Cary Marshall fired 100,000 on the flop. Erkut Yilmaz raised to 300,000, and Marshall tank-shoved all in for 635,000. Yilmaz called with the . Marshall held the .
The turn was the and the river the . Yilmaz sent over the chips and Marshall doubled up.
It folded around to Vitaly Lunkin in the hijack seat who raised to 115,000, then Jan Nakladal reraised to 275,000 from one seat over. The button and blinds folded, and the action was back on Lunkin.
Lunkin spent a little time studying Nakladal's bet as well as looking over his own stack. Finally he told the dealer he was calling the reraise, and that he wished to bet all in dark prior to the flop cards arriving.
Several at the table reacted to Lunkin's move. "So weird," said one, while Brandon Steven said he'd never seen a player do it before.
In any event, Lunkin was all in for his last 430,000 when the flop came out , and Nakladal was left with the decision whether or not to call an opponent's shove that had come without knowledge of the first three community cards.
Finally Nakladal called, tabling , and Lunkin showed his . All leaned forward to see the dealer deliver the turn and river, and Lunkin survived with a double-up.
From under the gun Jonathan Depa and Sami Rustom exchanged a series of preflop raises before Depa found himself all in for 1,260,000 with Rustom making the call.
Depa:
Rustom:
The dealer spread a flop to keep Rustom in the lead, and when the fell on the turn, Depa would be down to just four outs. The river landed the and Depa was bounced to the rail as Rustom soared to 5,950,000 in chips.
Noah Schwartz opened to to 65,000 from early position and Matthew Elsarelli three-bet shoved from the next seat over for abut 275,000. Action folded back to Schwartz who called.
Schwartz:
Elsarelli:
The flop came down , giving Schwartz the lead with a pair of kings. Elsarelli took it right back on the turn when the fell, but the landed on the river to give Schwartz trips kings to eliminate Elsarelli.
James Alexander raised to 75,000 from under the gun, and Josh Prager defended his big blind. The flop fell , Prager checked, and Alexander continued for 90,000. Prager called.
The turn was the , Prager check-called another bet of 175,000, and the completed the board. Prager led out for 300,000, Alexander tank-called, and Prager mucked.
Alexander showed for kings and queens, raking in the pot.
Goran Mandic raised it up to 60,000 in middle position, and Sergio Castelluccio was the lone caller from the small blind. The flop came down . Castelluccio checked to Mandic, who bet out 55,000. Castellucio called, and the turn brought the . Castellucio knuckeld again, and Mandic fired 115,000 into the middle. Castellucio came back with a check raise to 300,000, and Mandic mulled it over for a bit before mucking, giving the pot to Castellucio.
Noah Schwartz opened to 65,000 in the hijack and Sam Abueid three-bet all in for 620,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Schwartz who went into the tank for a little while before he called with .
Abueid led with , but fell when the board ran out , pairing Schwartz's queen.
The conversation over at Table 425 has been especially entertaining over the last couple of levels, with most at the table in a chatty mood and all still reacting here and there to Vitaly Lunkin's interesting play a little while ago when he bet all in dark before the flop.
Chris Kinane has been relatively quiet, comparatively speaking, so just now when he raised to 100,000 over an Umang Dattani limp, Brandon Steven took the opportunity to engage him, asking Kinane where was from and what he did for a living.
Kinane explained he was from Allentown, PA, and teaches high school math, to which Curo Zuccarello (sitting to Kinane's right) joked that "the math gets a little complicated" in poker and so he may need to consult him.
After that Dattani and Keanu Tabali agreed to order beers during the last hour of play tonight. "If we're still here," added Dattani. "The way Vitaly's playing, we might all be gone."
Dattani then suggested in a deadpan manner that if one of the two of them were to bust, the other would give the player who'd busted 10% of what he won. "Um… I don't think I can do that," said Tabali with a grin, and Dattani said he was joking.
There won't be any need, then, to get Kinane to help with any percentage problems later on.