Nick Maimone led out for a bet on a board of , and JC Tran moved all in for 10,025. Maimone called.
Maimone:
Tran:
Tran's pair of aces trumped Maimone's pair of jacks, but with the diamond flush draw, Maimone still had 32% equity, according to the PokerNews Odds Calculator.
The on the river was a brick, and Tran doubled through to 25,000. Maimone plummeted to 1,500.
After calling a three-bet preflop, 2012 November Niner Jeremy Ausmus check-raised on a flop of . All of the money then went in the middle between him and his opponent, and the hands were opened.
Ausmus:
Opponent:
The turn and river came , respectively, and the player was eliminated. Ausmus chipped up to 62,300.
After entering the tournament late, posting, raising his first hand, and taking down the pot, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi opened the next hand to 525 from the hijack seat. Jonathan Jaffe called from the button, and then Davidi Kitai three-bet from the small blind to 1,800. Mizrachi called, and Jaffe folded.
The flop came down , and Kitai led for 1,275. Mizrachi called, and the turn was the . Kitai bet 3,300, and Mizrachi folded.
Also at this table are Greg Merson, Mike Sowers, and Joseph Cheong, so we'll be keeping a close eye on any action as this could be a very fun one to report on.
In a four-bet pot, Davidi Kitai and Mike Sowers saw the flop come down . Both players checked, and the turn was the . Kitai checked, Sowers bet 3,500, and Kitai check-raised all in. Sowers snap-called for all of his chips (15,125) and tabled the . Unfortunately for him, Kitai turned a set with the .
Amit Makhija opened to 525 in the cutoff, Ami Barer three-bet to 1,400 out of the small blind, and Makhija four-bet to 3,000. Less than 30 seconds elapsed before Barer min-five-bet to 4,600, and Makhija moved all in for effectively 18,600.