We arrived a little late but saw a board of and Vivek Rajkumar checking with his opponent doing the same.
The river was the and Rajkumar checked again. When the player in Seat 9 bet, Rajkumar raised and Seat 9 shoved all in for 13,000 total. Rajkumar said, "I have the worst possible full house" and tanked for some time before another player called clock.
Rajkumar ended up making the call and his was indeed no good against his opponent's .
After losing the large pot, Rajkumar is down to 8,800 in chips.
University of Washington graduate Jeff Shulman was all in preflop against Johannes Steindl. ESPN cameras rushed the table to catch action, and the hands were opened.
Shulman:
Steindl:
The board ran , and the proud Huskie doubled to 8,400 chips. Shulman is still short, but with the structure being so friendly we'd rather not count out a man who's made two Main Event final tables.
WIth the board spread and almost 9,000 chips in the pot, Scott Montgomery fired a 8,200-chip bet from the big blind. The player in the small, check-raised to 15,000 and Montgomery tank-folded.
A player limped in before another player raised to 1,000 from middle position. Anh Van Nguyen was in the cutoff seat and three-bet to 2,700. Only the raiser called.
The flop came down and the first player checked to Nguyen. He fired a bet of 3,700 and his opponent folded.
Constant aggression and pressure like this is how Nguyen has built his stack to about 120,000 in chips.
There was 2,500 in the pot with a flop reading when Chris Ferguson checked over to his opponent in Seat 1. The man reached into his pocket and popped a Mentos into his mouth before announcing, "Check."
The turn was the and both players checked, as they did when the hit the river. Ferguson showed but couldn't beat the of Seat 1. Ferguson rapped the table and seemed content with his stack of about 35,000.
One player who's been as quiet as a mouse in a library is online powerhouse Brian Townsend. Seated on the feature table with Vanessa Rousso, he appears to have played a very snug game thus far, his stack constantly hovering around the starting stack whenever we take a sneaking glance.
On my last venture into the battlefield, however, I caught him playing two consecutive hands, first opening from the button to 800 before taking it down on the flop with a standard bet against the small blind.
On the very next hand, Townsend opened to 800 again, this time from the cut-off. Paul Jackson in the big blind was the only caller leading to a flop where Jackson check-raised Townsend's c-bet of 1,200 to 3,000. Townsend made the call.
After both players had checked the turn, Jackson gave up the ghost on the river, folding to what appeared to be a chunky bet of 11,000 to enable Townsend to take the pot. Consequently, the man known as sbrugby is up to 36,000.
Action folded to the man in the small blind who raised to 800 and Todd Brunson made the call from the big. The flop came down and both players checked.
When the hit the turn, the small blind checked his hole cards and then bet 1,200. It was Brunson's turn to have another peek at his hole cards and after squeezing them out, he shot back in his chair. "I forgot if I had a nine or an eight," Brunson said as he mucked .
"Good thing it wasn't," the small blind said as he flashed the . Brunson is sitting with about 20,500.
and Vivek Rajkumar checking with his opponent doing the same.
and Rajkumar checked again. When the player in Seat 9 bet, Rajkumar raised and Seat 9 shoved all in for 13,000 total. Rajkumar said, "I have the worst possible full house" and tanked for some time before another player called clock.
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, and the proud Huskie doubled to 8,400 chips. Shulman is still short, but with the structure being so friendly we'd rather not count out a man who's made two Main Event final tables.
and almost 9,000 chips in the pot, Scott Montgomery fired a 8,200-chip bet from the big blind. The player in the small, check-raised to 15,000 and Montgomery tank-folded.
and the first player checked to Nguyen. He fired a bet of 3,700 and his opponent folded.
when Chris Ferguson checked over to his opponent in Seat 1. The man reached into his pocket and popped a Mentos into his mouth before announcing, "Check."
flop where Jackson check-raised Townsend's c-bet of 1,200 to 3,000. Townsend made the call.
river, folding to what appeared to be a chunky bet of 11,000 to enable Townsend to take the pot. Consequently, the man known as sbrugby is up to 36,000.
was checked through to see the 
land on the river and the small blind followed it by firing out a bet of 1,250.
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