against Sfez's 
. A king flopped, and Stout couldn't catch up.Sfez is up to 71,000.
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against Sfez's . A king flopped, and Stout couldn't catch up.Sfez is up to 71,000.
Why stand along the rail craning to see the action at a single table when you can sit on padded stool up in the lounge, letting your eyes roam over the field, while enjoying a cold beverage? Right now there are only a handful of people taking advantage of these seats, which seems a bit of a shame.
.Johnson tabled
to his opponent's 
.The turn and river brought no queen helping Johnson scoop in the huge pot on his way to 69,000.
The flop came
. Sung and Mattsson both checked, and Greenstein bet 3,500. Sung check-raised all in for 17,500. Mattsson folded, and Greenstein let it go as well.Sung is up to 27,500, and Greenstein now has 19,000.
, Blair Hinkle led out for 6,000 and got two callers. The turn was the 
. Hinkle bet 22,000 and the cutoff called all in. "It's been fun boys!" he said as he tossed in his last 10,000, seemingly knowing he was beat.
The river was the
. The cutoff's hand was indeed second-best-- two pair with 
to Hinkle's set of jacks. Hinkle dragged the 48,000 chip pot, his stack shooting up to 75,000.
Peter tabled
.One of his opponents had
, the other had .A queen on the flop sealed the deal, eliminating two players and helping Gould up to 45,000.
and Van Patten bet 1,200 after it was checked to him. The big blind called.The turn then came the
and the action was checked by both players.When the river fell the
and it was checked over to him, Van Patten bet 2,000. His opponent called and showed pocket sevens. Van Patten mucked his hand. He is now down to 31,500.
All the chips were in on the flop of
, with Rosen holding 
for a pair and flush draw, but would need to hit against the top set of his opponent with pocket queens.The turn was
but the river landed the 
to complete the flush for Rosen as he now sits with over 52,000 chips.
flop Froehlich called his opponent's 2,700 all in bet holding 
. He'd flopped middle pair but his opponent held for top pair and when the board ran out 
Eric was down to just 425 chips.He moved in the next hand with
and flopped a jack on his way to doubling to 825, but on the next hand he again moved all in, this time with , and was called by three players. It was checked around after the 
flop, there was a 2,000 bet and a call after the 
turned, and a 5,000 bet and a fold after the came on the river. The remaining player turned over 
for top two pair and Froehlich was eliminated.
