Jay Carter (small blind) and Feming Chan (middle position) had already built a sizable pot by the turn at which point the board showed . Carter checked, Chan bet 33,000, and Carter called.
The river brought the and a bet of 45,000 from Carter. Chan responded by raising all in for 201,000 total, and Carter let it go.
Carter slips to 320,000, while Chan bumps up to 420,000.
We caught up with the action on the turn of the board where Stanislav Alekhin who was on the button called a bet of 18,000 from a player in middle position. When the hit the river, the player fired another bet of 24,000 and Alekhin called again. The player said, “You win” to Alekhin and turned over for a missed flush draw and just a nine kicker. Alekhin revealed for queens up which was good to win the pot.
A player in middle position opened for 9,000, Joseph Cheong called from button and Daryl Jace called from the small blind. The flop came and all three players checked. The turn came , Jace bet 20,000, middle position folded and Cheong called. The river came , Jace bet 85,000 and Cheong folded.
Phil "USCphildo" Collins limped in from middle position, a player in the cutoff called, the small blind completed, and Jon "PearlJammer" Turner checked his option in the big.
The flop came down , and all four players checked. The turn was the , the small blind checked, and Turner fired 8,500. Only Collins called. The river was the , putting a straight on the board, and Turner led for a hefty bet of 26,500. Collins released his hand, and Turner raked in the pot.
No sooner than Jeffrey Lisandro had been crippled in an earlier hand, he found himself all-in for 60,000 with from the cutoff after a player in middle position came in with a raise.
The opponent snap-called, showing down and paired up on the flop of . The turn and river bricked out , and thus endeth the tournament life of Lisandro.
Humberto Brenes raised to 19,000 after an early position limper and the small blind moved all in. The limper folded and Brenes called the all in for 65,000.
Brenes:
Small Blind:
The board ran and Brenes was ousted by the small blind's set of aces.
Daniel Negreanu went to a flop in the small blind with a player in the cutoff. With around 35,000 in the pot already the board was . Negreanu bet 17,500 and the cutoff called. The turn brought the and both players checked. The river was and they both checked again.
There were two limpers when David Vamplew raised to 15,000 in the cutoff. Only the hijack stuck around to see the flop where both players checked. When the hit the turn, The hijack led for 16,000 and Vamplew called while both players checked the river. The hijack turned up for kings up which was good when Vamplew mucked.