Phil Galfond raised to 2,000 and later called a re-raise to 5,800 from the player in the big blind. When the flop came Galfond checked to his opponent who bet 7,200. Galfond raised to 18,600 only to have the other player go all in.
Galfond folded, and his opponent said "I've been a Blue Fire member since the beginning and in the videos it says to go all in in that situation."
Blue Fire Poker is Galfond's training website. Galfond replied, "I'm glad I can give back."
From the hijack seat, Eric Assadourian raised to 2,100. Bruce Buffer reraised to 6,000 from the button. When action got back to Assadourian, he checked on the stack size for Buffer before moving all in. Buffer called.
Buffer held the and was dominating the for Assadourian.
The board ran out and Buffer got his double up. He's now got 34,000 in chips while Assadourian dropped to 24,000.
Eddy Sabat raised to 2,000 before another player reraised to 8,200. Sabat moved all in for 39,500 and his opponent called. Not only was Sabat covered in the hand and at risk, he was dominated. His was pitted against the for his opponent.
Luckily for Sabat, the flop was and he spiked a three-outer. The turn brought the and the river the .
Sabat doubled up and now has just over 80,000 in chips.
A number of big stacks have emerged over here in the white section, but the biggest belongs to Ricardo Fasanaro. Not a player I'm familiar with, Fasanaro hails from Brazil and currently boasts 310,000 in chips.
Down to just 16,000 and with a raise and a call before him, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson decided to move all in with . The initial raiser called from under-the-gun with , and the caller let them commence battle alone.
A board was as safe as the Rio vault, and everyone's favorite vegetable-bisector doubled through. He's now on 41,000.
There was a minor discrepancy at Orange 315 coming back from dinner. The player dealt into the big blind claimed to have been the big blind on the last hand before dinner and then the button had never been moved. Nobody at the table was sure. A floor was summoned, who ruled that the button would remain as dealt.