A player under the gun opened the action with a raise to 1,500. Smith and two other players made the call, and the four of them went to the flop.
It rolled out
, and the initial raiser continued out with a bet of 4,000. The play was on Jeremiah Smith, and he bumped it up to 12,000, enough to force out the other two men in the hand. The under-the-gun player came back over the top, moving all in for approximately 40,000. Smith made the call, and the hands were turned up.Jeremiah Smith had flopped a set with his
, and had captured the lead against his opponent's
. The player needed to catch one of his jacks or complete his open-ended straight draw to stay alive. The turn and river came
, though, and Smith's full house was the winner. He dragged in a nice chunk of chips, eliminated a player, and has moved up to 140,000, starting the day off in the right direction.
. That bet was enough to fold his two opponents and win Gazes another pot.
, Warne bet out 2,000 and received a call. On the turn card of the
, Warne bet out 6,000 and his opponent raised 20,000. Warne then moved all in and received a call.
. The river fell the
had run into the small blind's
.
gave Paterson some hope but the
on the turn gave his opponent the straight. Paterson needed a queen on the river for a chop but instead the
, Cohen bet 2,500, then called when York raised to 5,500. On the turn
, Cohen led out for 7,000, inducing a fold from York, who retains just 7,000 chips.
and Gerin doubled up to 46,000 while Stolzman slipped to 46,500.