On the flop, John Juanda checked to Raymond Dehkarghani. Dehkarghani bet and Juanda raised. Dehkarghani raised once more and was all in for the full three bets and Juanda called.
Juanda:
Dehkarghani:
The turn was the and the river the , missing Dehkarghani and sending him to the rail. Juanda moved towards the century mark in chips.
Scotty Nguyen opened under the gun with a raise to 5,000 and defending champion Ian Gordon made the call from the big blind.
Gordon checked the flop as Nguyen bet out 2,500. Gordon raised to 5,000 and Nguyen moved all in for 6,400 with Gordon making the call.
Gordon:
Nguyen:
With Nguyen a lock for half the pot, he would unfortunately see the grace on the turn to award half the pot to Gordon, and after the meaningless completed the board on the river, Nguyen moved to just shy of 12,000 as Gordon sat with 44,000 in chips.
Noah Boeken brought it in with the , and Sorel Mizzi completed. Joe Cassidy called, and when action folded back to him, Boeken did the same. Mizzi bet fourth street, and both opponents called him. He bet again on fifth, and Cassidy folded quickly. Boeken carefully counted his remaining 15,000, eventually deciding to save them for another hand. Mizzi is nearing the 100,000 mark.
Action folded to Erik Sagstrom in middle position and he limped in. Eugene Katchalov limped in from the button and then Andrew Yeh checked in the big blind. The flop came down paired with the and action checked to Katchalov. He bet and Yeh made the call. Sagstrom put in a raise and Katchalov folded. Yeh stuck around to see the turn.
The turn was the and Yeh checked. Sagstrom bet and Yeh made another call before the dealer placed the out on the river. Yeh and Sagstrom both checked.
"Has the three-seat been here all day?" asked our PokerNews field reporter to tablemate Chris Tryba.
"Yep. And he hasn't missed all day either!" responded Tryba.
The reason we asked was because Matthew Ashton just took a pot from Chris Amaral to move just shy of the 240,000-chip mark.
Omaha-8
Ashton limped under the gun, as did Amaral next to act as both blinds came along to see a flop fall. Ashton fired out 2,500 only to have Amaral raise as both blinds kicked their cards in.
Ashton made the call before leading at the and the on the turn and river as Amaral smooth-called on both streets.
Ashton tabled his for a wheel, and once Amaral flashed his , he mucked while slipping to 14,000 in chips.
Noah Boeken: (X)(X) / / (X)
Joe Cassidy: (X)(X) / / (X)
Marco Traniello: (X)(X) / / (X)
We picked up the action on sixth street. Noah Boeken was all in and Joe Cassidy bet. Marco Traniello called and then the same action happened on seventh street.
Cassidy turned over for a wheel and a six-high straight. Both Traniello and Boeken mucked. Cassidy won the hand and eliminated Boeken from the tournament.
This giant stud pot started with Mikhail Savinov making it four bets for four players to see a fourth card. Savinov made it three bets on fourth to put himself all in, leaving the remaining action to the other three. David Oppenheim bet fifth, and both Kevin Iacofano and Frankie O'Dell called. Repeat on sixth with Oppenheim showing jacks on board. Oppie checked the river, Iacofano followed suit, and then O'Dell checked his seventh card. He bet, and Oppenheim rocked back in his chair in disgust. He couldn't get away from it in a pot this big and threw in an unhappy call. Iacofano folded, and O'Dell showed for an ace-high flush to take the monster pot.
"Did you have kings?" Oppenheim asked Savinov as he was preparing to leave. Savinov showed and had indeed started with kings in the hole and improved to kings up. Oppenheim showed that he'd had buried queens and made queens and jacks, putting him in third place for the main pot and second for the side. But all the chips go to first place in this game, and Frankie O'Dell is now up to 124,000. Oppenheim was knocked back to a still healthy 120,000. Savinov hit the rail, and Iacofano followed him out a few hands later.
flop, John Juanda checked to Raymond Dehkarghani. Dehkarghani bet and Juanda raised. Dehkarghani raised once more and was all in for the full three bets and Juanda called.
and the river the 
, missing Dehkarghani and sending him to the rail. Juanda moved towards the century mark in chips.
flop as Nguyen bet out 2,500. Gordon raised to 5,000 and Nguyen moved all in for 6,400 with Gordon making the call.
grace on the turn to award half the pot to Gordon, and after the meaningless 
completed the board on the river, Nguyen moved to just shy of 12,000 as Gordon sat with 44,000 in chips.
and Sagstrom mucked his hand.
/ (X)
for a wheel and a six-high straight. Both Traniello and Boeken mucked. Cassidy won the hand and eliminated Boeken from the tournament.
/ (X)
for an ace-high flush to take the monster pot.
