Josh Arieh raised from the cutoff seat, Viacheslav Zhukov three-bet from the button, and Mack Lee cold-called from the big blind. Arieh called all in for less, and the dealer flopped . Lee led out, Zhukov raised, and then Lee went to call, but accidentally put in a third bet, tossing too many chips in front of him. Zhukov called.
Lee slowed down, check-calling bets on the turn () and river (), and all three hands were opened.
Lee: - Low
Zhukov: - High
Arieh: - 9th Place and $42,514
Guillaume Rivet raised to open the pot, and Jason Steinberg defended his big blind to go heads-up to the flop.
It came , and Steinberg check-called a bet. On the turn, he check-raised, and Rivet paid the extra bet to see the river. Steinberg checked again this time, and Rivet checked it back. Steinberg's hand had a jack and a three in it, but they were quickly mucked.
Rivet's was flushtastic, giving him the pot and boosting his stack back up to about 605,000. The audience erupted in a brief but boisterous French-Canadian frenzy.
Steve Billirakis and Mikael Thuritz got four bets in preflop - enough to put Billirakis all in - and the hands were opened up.
Billirakis:
Thuritz:
The flop gave Billirakis a flush draw, and he completed that flush when the turned. The on the river did not complete a low for Thuritz, doubling Billirakis to over 400,000 chips.
Richard Ashby raised from middle position, Viacheslav Zhukov put in two bets from the big blind, and Ashby called. The flop came down , Zhukov led out, Ashby raised, and Zhukov called.
The turn brought the , and Zhukov slowed down, check-called a bet from Ashby. Both players checked after the fell on the river, and Zhukov opened to scoop the pot.
Jason Steinberg raised before the flop, and Mikael Thuritz defended his big blind with a call. The board ended up reading , and Steinberg got as many bets in as he could. Thuritz raised the flop, and Steinberg jammed it back to three bets. Thuritz learned his lesson and just flatted the turn and river bets.
Steinberg had , and we only caught a glimpse of Thuritz's matching . He had no high hand, though, and he only gets one-quarter of the pot. Steinberg is up to about 575,000 with those three-quarters.
Steve Billirakis raised on the button, Viacheslav Zhukov re-raised from the big blind, and Billirakis made the call. The flop came down , Zhukov led, and Billirakis called. Zhukov led again after the turned, Billirakis raised all in, and Zhukov put him at risk.
Zhukov:
Billirakis:
Billirakis' hand was best at the moment, but any heart, jack or seven would give Zhukov a scoop, and a non-ace or three low card would give him half the pot. The river was a three however - the in fact - and Billirakis successfully faded Zhukov's outs to scoop and double to 690,000 chips.
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. Lee led out, Zhukov raised, and then Lee went to call, but accidentally put in a third bet, tossing too many chips in front of him. Zhukov called.
) and river (
), and all three hands were opened.
- Low
- High
- 9th Place and $42,514
, and Steinberg check-called a bet. On the 
turn, he check-raised, and Rivet paid the extra bet to see the 
turned. The 
, Zhukov led, and Billirakis called. Zhukov led again after the 
turned, Billirakis raised all in, and Zhukov put him at risk.