pair, huh?" he says. Cohen seems to indicate she could. She's at 42,000.
After being near the top of the leader board most of the day, Mike "The Mouth" Matusow has fallen down to 56,000 after one big hand.
Berry Johnston made it 2,200 to go, preflop, and Matusow made the call.
Flop:
Matusow led out on the flop for 3,600 and Johnston made it 10,000 more. Matusow called and the turn was the . Matusow checked and Johnston moved all in, causing Matusow to fold.
Juha Helppi was eliminated by Quinn Do after moving all in with a pair of threes against Quinn's pair of sixes. The board didn't help Juha and he was eliminated.
Joe Awada raises to 2,000 in middle position and seat 1 calls in the big blind after studying Awada for a bit. On the flop, the opponent checks and Awada bets 9,800 all in. The opponent calls and shows to Awada's .
The board finishes out and seat 1 says, "That's unfortunate."
Awada: "I was just hoping you didn't have a spade." He's at 26,600.
On the flop, Joe Hachem raises in middle position and Matt "mattster24" Sterling goes all in, in the cutoff, for 26,225. Hachem calls. Hachem has and Sterling has for the made straight. Hachem is down to 55,000 and Sterling has 52,450.
Preflop and in middle position, Thomas Wahlroos made it 2,800 to go. Another player came over the top for an additional 6,000 and Wahlroos moved all in. His opponent called and turned over pocket jacks while Wahlroos showed A-Q. Wahlroos missed the flop but hit a queen on the turn. The river paired the board and Wahlroos doubled up.