A very sizeable pot had formed by the turn of the board when the first player to act checked; Barbara Enright bet 4,000 and the checker called.
Both players checked the river, and the player out of position turned over for a full house. Enright couldn't beat it and mucked. She'd made a bit of a recovery before the hand, though, so this loss left her only slightly below average on 34,500.
Young Brit Daniel Rudd has doubled through, his push for 12,000 on a flop called by . Rudd had and held on an ensuing turn and river. Rudd now on 30,000.
With the final board reading , Ronnie Bardah checked to Jason Riesenberg. Riesenberg fired a bet of 2,300 and after a minute in the tank, Bardah tossed in the call. Both players tabled the same hand, , and chopped it up.
"What were you waiting for?" asked Riesenberg to Bardah after the hand.
Four players were in the hand for the minimum to see the flop come down . The small blind checked and then Ronnie Bardah checked in the big blind. The lady in the next spot checked and then the button checked before the dealer put the out on the turn.
The small blind checked and Bardah fired 1,200. Only the woman to his direct left made the call, knocking out half of the players who went to the flop.
The river completed the board with the and Bardah fired 3,500. The woman made the call and Bardah tabled the . His opponent tabled the , but she lost with only one pair to Bardah's two pair.
Bardah moved back up to 42,600 in chips by taking this pot.
Gabe Walls' day has experienced more twists and turns than an entire series of Lost, but his turns of late have mainly been south.
His latest encounter saw him three-bet an open of 900 to 2,500 with . The initial raiser folded, but a player who had called the original raise pushed all in for 25,325.
Walls made the call to find that he was coin flipping against , but, on this occasion, his coin was buttered the wrong side, the board coming to double his opponent through and drop Walls down to 134,300.
On the flop of , the small blind bet 1,700 and Jason DeWitt made the call. The turn brought the and the small blind fired 3,150. DeWitt called again. The river completed the board with the and DeWitt called a bet of 4,550.
The small blind tabled the and DeWitt the . DeWitt's pair of nines were good and he moved up to 120,000 in chips.
Dan Harrington and the player dressed up as Batman just got involved in a hand where the player on the button raised only to have Harrington re-raise from the small blind. Batman called, but the player on the button folded.
The flop came and Harrington bet 4,000, getting a call from his opponent. When the came on the river, Harrington bet again, this time for 10,000. Batman folded and Harrington said, "Alright, Batman's arch enemy wins again" as the table broke.
Dan Kelly raised to 800 UTG+1, and the player in seat one called from the small blind to go heads up to a flop.
It came , and Kelly fired 1,200. His opponent check-called there, and he check-called another 2,800 when the hit the turn. On the river, the drew a leading bet from the small blind, and this time it was Kelly calling the 3,000-chip wager.
The small blind showed for the striaght, but it was second-best. Kelly turned up for the nut straight and the pot, moving his way to 72,000.
On an adjacent table, we joined a flop of . Brandon Adams was heads up, and he bet 2,000 when it was checked to him. His opponent promptly check-raised to 6,500, and Adams moved all in for about 10,000 total. He showed for the pair and the gutshot, and his opponent showed a dangerous , still drawing. The turn hit both players, but it hit Adams where it hurt, leaving him dead with his inferior straight. The on the river ushered Adams out the door after a day of short-stacked misery.