Greg Merson tossed out 2,025 on a board of . His opponent tanked for a bit, then called. The completed the board, the defending champion reached into his stack, he he flipped forward an orange T5,000 chip. His opponent did the same.
Merson ripped over for aces and tens, prompting his opponent to muck, and the Marylander is up to 39,500 chips.
On the flop, John "World" Hennigan led out for a bet of 1,100, and then called when his opponent raised it up to 3,100.
The arrived on the turn, prompting Hennigan to slow down with a check. His opponent tossed out a bet of 3,600, and Johnny World flatted to see the drop on the river.
With that being a scare card in a number of ways, the experienced pro quickly moved 12,000 into the pot, and his opponent dove deep into the tank, thinking things over for around three minutes before releasing his hand.
Jason Alexander, the actor most famous for portraying George Costanza on Seinfeld, has recently been moved to the orange section of the Amazon Room, and now sits at the table next to fellow actor Kevin Pollak.
It's been a good move for Alexander, who recently won a couple pots in a row. In the first, he raised to 500 preflop, and the only caller was Tomas Mcnamara. Alexander, always putting on a show, told the dealer, "Be kind to me. I just want to make day 4." The dealer then spread , and Alexander checked, then called Mcnamara's bet of 700. Then both players checked when the dealer turned the . The river the was the , and Alexander led out for 1,600. Mcnamara tanked for a minute, then slid his cards to the dealer, and Alexander pulled in the pot. Mcnamara is still in good shape with 73,000 in chips after winning a flush-over-flush cooler earlier today.
In the following hand, Alexander raised to 650 preflop, and only the big blind called. Alexander continued for 1,600 on the flop, which prompted a fold from his opponent. As he stacked his chips, he told the dealer, "I'm so glad we met."
Alexander is now back up to 21,000 after having lost much of his starting stack at his previous table.
We caught the action with the flop reading and roughly 4,500 in the pot.
Oliver Busquet had checked from under the gun while Kido Pham had tapped the table from the next seat over before the hi-jack had bet out 2,500. Busquet called while Pham folded and went back to enjoying his massage as the rolled off on the turn and both players checked.
The river landed the and Busquet bet out 4,000 to prompt a fold from his opponent as he moved up to roughly 41,000 in chips.
An early position player raised to 500 preflop, and Dwyte Pilgrim called from middle position, as did Brian Rast. The button and big blind also called. The flop fell , and the big blind checked. The preflop raiser bet out for 1,525, and only Pilgrim called. The dealer turned the , and the preflop aggressor checked. Pilgrim then grabbed a rough stack of chips in each hand, essentially everything he had except the orange T5,000 chips, and pushed them toward the middle, a bet of a few thousand. His opponent folded, and Pilgrim pulled in the pot, bring him back up to 30,000.
After two players checked the board on the turn, Kenny Tran fired 1,100. Mike "Timex" McDonald called behind Tran, he first player called, and the second player folded.
The river completed the board with the , and the first player checked. Tran also checked, then McDonald fired 4,200. The first player called, and Tran folded.
McDonald tabled the for a full house, and his opponent mucked.
The action folded to Greg Merson, who raised to 600 out of the small blind. The player in the big blind three-bet to 2,000, Merson called, and the flop fell . Merson check-called a bet of 2,000, and both players checked on the turn () and the river ().
Merson showed for ace-high, but it was no good against his opponent's for kings and queens.
With the board reading and the pot around 2,075, we found Mike "Timex" McDonald betting out 1,100 following checks from two players; one of which was Kenny Tran.
A fourth player folded to McDonald's bet, while the big blind called as Tran folded. The turn of the saw McDonald greeted with another check, and his response was a bet of 2,500 which was enough for him to be pushed the pot to move to 27,100 in chips.
Chad Holloway and Eddie Blumenthal, seated directly next to each other, are making a habit of clashing in today's tourney. Blumenthal won the first round, but Holloway is battling back.
In a recent hand, with the board reading on the flop, Holloway checked from the big blind position, and Blumenthal bet 450. Holloway called, bringing the on the turn. Both players checked, and then checked again when the fell on the river. Holloway showed for a winning pair of aces, and Blumenthal mucked.
Holloway is now up to 19,000 after being down below 12,000 earlier today.
. A king spiked on the flop and Gagliano hit the rail.
. His opponent tanked for a bit, then called. The 
completed the board, the defending champion reached into his stack, he he flipped forward an orange T5,000 chip. His opponent did the same.
for aces and tens, prompting his opponent to muck, and the Marylander is up to 39,500 chips.
flop, John "World" Hennigan led out for a bet of 1,100, and then called when his opponent raised it up to 3,100.
arrived on the turn, prompting Hennigan to slow down with a check. His opponent tossed out a bet of 3,600, and Johnny World flatted to see the 
drop on the river.
. The river the was the 
, and Alexander led out for 1,600. Mcnamara tanked for a minute, then slid his cards to the dealer, and Alexander pulled in the pot. Mcnamara is still in good shape with 73,000 in chips after winning a 
and roughly 4,500 in the pot.
and Busquet bet out 4,000 to prompt a fold from his opponent as he moved up to roughly 41,000 in chips.
, and the big blind checked. The preflop raiser bet out for 1,525, and only Pilgrim called. The dealer turned the 
board on the turn, Kenny Tran fired 1,100. Mike "Timex" McDonald called behind Tran, he first player called, and the second player folded.
for a full house, and his opponent mucked.
) and the river (
).
for ace-high, but it was no good against his opponent's 
for kings and queens.
saw McDonald greeted with another check, and his response was a bet of 2,500 which was enough for him to be pushed the pot to move to 27,100 in chips.
