In the oddball matchup of the day, Shannon Elizabeth and Jeffrey Lisandro saw a flop of . Both players checked. The turn was the . Elizabeth led for 2,500 and Lisandro called. The river was the . Elizabeth checked, Lisandro bet 2,500 and Elizabeth called.
Lisandro showed and Elizabeth mucked. Lisandro now has a substantial chip lead over her.
Despite showing up quite late, Kenny Tran has made it to Round 2. Steve Billirakis moved all in for his last 4,000 and Tran made the call, turning over to Billirakis' . The board ran out . Billirakis could not improve and he hit the rail.
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On a flop of , John Juanda checked, Nick Schulman bet 2,200, Juanda moved all in and Schulman called all in for 10,200. Juanda had Schulman covered.
Juanda flipped over while Schulman tabled for top pair top kicker. The turn was the , making Schulman trips, but the fell on the river, filling Juanda's straight. Schulman was eliminated while Juanda will advance to Round 2.
Eric Koskas limped on the button, Alex Jacob raised to 800 from the big blind and Koskas called. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was a . Jacob bet 1,200, Koskas moved all in for 7,000 and Jacob called.
Koskas
Jacob
The river was a and Jacob took it down with a full house, eliminating Koskas.
Moments ago, Lyle Berman capped off a come-from-behind win against opponent Dutch Boyd using the momentum from a nasty suckout. Boyd got his money in good holding pocket eights against Berman's sixes, but Berman spiked a six on the flop and two fours to go with it, making a full house. Body was unable to recuperate after the hit and thus became a casualty of Round 1.