Giovanni Safina limped from the hijack seat and Ronnie Bardah completed from the small blind. Bryan Micon was in the big blind and checked his option before the three saw the flop come .
Bardah led the betting with a wager of 875. Micon took some time and then made the call before Safina called as well.
The turn card brought the and Bardah fired again. HIs bet was worth 2,375 and Micon folded. Safina made the call though and a river would be seen.
The final community card was dealt the , completing a possible flush draw and some straight draws. Bardah checked and Safina checked right behind. Bardah tabled the for trip sevens and Safina mucked.
Every time I venture into the battlefield, I spot Dag Palovic in the thick of battle, waving his sword around frantically in the hope that he hits his target. On this occasion, the board read , and Palovic was faced with a bet of 8,200.
"Flush?" he inquired to no response. Suddenly, he made a raise to 25,000, putting the pressure back on his opponent. After a lengthy dwell, during which time Palovic feigned mucking his cards, his opponent folded and Palovic showed .
For a moment, I felt like Jason Donavon as Palovic smiled at me and said, "That was especially for you."
Anthony Yeh is still fighting over at Orange 318. Sitting in the big blind, he called a raise to 1,800 from the button. Both players checked a queen-high flop, . Yeh led the turn for 2,200 and was called. When the river put a third diamond on board, Yeh checked. His opponent responded with a 10,000-chip bet that Yeh called with . That pair of queens was much better than what Yeh's opponent showed down, for a busted flush-and-straight draw.
Gavin Griffin opened to 1,400 from middle position and an opponent in the big blind defended.
The flop fell and, when checked to, Griffin continued for 1,900. Griffin's opponent check-raised to 6,000 and Griffin called.
The turned and Griffin's opponent checked to Griffin who moved all in for about 13,000. After a few minutes of deliberation, his opponent made the call.
Showdown
Griffin:
Opponent:
Griffin needed a seven or a queen to double through, but the dealer dropped a on the river eliminating him from the tournament.
A player in middle position raised to 1,650 and Ted Bort called. Prahlad Friedman also made the call from the cut-off.
The flop rolled out , and Bort called a c-bet of 6,900.
On the turn, the preflop raiser bet again, this time 24,000. "Why so much?" asked Bort. "It's like you don't want a call."
After some back and forth banter, both players agreed to show their hands if Borts folds, which he eventually does. In hindsight, it was the right decision, his indeed behind against .
Earlier in the day, we reported a hand in which an opponent at Gabriel Walls' table complained that Walls had been pushing him around all day. Those two players tangled again, and it did not end well for Walls' opponent.
The opponent moved all in for 22,900 pre-flop after Walls opened for 1,500. Walls made the call with , a two-to-one underdog to his opponent's pocket tens. After a flop of , Walls said, "It's going to be painful," and he was right. The turn gave Walls aces and sixes, better than his opponent's tens and sixes. The river gave Walls the pot.
Walls is now up to -- believe it or not -- 435,000 in chips.
Jason Mercier currently has 104,000. On his last hand he bet 1,750 from the big blind and the small blind called. Mercier then bet three streets of a board - 2,400, 5,550 and 11,800 - the latter of which resulted in a fold.
From under the gun, Bernard Lee raised to 1,625. The player in the big blind made the call and the flop came down . Lee fired 2,750 after his opponent checked. The player made the call.
On the turn, a fell and both players checked.
The river completed the board with an and the first player fired 3,750. Lee called with pocket queens and his opponent held the for just ace high. Lee's hand was best and he moved up to 115,000.
After a player opened with a raise to 2,000 and one player flat-called, Ronnie Bardah jacked it up to 6,400. Everyone folded back to the original raiser and he folded. The flat caller thought and then jammed all in for about 25,000 total. Bardah tanked for a bit before making the call.
Bardah held the for two overcards against the of his all-in opponent.
The flop came down and Bardah whiffed on the first three. The fourth card on the board connected with him as the fell, putting him in the lead. The river completed the board with the .
Bardah was pushed the pot and the other player was eliminated. Bardah's now up to 121,300 in chips.
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and Bardah fired again. HIs bet was worth 2,375 and Micon folded. Safina made the call though and a river would be seen.
, completing a possible flush draw and some straight draws. Bardah checked and Safina checked right behind. Bardah tabled the 
for trip sevens and Safina mucked.
, and Palovic was faced with a bet of 8,200.
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. Yeh led the 
turn for 2,200 and was called. When the river put a third diamond on board, Yeh checked. His opponent responded with a 10,000-chip bet that Yeh called with 
. That pair of queens was much better than what Yeh's opponent showed down, 
for a busted flush-and-straight draw.
turn, the preflop raiser bet again, this time 24,000. "Why so much?" asked Bort. "It's like you don't want a call."
indeed behind against 
gave Walls aces and sixes, better than his opponent's tens and sixes. The river 
gave Walls the pot.
. He was flipping against the 
for Alexander Kostritsyn.
. Lee fired 2,750 after his opponent checked. The player made the call.
fell and both players checked.
and the first player fired 3,750. Lee called with pocket queens and his opponent held the 
for just ace high. Lee's hand was best and he moved up to 115,000.
