Thee players paid 7,000 each to see a flop of . We're not sure how the action went at this point, but we do know that Jesper Hougaard got all his money in with and was up against the of Joseph Ressler.
Hougaard was ahead with his pair of nines and open-ended straight draw, but Ressler had outs to a spade and an eight. The turn didn't change much, but the river gave Hougaard his straight. Unfortunately for him, it also gave Ressler the flush. Hougaard was eliminated on the hand.
We only caught the end of the hand, but Peter Jetten had the nut straight on the turn against Roland Isra, and he has been eliminated. Jetten is up to 280,000.
It could have been the story of the year, according to Gary Pollak. He was hopeful of coming back from being crippled down to just 4,000 in chips, but it wasn't to be. He got those into the middle before the flop with , but ran into Vanessa Selbst's .
Selbst improved to a seat after the board was spread and alas, there will be no fairytale for Pollak today.
Vanessa Selbst raised to 8,000 and received a call from Chris Moorman in the big blind. Both players checked the flop, which was followed by the on the turn. This time Moorman bet out 12,000, Selbst called, and the appeared on the river.
This time Moorman fired out a considerable bet of 29,500 and Selbst tank-folded.
When we came to the table, Tom Dwan and David Benefield were starting to build a pretty big pot. Dwan had checked the turn when the board read , and Benefield bet out 13,500. Dwan opted to raise, making it 35,500 on top. Benefield called, and the players saw the hit the river. Dwan bet the pot, and Benefield called fairly quickly, and was not happy to that Dwan had the nuts with . The pot pushed Dwan up to 400,000, while Benefield is left with just 20,000.
Isaac Baron raised to 9,000 on the button and was called by Chris Demaci in the big blind. Both players proceeded to check the flop, as well as the . When the rolled off on the river, Demaci bet out 16,500 and Baron insta-mucked.
We picked up the action between Gregory Brooks, Joseph Ressler and Jordan Cairns on a flop that read ; Brooks and Ressler checked to Cairns who opened the betting, but Ressler was the only caller, making it heads-up to the turn of the .
Ressler bet 39,000 and Cairns called all-in.
Ressler:
Cairns:
Kessler's straight held up after the blanked out on the river and Cairns was sent to the rail.
We came in when there was 175,000 in the pot and Chris DeMaci put out a 62,000 chip bet on the river. The board read and Isaac Baron was in the tank for quite a while before folding what we can assume was a lower flush. DeMaci scooped the pot and showed the which was the only diamond in his hand.
After the big bluff, DeMaci is up to 250,000 and Baron is down to just under 100,000
. We're not sure how the action went at this point, but we do know that Jesper Hougaard got all his money in with 
and was up against the 
of Joseph Ressler.
turn didn't change much, but the 
river gave Hougaard his straight. Unfortunately for him, it also gave Ressler the flush. Hougaard was eliminated on the hand.
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flop, which was followed by the 
on the turn. This time Moorman bet out 12,000, Selbst called, and the 
appeared on the river.
, and Benefield bet out 13,500. Dwan opted to raise, making it 35,500 on top. Benefield called, and the players saw the 
hit the river. Dwan bet the pot, and Benefield called fairly quickly, and was not happy to that Dwan had the nuts with 
and Isaac Baron was in the tank for quite a while before folding what we can assume was a lower flush. DeMaci scooped the pot and showed the