Chip leader Derek Raymond limped in on the small blind and Scott Bohlman checked his option.
Raymond bet out on the flop and then flat-called a raise from Bohlman. He then check-called another bet from Bohlman on the turn, and both players checked the turn.
Raymond tabled and scooped -- Bohlman just mucked and is down to 400,000.
Mark Tenner has just scooped himself a pot to put him back up to 1.4 million.
He raised preflop and both his opponents called to see an flop. Derek Raymond checked and short-stacked Scott Bohlman bet out; Tenner called, Raymond folded.
Bohlman and Tenner checked down the turn and river, and at the end of the board Tenner turned over for two pair. Bohlman mucked, and the pot was Tenner's.
Tenner: 1,400,000
Raymond: 1,400,000
Scott Bohlman: 300,000
First blood goes to Mark Tanner, who called a raise from Raymond preflop and then check-called on the flop. Tenner bet out on the turn and then again on the river. Raymond finally folded.
Mark Tenner scooped himself a nice pot with on a board to put himself up to 2.2 million and Derek Raymond down to 900,000.
But very next hand the stacks were even again.
They limp-checked their merry way to a flop which Tenner checked. Raymond bet, Tenner called, and they moved to the action-packed turn. This time Tenner check-raised, only for Raymond to three-bet. Call.
Tenner check-called the river, but Raymond's must have been good, as Tenner mucked with a quiet, "Nice hand."