Nick Schulman raised to 900 from the cutoff. The player in the big blind called and Dimitry Gromov called from the button. The flop ran out . The player in the big blind checked and Schulman made it 1,700. Gromov called and the player in the big blind folded.
The fell on the turn and both players checked. The river brought the and both players checked again. Schulman flipped up to take down the pot.
Schulman sits with around 30,000 and Gromov sits with around 23,500.
Vanessa Selbst has halved her stack since returning from dinner break, but just got some back in a hand against Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi.
Mizrachi opened to 1,000 on the button, Selbst three-bet to 3,200 from the small blind, and Mizrachi called. The flop came down , Selbst led for 3,800, and Mizrachi called.
The turn was the , and Selbst led again - this time for 9,300. Mizrachi could not continue, folding his hand, which sent the pot to Selbst.
The dust was already settling after a huge battle had concluded between Neil Channing and Randy Dorfman. Channing had about 55,000 to start the hand, and had been dealt . Dorfman had just a little more than that when he was dealt . The five community cards had come , meaning Dorfman had a full house. And now all of those chips.
Channing hits the rail, while Dorfman now appears to be our leader with about 115,000.
Josh Brikis moved all in for his last 4,000 or so with . An opponent holding had him at risk, and vaulted into the lead when the flop fell . Brikis was gathering his things as the turned, and was already halfway towards the exit once the hit the river.
Preflop action had resulted in Frank Kassela (button) and a lone opponent (big blind) seeing a flop come . Kassela's opponent checked, he bet 1,700, his opponent check-raised to 4,600, and Kassela called. The turn brought the and a bet of 5,500 from the BB, which Kassela snap-called.
The river was the , prompting Kassela's opponent to announce he was all in. Kassela, with just about 10,000 left, quickly called, and his opponent showed for trip nines. Kassela mucked, saying he'd had as he did, and soon after made his exit.
The board showed . There was 18,000 in the middle. A short-stacked player in the big blind shoved all in for 9,975, prompting a fold from his neighbor sitting to his left. That just left Phil Hellmuth on the button, who brooded a bit before folding his face up.
The player in the big blind couldn't resist the opportunity, turning over his . Hellmuth looked over at his opponent's hand, smiled graciously, and complimented him for an inspired and well-timed bit of trickery.
Okay, perhaps it went a little differently there at the end. We'll let you elaborate on the theme yourself, delivered to us here by our intrepid reporter thusly: "Phil gives him crap for the bluff."
A player in the cutoff opened to 1,050, another player on the button three-bet to 3,000, Michael Mizrachi four-bet to 8,150 from the small blind, and Vanessa Selbst five-bet to 16,300 from the big blind. Only Mizrachi called, and the dealer fanned . Mizrachi checked, and Selbst bet enough to put Mizrachi all in.
The Grinder tanked for a bit before eventually calling, turning over . Selbst opened up , and needed an ace or a queen to secure the knockout. The turn and rive came , respectively, and The Grinder doubled to 80,000 chips.
Selbst was steaming, and is left with less than 30,000 chips.
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. The player in the big blind checked and Schulman made it 1,700. Gromov called and the player in the big blind folded.
fell on the turn and both players checked. The river brought the 
and both players checked again. Schulman flipped up 
to take down the pot.
. Dorfman had just a little more than that when he was dealt 
. The five community cards had come 
, meaning Dorfman had a full house. And now all of those chips.
. An opponent holding 
had him at risk, and vaulted into the lead when the flop fell 
. Brikis was gathering his things as the 
turned, and was already halfway towards the exit once the 
hit the river.
for trip nines. Kassela mucked, saying he'd had 
as he did, and soon after made his exit.
. There was 18,000 in the middle. A short-stacked player in the big blind shoved all in for 9,975, prompting a fold from his neighbor sitting to his left. That just left Phil Hellmuth on the button, who brooded a bit before folding his 
face up.
. Hellmuth looked over at his opponent's hand, smiled graciously, and complimented him for an inspired and well-timed bit of trickery.
. Selbst opened up 
respectively, and The Grinder doubled to 80,000 chips.