An under-the-gun raise and call was enough to induce Ted Forrest into raising it up from the button (having a hand probably helped too). Both players called leading to a flop of .
Check, check, bet 100 from Forrest led to a fold, and then a reluctant call from the second player. Forrest was then check-called for 200 on the turn and river before showing for the flopped set.
Forrest waited patiently as his opponent entered into a postmortem of looking at his hand, then the board, then his hand again, but neither changed and, eventually, Forrest took the pot.
Forrest is still short stacked, however, with 2,500.
Four players made it to see a flop in a limped pot, and it checked around until one player bet. Jeff Lisandro in the small blind position was the only caller, and so it was that they went heads up to the turn.
The turn came down the and this time Lisandro bet out. His opponent raised, Lisandro called, and they were at the river.
The river was the , bringing in the flush draw. Lisandro bet out again, and this time his opponent folded. Lisandro duly showed him the flush and picked up a healthy pot to put him back up to 4,000.
Noah Boeken has had a terrible day so far, and is right now perched rather precariously on a reduced 1,100 stack.
It turns out that a large chunk of his stack went to Barry Greenstein when Greenstein's came good to crack Boeken's pocket aces. Then a few hands later, Boeken's pocket quens were cracked when an opponent holding spiked an ace on the river - particularly painful, as almost all the chips had gone in on the eight-high flop and turn.
Still, Boeken is not not quite Broeken yet and anything can happen.
2008 Player of the Year Tom Schneider button-raised (amid anecdote) to 200 and received one caller in the big blind. On the flop, the big blind led for 100, which temporarily halted the anecdote. Schneider paused briefly before making the call. Schneider then called subsequent bets on a turn and river before being shown for the rivered straight.
Rob Hollink is up to 7,000 after knocking out another player.
We caught up with the action on the flop when the soon-to-be-busto unfortunate bet out. Hollink raised, and the dead man walking made the call.
He bet out again on the turn and Hollink raised again. The short-stacked player reraised all in, Hollink called, and they were on their backs.
All in: for a variety of straight draws
Hollink: for a set
River:
The pair of aces was too little, too late for the all-in player, who suddenly found himself with an evening off. Hollink took possession of his chips, and moved on up the counts.
I joined the action with the board reading . Tom Dwan bet 100; his opponent called. The turn was the , and Dwan bet 200 with a limp wrist and a tired expression you'd expect from someone who'd played a billion hands. Again, a call. On the river, Dwan's opponent checked, and, Dwan, for the third time, trickled two chips onto the felt. On this occasion, however, his foe released his hand, allowing Dwan to climb to 4,800 in chips.
This is turning into a real who's-who as even more famous faces have made their way into the Amazon Room and taken their places in this here limit tournament.
Newly spotted at the tables:
JC Tran
James Mackey
Chad Brown
David Williams
Terrence Chan
Chris Ferguson
Alex Kravchenko
By the by, with registration now officially closed, the number on the board is 625. So unless we hear to the contrary, that's the official number of entrants that we'll be going with in this event.
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turn and 
river before showing 
for the flopped set.
flop in a limped pot, and it checked around until one player bet. Jeff Lisandro in the small blind position was the only caller, and so it was that they went heads up to the turn.
and this time Lisandro bet out. His opponent raised, Lisandro called, and they were at the river.
, bringing in the flush draw. Lisandro bet out again, and this time his opponent folded. Lisandro duly showed him the 
flush and picked up a healthy pot to put him back up to 4,000.
came good to crack Boeken's pocket aces. Then a few hands later, Boeken's pocket quens were cracked when an opponent holding 
spiked an ace on the river - particularly painful, as almost all the chips had gone in on the eight-high flop and turn.
flop, the big blind led for 100, which temporarily halted the anecdote. Schneider paused briefly before making the call. Schneider then called subsequent bets on a 
for the rivered straight.
flop when the soon-to-be-busto unfortunate bet out. Hollink raised, and the dead man walking made the call.
for a set
. Tom Dwan bet 100; his opponent called. The turn was the 
, and Dwan bet 200 with a limp wrist and a tired expression you'd expect from someone who'd played a billion hands. Again, a call. On the