A player in early position raised preflop to 1,000, and Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott called behind him. The flop came . The EP player bet 1,000 and Ulliott called. The turn brought the , and the EP player pushed all in with his last 5,000. Ulliott called.
They turned over their cards, and Ulliott's A-A was well ahead of his opponent's Q-Q. The river brought no queen, and the Devilfish had claimed another victim. Ulliott is up to 30,000.
Erick Lindgren limps in from middle position. Vivek Rajkumar raises in the cutoff to 550 and Erick Lindgren calls. The flop is and Lindgren checks. Rajkumar bets 900 and Lindgren calls. The turn is the and Lindgren checks. Rajkumar bets 1,500 and Lindgren is all in for 5,050. Rajkumar calls, having him covered, and shows to Lindgren's . The river is the and Lindgren wins the pot. "I'm always lurking," Lindgren says.
Lindgren turns to the PokerNews reporter. "Don't write that up! That's a boring hand."
Lindgren is up to 10,300 and Rajkumar is down to 7,350.
On a turn of , Andy Bloch bets 800 from the big blind and Michael Binger calls in the cutoff. The river is . Bloch bets 800 again and Binger calls. Bloch shows and Binger mucks. He's down to 13,875 while Bloch climbs to 21,000.
John Juanda and an opponent capped the betting preflop. The flop came a devilish , and Juanda check-called. Both players checked the on the turn. The river brought the , Juanda bet, and his opponent called. Both turned over A-K and chopped the pot.
On a flop of 2-3-5, Justin Bonomo called his opponent's bet from late position. The turn brought a six, and Bonomo again called a bet. The river brought an eight, the early-position player fired again, and once again Bonomo called.
The EP player showed 9-10, and Bonomo took the pot with his A-J. Bonomo is up to 20,000.
After the button limped and the SB completed, a short-stacked Barry Greenstein raised from the BB. Both opponents called.
The flop came . The SB checked, Greenstein bet, the button folded, and the SB called. The turn was the , completing a possible flush. Again the SB check-called Greenstein. The river brought the , and once more the SB check-called.
The SB showed for two pair, while Greenstein showed for jack-high. Greenstein was down to just 75 chips.
Greenstein busted two hands later with the same hand that had crippled him before -- pocket nines. Having been called all-in by 4-5 offsuit, the board brought a four and five, and Greenstein was eliminated.
Mike Sowers raises in the hijack and the small blind reraises. Sowers three-bets it and the small blind is nearly all in, with 25 behind. The flop is and the small blind puts the last chip in. Sowers calls with A-8 and the opponent has a queen. The turn is the and the river is no help, and Sowers busts his opponent, going up to 10,900 in chips.