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Brandon Myers open rained in the cutoff and Matt Matros three bet from the small blind. Myers called and the flop fell 
. Matros bet, Meyers raised and Matros called. The turn came 
and Matros check-called a bet. The river came 
, Matros checked and Meyers checked with force.
Matros tabled 
and Meyers sighed, rechecked his hole cards and then tossed them back to the dealer.
Back to limit hold'em. Matt Hawrilenko raised on the button, and Brandon Meyers called in the big blind. Meyers check-called all three streets of a 
board. Meyers took the pot with an ace when Hawrilenko could only show jack-high.
A few hands later, Hawrilenko got most of this chips back. Meyers raised, and Hawrilenko three bet from the big blind. Meyers called. It was Hawrilenko's turn to check-call on the 
flop and again on the turn. He checked one more time after the 
river put a four-flush out there. Meyers checked behind. Neither had a club, and Hawrilenko's 
won the pot.
One hand after winning a pot from Brandon Meyers, Matt Hawrilenko raised his small blind, and Brian Smith defended his big. Hawrilenko bet the 
flop, and Meyers called. It went bet-call again on the turn. Both players checked the 
river, and Hawrilenko's 
took the pot with third pair. The limit hold'em expert has used this round to pull himself back to 725,000.
Nearly every hand represents significant chip movement, but here are the counts at this second:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,560,000 | 60,000 |
|
850,000 | 120,000 |
|
750,000 | -310,000 |
|
725,000 | 275,000 |
|
426,000 | -104,000 |
Matt Matros check-raised Brian Smith on a 
flop, and Brian Smith chose to call. Smith called a big bet on the 
turn. The river was the 
, and Matros bet again. He knew it was bad news when Smith raised, but he called the last bet to see that Smith had rivered a set with 
. Ouch.
With that blow, Matros is down to the vicinity of 300,000. smith is up to 900,000.
Brandon Meyers opened with a raise and Jonathan Lane three bet from the button. Action folded around and Meyers called. The flop came 
and Meyers check-called a bet from Lane. The turn came 
and Meyers check-raised Lane and got a call. The river fell 
, Myers bet and Lane tanked. After a few moments Lane called and Meyers tabled 
for a full house. Lane mucked his hand and moved on to the next hand.
The players have been sent on their one-hour dinner break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,610,000 | 50,000 |
|
|
985,000 | 235,000 |
|
|
880,000 | 155,000 |
|
|
660,000 | 234,000 |
|
|
285,000 | -565,000 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Matt Matros open-shoved the first hand back from break. No one called, and he lived to tell the tale.
