Erik Seidel, heads up at his first round table, raised the action to 1,800 preflop. His opponent made the call and the two saw a flop of . His opponent checked and Seidel continued out with 2,200. The call was made and the turn came . Once again the opponent check-called, only this time the bet was 5,000. The fell on the river and once again there was a check to Seidel, who came out with 10,000. His opponent folded and Seidel scooped the pot, increasing his chip lead to around 110,000 in chips.
We caught up with the action as the cards were being turned over for a preflop all in with Barry Greenstein's tournament life on the line.
Greenstein:
Williams:
The flop brought good news for Greenstein, falling . However, as quickly as joy was brought to Greenstein, it was taken away just as quick when Williams paired up with the falling on the turn. The river's brought them both two pair, with Williams' aces and tens taking the cake.
On a flop reading , the player in the big blind checked and his lone opponent, David Benyamine, bet 3,000 from early position. Benyamine's opponent announced, "Raise," and moved a stack worth 10,000 into the middle. Benyamine moved his remaining 23,000 into the middle and his opponent folded.
Catching the action with the board reading we found Stuart Rutter firing out a bet into Todd Terry.
Terry pushed a stack of orange 5,000-denomination chips into the pot to effectively put Rutter all in, and after nearly two minutes of deliberation, Rutter made the call.
Terry tabled his for trips, and Rutter mucked while simultaneously sending Terry through to round two.