. Eskimo held 
and was ahead of his opponent's 
.The turn and river came the
, 
and Eskimo eliminated his opponent and now has 37,000 chips.
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. Eskimo held and was ahead of his opponent's .The turn and river came the
, and Eskimo eliminated his opponent and now has 37,000 chips.
, prompting the small-blind player to lead out for 750. This was met with a raise to 2,350 by Coppola, which was called.The turn came
, prompting the rest of the chips to go in. Coppola tabled 
for the flopped straight and turned flush. His opponent was drawing dead with 
.Coppola is back up to 14,300.
When the other players gave him some strange looks, he defensively replied "Well...I can't afford lunch now!"
Cristobal Hidalgo checked from the cutoff, Forrest Griffin bet 1,000 from the button and Hidalgo made the call. Griffin turned up
for the full house and Hidalgo showed the before mucking in disgust. "It's been a lucky weekend for me," Griffin quipped, as he raked in the pot. He's off to a good start with 27,000.
, Jennifer Tilly checked to a player in the cutoff, who bet 1,000. Tilly called. On the river of the 
, the cutoff player bet out 1,250 and Tilly again made the call. The cutoff showed
and Tilly mucked. She told the player, "I knew you had the flush. I pay you off on the turn and the river." She looked clearly disappointed.After the hand, Tilly is down to 12,000.
After shouldering his way through the masses, Hellmuth has just taken his seat in the ESPN Featured Table, alongside Mark Seif and UFC'er Chuck Liddell.
, Pelton had fired out a bet of 3,200 and Schleger called without much hesitation.Pelton showed 8-7 for sevens and fours, while Schleger held A-J for the better two pair. Schleger is up to 27,000, while Pelton has 19,000.
The flop of
was checked around, before the fell on the turn. The small blind led out for 1,300 and Mortensen raised to 3,400. The small blind made the call.The river was the
and both players checked. The small blind showed 
, which was good to take it down. Mortensen slips to 17,000 chips.
.The big blind checked and Ramdin bet out 1,000. The big blind called.
The turn was the
and it was checked to Ramdin again. He bet 2,500 and the player called.The river was the
and again it was checked to Ramdin. He bet 5,100. The player made call.Ramdin turned over
for the best hand. He's now up to 40,000.
