After a Ville Mattila open from the button and a big blind defense by Steve Gross, the flop came and Gross led with a bet of 65,000. Mattila raised all in for his last 147,000, and Gross called the raise.
Gross:
Mattila:
The turn was the and river the , that river six filling a nine-high straight for Gross and sending Mattila railward in 10th.
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A nice, even number of 400 players entered this one, meaning there are exactly 6 million chips in play. Sort of thing makes it easy to figure with 10 left that the average stack at the moment is 600,000.
Lee Goldman is making a charge up the leaderboard in an effort to catch Timo Pfutzenreuter. Just now he picked up a nice pot without a showdown in a four-way hand involving Ville Mattila (small blind), Tony Gargano (big blind), Steve Gross (cutoff), and himself (button).
The action began with a raise to 26,000 by Gross and calls by the other three. The flop came . Mattila checked, then Gargano bet 94,000. Gross responded by making it 210,000 to go, then after pausing for quite a while Goldman came back with a big pot-sized reraise.
Mattila folded right away, and Gargano took just a little longer to let his hand go. Gross then considered for some time before finally folding as well.
Gary Bolden raised to 30,000 from the button, then Jesse Rockowitz reraised to 102,000 from the small blind and when the action got back to Bolden he called.
Rockowitz had only 60,000 left, and it all went in following the flop. Bolden called the bet, turning over (eights with a gutshot to a wheel) while Rockowitz need to improve with his (a pair of treys). The turn was the and the river the , and Rockowitz was eliminated.
Salman Behbehani raised to 25,000 from under the gun and got a caller in Joseph Leung on the button. The flop came . Behbehani led for 31,000, and when Leung raised the pot Behbehani called, committing his last 390,000.
Leung had flopped middle set with , but Behbehani had top set with . The turn was the and river the , and Behbahani survives.
We caught up with this one on the flop with the board showing and Gary Bolden having checked from the blinds to Jesse Rockowitz who bet 86,000. Bolden then check-raised all in for 235,000, and after a lengthy time in the tank Rockowitz called the raise.
Bolden:
Rockowitz:
Rockowitz had many outs to make a Broadway straight while Bolden was on a flush draw. Neither draw came in, though, as the turn was the and river the , which meant Bolden's pair of jacks was enough to carry the hand.
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Lee Goldman (cutoff) and Alex Manzano (button) made it to a single-suited flop — — with Manzano having but 96,000 left behind. At the sight of the three hearts on board Goldman bet the pot, and Manzano called.
Manzano had for a straight draw, but that draw was of little use against the made flush of Gargano who had . In fact, Manzano was drawing dead, making the turn and river just a couple of more items of trivia.
Players have returned from their break. After taking a few moments to fill out bio sheets and take care of the redraw, they are now playing the first hands of Level 21. Timo Pfutzenreuter has come back to the biggest stack, having pushed up to nearly twice second-place Tony Gargano at the moment.
and Gross led with a bet of 65,000. Mattila raised all in for his last 147,000, and Gross called the raise.
and river the 
, that river six filling a nine-high straight for Gross and sending Mattila railward in 10th.
. Mattila checked, then Gargano bet 94,000. Gross responded by making it 210,000 to go, then after pausing for quite a while Goldman came back with a big pot-sized reraise.
(eights with a gutshot to a wheel) while Rockowitz need to improve with his 
(a pair of treys). The turn was the 
and the river the 
, and Rockowitz was eliminated.
. Behbehani led for 31,000, and when Leung raised the pot Behbehani called, committing his last 390,000.
, and Behbahani survives.
and Gary Bolden having checked from the blinds to Jesse Rockowitz who bet 86,000. Bolden then check-raised all in for 235,000, and after a lengthy time in the tank Rockowitz called the raise.
river just a couple of more items of trivia.
