This is what happens when two Euros get heads up in a pot. Buckle up.
Thomas Bichon raised to 750 preflop, and Johan "busto_soon" van Til called out of the blinds. The flop came out , and van Til checked. Bichon bet 925, and van Til swiftly check-raised to 2,400. Bichon wasn't going to back down to a silly little check-raise. Instead, he three-bet to 5,800.
But busto_soon didn't get to be busto_soon by folding, and certainly not by calling, so he snap put Bichon all in. Thomas made the call for 14,600. So who had the ace? No one? At least a pair? Not so much.
Bichon: for jack-high and a flush draw
Van Til: for five-high and a gutshot
The was a brick, and the paired Bichon, so he doubled up to 43,000. Van Til was left with 32,000.
Scott Seiver and his opponent both checked the flop of as the free hit the turn. Seiver checked and his opponent bet 900. Seiver made the call.
The river was the and Seiver checked again hoping for a little action but his opponent checked behind. Seiver sighed and showed for a rivered set. He's up to 48,000.
On the flop of , Berry Johnston fired out a bet and his opponent raised. Johnston moved all in and had his opponent covered. The player tanked for a minute or two and then committed the rest of his chips to the pot. He held two red nines and Johnston the .
The turn was the and the river the , keeping Johnston in the lead and moving him up to 42,000 in chips.
With exactly 6,150 in the pot and the flop reading , the big blind checked as a player fired out 3,500.
With the action on Shawn 'Matrix' Marion, he casually tossed in two orange 5,000-denomination chips while loudly announcing, "Ten thousand!"
The big blind instantly folded as the flop aggressor paused slightly before tossing his cards into the muck also.
Marion tabled his for a flopped straight and collected the pot to move to a rather coincidental (since he played for the Phoenix Suns for a number of seasons as #31) 31,000 in chips.
With about 2,000 already in the pot, the flop came down . A middle position player led out for 1,350 and Bobby Baldwin called. Both players checked the on the turn. The river was the and the action was checked to Baldwin. He checked behind.
"I play the board," the middle position player said.
Baldwin had for two pair and took it down. He's up to 47,000.
Jameson Painter has just been eliminated. He was all in preflop for 10,500 holding the up against the for his opponent. The board ran out and that was the end of the day for Painter.
Facing a raise from the cutoff and a call from the button, Ted Forrest bumped it to 5,000 from the big blind.
The cutoff passed, but the button made the call as the flop fell down and Forrest check-called a 6,000-chip bet to see the land on the turn and Forrest check once again.
The player on the button then cut out a bet of 38,000 to effectively put Forrest all in for his last 14,500.
Forrest took his time deliberating before eventually finally a fold to see his stack slip to the above mentioned 14,500.
On the button, Ray Romano called a middle-position raise to se a flop. The raiser bet 1,200, and Romano called. His opponent checked the turn, and Romano bet 2,000. The other player didn't buy it and called. The river was the , and both players checked to showdown. Shown , Romano just mucked. But he still had 38,000.
A few hands later, we caught him staring at a board. His opponent had bet 15,000 at the sizable pot, and Romano went into the tank. He emerged with a call, showing . But Romano's instincts were right. His opponent held to win the hand with a turned full house. After a good start to his day, Romano is all the way down to 16,000.
, and van Til checked. Bichon bet 925, and van Til swiftly check-raised to 2,400. Bichon wasn't going to back down to a silly little check-raise. Instead, he three-bet to 5,800.
for jack-high and a flush draw
for five-high and a gutshot
was a brick, and the 
paired Bichon, so he doubled up to 43,000. Van Til was left with 32,000.
as the free 
hit the turn. Seiver checked and his opponent bet 900. Seiver made the call.
for a rivered set. He's up to 48,000.
, Berry Johnston fired out a bet and his opponent raised. Johnston moved all in and had his opponent covered. The player tanked for a minute or two and then committed the rest of his chips to the pot. He held two red nines and Johnston the 
.
and the river the 
, keeping Johnston in the lead and moving him up to 42,000 in chips.
for a flopped straight and collected the pot to move to a rather coincidental (since he played for the Phoenix Suns for a number of seasons as #31) 31,000 in chips.
on the turn. The river was the 
for two pair and took it down. He's up to 47,000.
on the turn was no help as the river also bricked the 
flop fell down and Forrest check-called a 6,000-chip bet to see the 
land on the turn and Forrest check once again.
board. His opponent had bet 15,000 at the sizable pot, and Romano went into the tank. He emerged with a call, showing 
