Bryan Campanello had 11,300 in front of him on a final board of , and Erik Seidel was considering his options on the button. After about a minute, he dropped in a call. Campanello shook his head and turned over for a pair of jacks and a missed flush draw, while Seidel showed for a low end of the straight.
The player under the gun raised to 1,600, the next player to act called, James "Big Show" Calderaro called from middle position and the player in the big blind called.
They each checked to the turn of a where the under-the-gun player bet 3,100. The next player to act min-raised to 6,200 and Calderaro reraised to about 17,000. The rest of the table got out of the way and Calderaro collected the pot, upping his stack to about 150,000.
The Champ decided to lay it on the line in a pot that just went down. There was an open to 1,800 and Ryan Riess popped it up to 4,300. Another player cold four-bet to 8,850 and the original raiser folded.
Riess asked to see his opponents stack and it was of a similar size to his own. He mulled it over for a short while and opted for the five-bet to 19,800. His opponent quickly went all in and Riess afforded himself a small smile at the situation he was in and rested his chin on the palm of one hand.
He decided and called; his opponent turned over . It was with relief as much as anything that Riess turned over his own . If there was to be a winner, then a flush would have to sort them out.
The board ran out . “That was scary,” Riess said, collecting his half of the chips in the middle.
With 24,000 or so in the pot and a board reading , David Vamplew checked from the big blind and Martin Finger bet 14,700 from middle position. Vamplew responded by check-raising to 40,000, which was about half his stack.
Finger paused for a few beats before moving all in for 58,700, and Vamplew wasn't quick to act. In fact, he hit the tank for approximately five minutes before releasing his hand.
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Ali Davar raised to 1,600 in the hijack, Justin Bonomo called in the cutoff, and a player in the blinds called as well. The dealer spread a flop of , the player in the blinds checked, and Davar checked as well.
Bonomo bet 3,500, and only Davar called.
The turn was a repeat three - the - and both players checked. The river was a third three - the - and Davar checked again. Bonomo bet 8,000, Davar quickly called, and Bonomo turned over for threes full of nines.
, and Erik Seidel was considering his options on the button. After about a minute, he dropped in a call. Campanello shook his head and turned over 
for a pair of jacks and a missed flush draw, while Seidel showed 
for a low end of the straight.
. It was with relief as much as anything that Riess turned over his own 
. If there was to be a winner, then a flush would have to sort them out.
. “That was scary,” Riess said, collecting his half of the chips in the middle.
, David Vamplew checked from the big blind and Martin Finger bet 14,700 from middle position. Vamplew responded by check-raising to 40,000, which was about half his stack.
, the player in the blinds checked, and Davar checked as well.
- and both players checked. The river was a third three - the 
