Howard Faber just stuck all his chips in blind before the flop for less than what the big blind was worth. Josh Jorgensen held in the big blind and Faber had .
The board ran out and ace high was good enough for Jorgensen to take the pot and the win.
Justin Bonomo and Imari Love have been battling a while as well. In two recent back-to-back hands, Bonomo was all in. First, with on a ten-high flop. His hand held up, actually making two pair on the turn to double up.
The next hand, Bonomo made a straight with on a board the read . Bonomo is back to almost even now with 12,000 chips to Love's 15,000.
The flop and turn were exposed on the felt, when all the money went in between Allen Le and Theo Tran. Tran had Le covered and the crowd around the table swarmed to see the action.
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Le:
The river landed the , giving Le a straight and the double up to 11,000.
Allen Le and Theo Tran have been battling heads up for almost three hours now. The chip lead has switched hands multiple times, but just recently Tran has pulled ahead with almost four and a half times the chips that Le has. There's a good amount of friends and family handing around the table rooting on both sides.
John Pires raised from the button and Sanjay Pandya called all in for his last 1,100. Pandya held and Pires held . The flop came down , pairing top pair with Pires, but giving Pandya an open-ended straight draw.
The turn came the and then the river the , no help for Pandya and John Pires moved on.