James Akenhead opened the pot for 280,000 preflop and was called by small blind Warren Zackey. Both players checked to the river on a board that developed . When Zackey checked a third time, Akenhead finally felt it was safe to throw out a bet of 300,000. Zackey called and was shown Akenhead's pocket kings, , the second time Akenhead has shown down kings today. This time they were good for a small pot.
Andrew Lichtenberger opened for 325,000 and Joe Cada made the call.
The flop came down and Lichtenberger led out for 550,000. Cada made the call and they went to the turn, which fell the . Both players checked. The landed on the river and Lichtenberger checked over to Cada, who checked behind.
Action passed around to Ian Tavelli. With blinds at 60,000 and 120,000, he opened to 750,000 by throwing three almond (250,000) chips into the pot. The table was slightly confused.
"Did you throw in the wrong color?" Tommy Vedes asked Tavelli. Tavelli didn't respond but did wind up winning the pot when everyone else folded.
With the blinds as big as they are, every pot seems like a huge pot now. Warren Zackey opened for 350,000, then called when Tommy Vedes reraised an additional 690,000 chips on top of that raise. That put 2.1 million chips in the pot for a flop of . Zackey checked to Vedes, then folded to his shove of roughly 2.7 million chips.
Zackey falls in the counts to 7.8 million. Vedes climbs to 4.8 million.
Joe Cada made it 300,000 to go from UTG, Phil Ivey called, and George Caragiorgas put the squeeze on with a reraise to 900,000. Both Cada and Ivey folded and Caragiorgas took it down.
Antoine Saout open-raised to 350,000 from the hijack seat, and it folded to Antonio Esfandiari who called from the big blind.
The flop came . Esfandiari led out for 535,000. Saout then raised to 1.8 million total. Esfandiari thought for about a minute, then tossed his cards dealerward.
Saout chips back to 8.7 million, while Esfandiari is now sitting with 4.6 million.
Ouch...
Nick Maimone opened his second consecutive pot, making it 290,000 to go and was met with an all-in reraise from Marco Mattes for 2,470,000. Ivey flat-called the all in and Maimone folded.
Mattes
Ivey
The flop was , Mattes' queens still leading. The turn was the , the river was the and Mattes doubled to 5.41 million while Ivey fell to 6.3 million.
. When Zackey checked a third time, Akenhead finally felt it was safe to throw out a bet of 300,000. Zackey called and was shown Akenhead's pocket kings, 
, the second time Akenhead has shown down kings today. This time they were good for a small pot.
. Lacay checked, Saout bet 400,000, and Lacay called. The turn brought the 
, and both checked.
. Lacay checked, and Saout pushed out a bet of 700,000. Lacay made the call.
for the rivered pair of aces, and Lacay mucked. Saout is up to 11 million, while Lacay has slipped to 3.1 million.
and Lichtenberger led out for 550,000. Cada made the call and they went to the turn, which fell the 
. Both players checked. The 
landed on the river and Lichtenberger checked over to Cada, who checked behind. 
was good and he raked in the pot.
. Saout checked, Kopp bet 600,000, and Saout called. Both checked the 
turn. 
. Saout checked, Kopp bet 1.7 million this time, and Saout made the call.
, but Kopp had 
, the river was the 
