. The other player dropped out, but Lester and Romero committed the rest of their stacks. Lester was by far the happier with his
for a flopped set than Romero was with his 
. The set helped and Lester rockets up to 216,000. Romero is bust.
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. The other player dropped out, but Lester and Romero committed the rest of their stacks. Lester was by far the happier with his
for a flopped set than Romero was with his . The set helped and Lester rockets up to 216,000. Romero is bust.
Within the first level, he had seen his double-the-average stack reduced to less than 10,000. He called his girlfriend again and she told him to take off the sneakers as they might be bringing him bad luck. He duly did what he was told and, pot win after pot win, has seen his stack rise all the way up to 150,000.
Sverre can now be seen walking around the Amazon room in white socks which may now be dirty, but the smile on his face is clean and wide.
"Come on paisan, we'll see who the best player in the country is," said Formica and talked Patel into calling.
Patel :
Formica:
The board ran out
and that would be it for Formica."That's the way it goes baby," commented Formica as he turned away from the table. "You know damn well I had a hand."
Before exiting, Formica turned to the cameras to give a little exit interview and then went on his way.
and both players checked. The turn was the . Kravchenko bet 3,200 and Michaels called. The river was the 
. Kravchenko made an unusually small bet of 1,000, Michaels raised to 6,500, and after thinking it over for several minutes, Kravchenko called. Michaels showed
and Kravchenko mucked. Both players were left with 90,000 after the hand.
, Ronald Moore got another player to stack off with him with top pair top kicker. Unfortunately for the other player, Moore held 
and it held up. Moore doubled up to just over 80,000 on the hand.
. Channing was first to act from the small blind and he decided to move all in for his final 31,200. He wasn't too happy to see a caller as he had failed to hit yet with 
. His opponent had hit though with 
.The turn came
and river to make a bigger pair for Channing and help him double-up to 80,000.
and Bolnick checked. Schwartz bet 6,000 and Bolnick check-raised all in.Schwartz tanked for a few minutes and then Bolnick called the clock. After 30 seconds, Schwartz said "All right, I call."
Bolnick showed
and Schwartz held 
. The turn and river blanked out and Schwartz's set was good in the end to move him up to 117,000.
with and was called by an opponent holding . The turn was the 
, the river was the and Schaedlich raked in the 50,000 pot, pushing his stack up to 330,000. On a subsequent hand, Schaedlich moved an opponent all in preflop and got a call. Schaedlich's
held up against his opponent's 
when the board ran out ten high and he now commands a stack of 370,000 chips.
. Jonah Rogers was in for his entire stack of 27,000, Richard Burns was also all in for his stack of 55,000, and Walter Hall, who had them both covered, was there as well.Rogers
Burns
Hall
Talk about an action flop. Rogers was in the lead with his set of jacks. The turn brought the
, giving Burns a flush draw. "It's never safe," said Rogers.The river was the
, giving Rogers the main pot, Hall the side pot, and knocking out Burns. Rogers now has 90,000, and Hall 80,000.
