Erick Lindgren raised to 1,200 and was called by the players in the hijack and big blind. The flop came and all three players checked. The turn was the and the big blind bet 2,500. Lindgren called and the other player folded. After the fell on the river the big blind put out a small bet of 1,500 and Lindgren raised to a more respectable 8,000. The big blind folded his hand and Lindgren's stack grew to 25,000.
In a multi-way pot, four players saw a flop with Jeffrey Lisandro pushing out a 2,250-chip bet from the cutoff.
Finding a caller on the button and two folds, the on the turn saw Lisandro check before facing a 5,700-chip bet. Lisandro made the call before the landed on the river and both players checked.
Lisandro tabled his and collected the pot with his two-pair to move to 39,000 in chips.
With nearly 5,000 already in the pot and the board reading , betting action on the flop culminated with Eli Elezra betting 4,000, Andrew Watson raising to 12,000, and the player in the big blind going all in. Elezra and Watson both followed suit going all in as well and it was fairly clear to see why after the hands were tabled.
Watson:
Elezra:
Big Blind:
Each player had flopped a set with Watson's hand dominating the other two. Because Elezra held a deuce in his hand the big blind was drawing dead and Elezra would need the case ten in the deck to win the entire pot.
The turn and river brought the and and Watson's hand held. Because Watson was the short stack of the three players, he won the main pot tripling his stack to around 60,000 and Elezra won the side pot putting his stack at 19,000.