Hands #1-5: Friedlander Takes Chip Lead
Hand #1: Bill Stabler raised from the button and Frank Berry called in the small blind. The flop came ![]()
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, Berry bet 400,000 and Stabler raised to 800,000. Berry called. The turn brought them the
, Berry shoved and Stabler folded.
Hand #2: Scott Hamilton-Hill raised to 190,000 from late position and was called by Matthew Davis in the hijack and Bill Bennett in the big blind. The flop came ![]()
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, both Bennett and Hamilton-Hill check-folded to the 300,000 bet of Davis.
Hand #3: Bennett raised to 240,000 from the small blind and Thad Smith folded his big blind.
Hand #4: Stabler raised to 210,000 from late position and the rest folded.
Hand #5: Berry raised to 325,000 from late position and Gary Friedlander in the hijack and Hamilton-Hill in the big blind called.
The flop came ![]()
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, Hamilton-Hill check-folded to the 500,000 bet of Berry. Friedlander called.
The turn brought them the
, Berry continued with a bet of 600,000 and Friedlander called again without any hesitation.
The river completed the board with the
and they both checked. Berry tabled ![]()
and asked Friedlander if he had the ace. Friedlander showed ![]()
for the flopped pair of aces to take the pot.