Alex Michaels raises to 7,200 in middle position and the small blind calls. They check the flop, then on the turn the small blind bets 15,000. Michaels raises to 40,000 and the small blind calls. They check the river and Michaels shows to the of his opponent. Michaels is down to 310,000.
Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy made it 7,000 to go from under the gun and was called by a single opponent. The flop came and Josephy led out with an 8,000 bet; his opponent called.
The turn brought the and both players checked. Fireworks ensued when the fell on the river; Josephy fired out a 25,000 bet and his opponent made the call.
Both players went runner-runner to hit their hands, but Josephy's hand was a bit stronger, as he revealed the for a flush; his opponent showed for two pair, before mucking his cards.
After the hand, Josephy stacked up 227,000 in chips.
Kirk Morrison
Kirk Morrison and Scotty Nguyen have just been involved in a hand, which, as usual between these two, involved a lot of chatter.
Kirk raised to 7,000 from the button and Scotty said "Okay, I'll call for you baby." Kirk laughed and as they put out the flop asked, "Do you wanna chop?"
The flop and turn were checked around. The board: .
The river was the . Scotty checked, and Kirk bet out 5,000. Scotty raised that to 25,000. As Kirk leaned back contemplating a call, Scotty told him, "Don't worry, you call, you fold, we still got love, baby."
Kirk eventually made the call and showed Scotty -- good enough, apparently, as Scotty mucked.
With 25,000 in the pot and the board reading , the small blind bet out 13,000. Lars Bonding, playing from the cutoff seat, raised to 35,000. The player on the button folded and the small blind made the call. The turn brought the . The small blind checked, Bonding moved all in, and the small blind folded. The player on the button commented that he folded 2-2 and Lars seemed relatively unmoved as he stacked his chips, now at 257,000.