The player in the cutoff raised and David 'ODB' Baker called on the button to see a flop. Baker called a bet before raising on the turn, and his opponent called.
The river brought the , and Baker's bet was called.
David 'ODB' Baker:
Opponent:
Baker took down the pot with a straight after his opponent could only make two pair.
Katja Thater raised first to act and picked up three callers including Jake Schwartz on the button and Viacheslav Zhukov in the small blind. On a flop of , Zhukov checked and Thater bet, picking up one call. Schwartz raised, forcing out Zhukov, and just Thater called.
After the turn, Thater bet and Schwartz called before the on the river brought a straight on the board. Thater bet, Schwartz raised, and Thater called.
"I play the board," Schwartz announced, and showed the . Thater held and they chopped it up.
On the three-way flop of , Gary Benson and Ismael Bojang in the blinds checked over to Cory Zeidman on the button and he bet, which Benson and Bojang both called. On the turn, Benson checked and Bojang bet, prompting a raise from Zeidman. That forced out Benson. However, Bojang came along.
The fell on the river and Bojang checked once more. Zeidman bet and that ended the hand right there without showdown, as Bojang sent his cards into the muck and dropped to just over half the starting stack.
Anthony Zinno has also joined the field and sat down between Zeidman and Benson.
Daniel Negreanu: /
Iraj Parvizi: /
Mike Leah: / - fold on fifth street
After Mike Leah folded on fifth street, Negreanu continued to bet, and Parvizi called on seventh street. Negreanu revealed to win the pot after Parvizi showed .
Christopher Kruk: /
Phillip Hui: / - fold on fifth street
Andrey Zaichenko: / - fold on fifth street
Christopher Kruk completed with a nine and Phillip Hui raised with a jack, which was called by Andrey Zaichenko and Kruk.
"You are both rolled up, huh?" Hui said. The trio checked on fourth street and a bet of Kruk on fifth street won the pot uncontested.
Hand #2:
Perry Friedman: / - fold on sixth street
Andrey Zaichenko: / /
Yuebin Guo: / /
Hui was the bring-in with the and subsequently folded. Perry Friedman called, Zaichenko completed, and Yuebin Guo raised, which was called by Friedman and Perry. Zaichenko checked the fourth street and Guo bet. Friedman and Zaichenko called before the same action repeated on fifth street. On sixth, only Zaichenko check-called a bet. Seventh was then checked through.
Zaichenko showed for a pair of tens and Guo won the pot with for kings and queens.
On the three-way flop of , Benny Glaser in the small blind and Matt Glantz in the big blind checked over to Adam Owen, and the Brit bet in the cutoff, picking up two calls. On the turn, action checked to Owen once more and his second barrel was called only by Glaser, who proceeded to do so again after the fell on the river.
Owen announced and wheel and showed the , which was good enough to scoop the entire pot.
The same table also features John Monnette, who entered the event very recently.
Max Kruse raised from the small blind and his opponent in the big blind called. Both players checked the flop before the German professional footballer saw his bet called on the turn.
Kruse bet again on the river and his opponent called before mucking when Kruse flipped over for a full house.
Jake Schwartz: /
Katja Thater: / - fold on sixth street
Jake Schwartz bet fourth to sixth streets to pick up a call from Katja Thater on fourth and fifth, followed by a snap-fold on sixth street. While collecting the pot, Schwartz joked, "And it's only level three of the tournament," while chipping up nicely early on. Thater remains just above the starting stack.