Alex Miningham shoved all in for about 13,000 on a flop, and Fabrice Soulier reraised pot with one player behind him, who thought for awhile before folding.
Soulier:
Miningham:
"Alright, give me an eight," Miningham said, sounding surprisingly optimistic.
He was rewarded with an turn, giving him a straight to the nine. Soulier still had plentiful outs if he could make a boat or a higher straight, but the river was a blank.
"That's just beautiful," Soulier said.
"Better to be lucky than good," Soulier's neighbor commented, to which Soulier voiced his agreement.
Despite the beat, the Frenchman has amassed an impressive stack so far today.
We found JR Reiss all in with on a flop of . His opponent turned one of the best cards in the deck: to give him a pair and a wrap for high, but the river was an , and Reiss scooped the pot with a set and a live three.
Brett Shaffer bet 8,000 on a board of , and Tony Cousineau called. On the river, Shaffer pushed all in, putting Cousineau at risk for his last 33,500.
Cousineau went deep into the tank, muttering something about getting quartered. He counted out his stack, thought a bit more, and announced a call. He showed for the nut low, while Shaffer had for the nut flush with an ace-three low.
"Tony, if you get quartered there, you lose like, a few thousand," one of the players at the table said with a laugh.
"Was it that easy of a call?" Cousineau asked, happy to have gotten half.
Perry Green opened for 3,200, and David Bach called in the cutoff. In the small blind, Josh Pender potted for 14,400, and both opponents called, with Bach being all in for 10,700. Green and Pender then got all in for the rest of Green's stack, which was around 45,000, on the flop.
Green:
Bach:
Pender:
Green's flush draw missed as the board ran out and then , and Pender pumped his fist thinking he had scooped the pot with aces up. However, Bach had ran diamonds to make a flush, and he tripled up. Pender still snagged the much larger side pot, busting Green.
Meanwhile, Joe Lu appears to be the new chip leader with 213,000.