Jeff Sarwer was pitted against one opponent on the board of 
. He checked to his opponent, who bet 2,300. Sarwer made the call.
The river brought the 
and Sarwer checked. HIs opponent fired a bigger bet of 3,700 this time. Sarwer paused for a moment and then flung his hand in, dropped back to 45,000 in chips.
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We caught the action on the turn in a big hand between Randal Flowers (2009 Barcelona WPT winner) and Jan Collado (2009 PCA final tablist). The board read 
. Flowers bet out 4,000, and Collado clicked it back to 8,000. Flowers called, then quickly checked the 
river. Collado checked behind, and Flowers tabled 
for trip aces. Collado mucked, and Flowers moved up to 37,000.
On the flop of 
, Chino Rheem check-called a bet of 1,850 from his opponent. The turn brought the 
and Rheem check-called another bet this time for 4,125. The river completed the board with the 
and Rheem check-folded to a bet of 6,000 from his opponent, dropping him to 14,500.
Shortly thereafter, Rheem was eliminated by an opponent who held two pair on the turn when the money went in, but ended up making the nut flush on the river to send Rheem packing.
Mighty Thor Hansen wasn't so mighty at showdown in a recent pot. Things started out with 5 limpers seeing an unraised flop of 
. Hansen was on the button and fired out 700 after everyone else checked. Two players called to see the come on the turn. They both checked, allowing Hansen to fire a second bet. He made the price of the river 1,600. Only one of the players was willing to put that much in.
When the river came a third spade, , Hansen's opponent led out for 6,000. Hansen made the call, then mucked and tumbled to 23,000 when his opponent showed a flush, 
.
We've seen a lot of dubious plays with ace-medium on ace-high flops already today, so it was refreshing to see someone play the hand a bit more cautiously. Lacey Jones was in position for a flop of 
and called a bet of 600 from her lone opponent. The turn was the and brought a bet of 1,200. Again Jones called. When the river fell 
and Jones' opponent checked, Jones took the safe route and checked behind for a free showdown. Her 
which made a pair of aces was enough to collect the pot.
Jones is up to 54,000.
On a board reading 
, James Calderero fired out 12,000 into a pot of roughly 14,500.
His opponent went deep into the tank before the clock was eventually called.
The Tournament Director came over and began the countdown only to have Calderero's opponent open-fold his to see Calderero pushed the pot to climb to 41,300 in chips.
Thomas Bichon opened to 500 on the button with Corwin Cole making the call from the small blind before the player in the big blind made it 1,500 to go.
Bichon called as Cole passed to see a 
flop fall. The big blind fired out 2,000 and Bichon made the call as the 
was delivered on the turn.
Bichon was again faced with another healthy bet; this time amounting to 4,000, but after ninety seconds of deliberation the Frenchman found a fall to slip to 16,100 in chips.
Keith Ferrera was down to 4,525, and he got it all in preflop with 
against his opponent's 
. The 
board was pleasantly free of clubs, but the on the turn was much less Ferrera-friendly. The river was no help, and the rest of Ferrera's day is free.
The small blind checked a 
board, and Johannes Strassmann bet 800. The button folded, but the small blind raised it up to 3,000. Strassmann thought a bit but couldn't talk himself into a call. He folded, dropping to 15,000.
