Action was heavy as four players saw a {5d flop. Ted Woolridge led out and was called by Jim Pechac and Andy Seth. Matt Lefkowitz answered with a raise on the button and and Woolridge moved all in. The turn and river got checked around and the players revealed their cards. Lefkowitz showed to win the sidepot with a pair of nines. Woolridge won the main pot with for the rivered nuts to more than quadruple up.
Josh Arieh raised to 5,000 from UTG before Ryan Himes made it 7,500 in middle position. Arieh called to see a flop which both players checked. Arieh immediately fired out 5,000 on the turn and Himes rechecked his cards before reluctantly folding.
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"Hollywood" Dave Stann raised from late position and got calls from Robert Mougous in the cutoff and Men Nguyen in the big blind.
The flop came Nguyen bet 2,500 and got calls from Stann and Mougous.
The turn was the Nguyen checked, Stann checked, Mougous tanked for a little bit and then bet out for 5,000 and got calls from Nguyen and Stann.
The river came the Nguyen bet 5,000, and Mougous went all in for his last 2,100, and got a call from Stann as well and the cards were flipped.
Stann: for an Ace-4 low and 1/4 of the pot leaving him with 56,000
Nguyen: for two pair, the high and 1/2 the pot leaving him with 65,000
Mougous: for an Ace-4 low and 1/4 of the pot leaving him with 11,500
Ted Lawson just tripled up to about 20,000 after his won on a board of against Men Nguyen's and Francesco Barbaro's . Nguyen won a small side pot as well to make up for the main pot loss.
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{5d flop. Ted Woolridge led out and was called by Jim Pechac and Andy Seth. Matt Lefkowitz answered with a raise on the button and and Woolridge moved all in. The 
turn and 
river got checked around and the players revealed their cards. Lefkowitz showed 
to win the sidepot with a pair of nines. Woolridge won the main pot with 
for the rivered nuts to more than quadruple up.
turn and Himes rechecked his cards before reluctantly folding.
Nguyen bet 2,500 and got calls from Stann and Mougous.
Nguyen checked, Stann checked, Mougous tanked for a little bit and then bet out for 5,000 and got calls from Nguyen and Stann.
Nguyen bet 5,000, and Mougous went all in for his last 2,100, and got a call from Stann as well and the cards were flipped.
for two pair, the high and 1/2 the pot leaving him with 65,000
for an Ace-4 low and 1/4 of the pot leaving him with 11,500
on a board of 
won on a board of 
and Francesco Barbaro's 
. Nguyen won a small side pot as well to make up for the main pot loss.
to put Arpaio in the lead for the high but leaving the possibility of a low for Morbitzer out there.
