James Petzing opened the pot to 5,000, and Michael Glasser three-bet shoved for 52,900 in position. When it came back to Petzing, he calld with , and Glasser's was racing for the double up.
Board:
The pair holds up, and Glaser has doubled up over 110,000. It leaves Petzing short now with just 26,000 or so.
Niall Farrel raised under the gun and made it 4,000 to any one who want to see three cards on the flop. Action folded around to Dan O'Brien who reraised and made it 14,000 total. After a lengthy tank session Farrell moved all in for about 50,000 more. O'Brien instantly made the call and flipped over . Farrel then flipped over .
The flop came giving O'Brien a chance to win the pot with a runner-runner flush. Luckily for Farrel no spades came out as both the turn and the river were blanks. Both players then chopped the pot.
Lars Bonding started the hand by opening to 5,200 from early position and Steve O'Dwyer reraised right behind him to 12,200. Then Eddie Blumenthal was in the cutoff and four-bet to 24,200, Bonding folded, O'Dwyer five-bet shoved and Blumenthal called.
Showdown
Blumenthal:
O'Dwyer:
The board ran and O'Dwyer was crippled. He sent 100,700 over to Blumenthal and was left with just 7,000.
We just caught the tail end of the pot, walking up as the flop was already out on board. With about 40,000 already in the pot, Thomas Miller had shoved all in to put Vincent Graziano to the test. Graziano tanked long and hard before making the call, and he was at risk.
Miller showed up . "What is that, ace-jack?" Graziano asked. "Nice hand." He turned over his inferior , and the dealer immediately ripped the off the deck on fourth street. Miller was less than impressed at the beat he was about to take, and when the blank rivered, he spun out of his chair and took a walk around the aisle for a moment. He mumbled a few curt words under his breath in response to apologies from Graziano.
Both men are close to 140,000 chips now. Here are the counts for the rest of that table while we're at it.
Kyle Keranen raised it up to 4,800 preflop from early position and was re-raised by Huy Nguyen on the button to 14,500. Keranen made the call and the two saw the flop.
Keranen checked to Nguyen who bet out 14,000 and he called.
The turn came and both players checked.
The river came and Keranen again checked to Nguyen who bet out 15,000. Keranen re-raised all in and Nguyen went into the tank. After at least five minutes, Nguyen eventually folded.
As Keranen raked in the huge pot Nguyen said, "I'll pay you $50 to show what you had.... $100?"
Keranen responded, "I can't man... it was a huge pot I just can't." Nguyen will be left guessing as he falls to just 60,000 and Keranen shoots up to our likely chip lead with 320,000
We found Lars Bonding raising in late position making it 5,200.. The action folded around to Lloyd Padgett, in the small blind who made the call. A flop of appeared and both players checked.
On the turn Padgett bet 5,000 and Bonding smooth called. After the was spiked on the river Padgett again bet, this time making it 6,000. Bonding made the call and was clearly uneasy about it. Padgett flipped over for a pair of sixes and Bonding countered by showing for a pair of winning tens.
Blake Cahail started the action with a raise to 5,200 from middle position, and David Diaz flatted on the button. In the small blind, Dan O'Brien squeezed in a reraise to 17,700, and that shook Cahail off his hand. Diaz had other ideas, though, reraising all in for 91,700 total. O'Brien made the call with his big stack, but Diaz was the one with the better hand.
Showdown
Diaz:
O'Brien:
O'Brien never found anything to sweat as the board came to give Diaz the double. He's all the way up to 194,600 while O'Brien's stack is dashed nearly in half, down to 102,000.
Diaz, we'll remind you, already has one no-limit hold'em bracelet this summer.