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We didn't get to the table until action had completed on the turn, but here's what we saw. The board was on the turn, and read . Both Friedman and Rast had 1,000 in front of them, and one other player was all in for less. The river brought the , and Friedman check called a bet from Rast.
Rast tabled for the nut flush and the nut low, and a disappointed Friedman showed for the same nut low and a turned straight that was now no good. As a result, Rast collected three quarters of the pot.
Despite taking the hit, Friedman is still one of our bigger stacks with 13,500, while Rast is one of the few in the room that has him covered with 15,000.
We got to the table on the turn, with the board reading . George Danzer bet out when both of his opponents checked to him, and both players called. The same thing happened when the hit the river, and Danzer simply said "nuts" and tabled for the nut low and the nut high. After that pot, Danzer, who was well below his starting stack earlier, is now back up to 7,300.
We were a bit worried that Oleksii Kovalchuk wasn't going to be here to defend his crown. We didn't spot the Ukrainian throughout the first four levels, and we didn't even see him when players returned after registration had closed. However, just as we were giving up hope, Kovalchuk walked through the doors, and after stopping to greet a couple of friends, he sat down and got right to work, upping his stack slightly in the few hands he's played.
"Chip and a chair" is a phrase that often gets overused in poker, but David Bach actually had right to use it. We caught this tweet as we were coming back from dinner.
Unfortunately for Bach, he was not able to turn it into anything. On the first hand back, he was all in against Team PokerStars pro David Williams in Stud-8. Williams made two pair, and Bach had a sweat to a low draw on seventh street, but it didn't get there, making Bach one of our earliest causalities.
. Both Friedman and Rast had 1,000 in front of them, and one other player was all in for less. The river brought the 
, and Friedman check called a bet from Rast.
for the nut flush and the nut low, and a disappointed Friedman showed 
for the same nut low and a turned straight that was now no good. As a result, Rast collected three quarters of the pot.
hit the river, and Danzer simply said "nuts" and tabled 
for the nut low and the nut high. After that pot, Danzer, who was well below his starting stack earlier, is now back up to 7,300.
