Justin Bonomo opened the action with a raise to 425 from the cutoff. The player in the button called and Jim Collopy raised to 2,000 from the big blind. Bonomo called and the button mucked, leaving the two heads up to the flop.
The dealer spread out a flop of and Collopy continued with a bet of 2,800. Bonomo called and the came on the turn. Collopy upped the betting about to 6,700 and Bonomo thought for about thirty seconds before calling once again.
The river was the and Collopy sat thinking for a bit before stacking up all of his chips and putting them in the middle. Bonomo wasted no time putting all of his money in the middle as well.
Collopy tabled triumphantly but was at a loss for words when Bonomo showed for two pair. Collopy shot away from the table when he saw that he was beat and quickly made his way to the rail after that.
Bonomo, on the other hand, is sitting pretty with a stack of 61,000.
We found Mickey Petersen heads up in a pot and looking down at a board of . Petersen's opponent checked fifth street and Petersen bet 1,200. Petersen's opponent opted to check-raise the action to 4,100.
Petersen tossed out a single orange t5,000 chips as a call and his opponent showed for trip fours. Petersen threw away his hand and the chips were pushed the way of his opponent.
Registration for this event will remain open all throughout the second break of the day, and many more players will sign up in the levels that are still to come.
We found Steve O'Dwyer and an opponent looking down at a board of with well over 8,000 in the pot. O'Dwyer's opponent bet out 2,375 on the river and action was to O'Dwyer who pondered a call.
O'Dwyer announced that he called and his opponent showed for two pair. O'Dwyer sighed and threw his hand to the muck. He's currently sitting on a stack of 9,000 from the 30,000 starting stack.
Picking up with the action on a flop of , a player checked to Erik Cajelais and he fired out a bet of 800. Cajelais' opponent decided to move out a check-raise, making it 2,500 to go and Cajelais called.
Fourth street was the and both players checked. The completed the board and Cajelais' opponent shot out 3,330. Cajelais looked upset as he tossed his hand away to the muck, awarding his opponent the pot.