A flop of must have looked very dangerous to Todd Brunson after his 1,200 bet was raised by Peter Lee to 4,000. After some deliberation, Brunson reraised for the remainder of his chips. Lee quickly called and showed a set of jacks. Brunson turned over for top pair with a gutshot draw to Broadway. The turn didn't help him but the river did, giving him the nuts.
After the hand, Brunson's stack jumped to 12,000. Lee was knocked down to 6,000.
A raising war occurred between Jason "Jay" Carver and a player in the cutoff position. When all was said and done, the cutoff player was all in and Carver made the call. Carver's opponent held and Carver held .
The flop of and turn of the were no help to Carver, but the on the river gave him the suckout and sent his opponent to the rail. After the hand, Carver is up to 22,000 in chips.
After the hand Carver says "I guess I run good too playing live."
After being moved for the second time today, Men "The Master" Nguyen found his new home on the opposite side of the Amazon room. After setting his rack of chips on the table and tossing his card to the dealer, he looked to his immediate left to see Barry Shulman flashing a smile.
With over 6,000 already in the pot on a board of , the action was checked to Hoyt Corkins, who committed the last of his 1,900 chips into the middle with . However, his opponent in the small blind made the call holding .
Corkins needed some help on the river, but it landed the to send him to the exit.
Terrence Chan has played the last five pots in a row, and as a result is experiencing some big swings in his chips. On one hand Chan lost approximately 5,200 in chips when his opponent rivered a baby flush.
The very next hand, on a flop of , a player on the button pushed all in for 2,350 against Chan and he made the call. Chan held and his opponent held . The board filled out with the , completing Chan's straight.
After the last hand Chan is sitting at 15,775 in chips.
Hoyt Corkins opened the action with a raise to 450 from under the gun, and received one caller before a player in middle position came over the top for all of his remaining 1,925 chips. The action folded back to Corkins who then declared that he was also all in, to attempt to isolate against the short stack. It worked, as the third player stepped aside and the cards were tabled.
In a classic race, Corkins held against his opponent's , but the cards fell to give his opponent two pair and a handy double-up.
Following the hand Corkins gave a "What can you do?" sigh as he was left with 4,900 in chips.
In late position, Stuart "thedonator" Paterson raised to 800. The small blind reraised all in to 1,450. Paterson called and tabled . His opponent turned up . The board did not help Paterson, and his opponent raked the pot.
Jean-Robert Bellande, seemingly, couldn't make up his mind whether or not he liked the cards he'd been dealt. After a player in early position raised preflop, Jean-Robert Bellande looked at his cards and acted as if he was going to shove all-in. And then retracted. And then made yet another all-in motion. And then retracted. Then looked at his cards and moved as if he was folding instead. And then retracted. Laughed, then acted like he was still going to fold, and then retracted. Finally, after four all-in fake outs and four folding fake outs, Jean- Robert Bellande moved all-in.
His opponent eagerly called and showed pocket jacks only to have Bellande turn over pocket aces. The aces held up, leaving Jean-Robert Bellande sitting with 23,000.
must have looked very dangerous to Todd Brunson after his 1,200 bet was raised by Peter Lee to 4,000. After some deliberation, Brunson reraised for the remainder of his chips. Lee quickly called and showed a set of jacks. Brunson turned over 
for top pair with a gutshot draw to Broadway. The turn 
didn't help him but the river 
did, giving him the nuts.
and Carver held 
and turn of the 
were no help to Carver, but the 
on the river gave him the suckout and sent his opponent to the rail. After the hand, Carver is up to 22,000 in chips.
, the action was checked to Hoyt Corkins, who committed the last of his 1,900 chips into the middle with 
. However, his opponent in the small blind made the call holding 
.
to send him to the exit.
. The 
on the turn gave the small blind a big draw, but the river blanked the 
, and Seidel's kings held up.
, a player on the button pushed all in for 2,350 against Chan and he made the call. Chan held 
and his opponent held 
. The board filled out with the 
, completing Chan's straight. 
, but the cards fell 
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