Ray Henson defended big blind against a Ryan Hughes small blind open. The flop came and Hughes bet 11,000. Henson potted and Hughes set him in for 49,100.
Ray Henson:
Ryan Hughes:
The turn gave Hughes an open-ender with his top pair but an river was safe for Henson.
Jeremy Harkin raised the button to 10,000 and Aaron Rogers three-bet out of the big blind, placing in 35,000. Harkin called.
Rogers drew one and Harkin changed two. Rogers fired 45,000 and Harkin paused for a moment. He checked which game was coming up next and then decided to fold.
Ryan Hughes opened for 10,000 on the button and Ray Henson called. Jeremy Harkin made it 50,000 in the big blind. Hughes tanked awhile then smiled and said something about not knowing the game.
"Unsolved games are fun," Henson said.
They conceded the pot to Harkin.
The next hand, Hughes again opened for 10,000 and got action from Henson and Harkin. Everyone drew two and then checked around, with Harkin opening trip kings for the win.
Daniel Weinman raised to 7,000 in second position and his neighbor Scott Bohlman three-bet to 25,000. Weinman called and they continued heads-up to the flop.
Weinman checked and called when Bohlman fired 30,000.
The turn card was the and Weinman checked again. Bohlman cut out a bet of 85,000 and Weinman quickly threw his hand in the muck.
Jeff Lisandro opened for 11,000 second to act and called a three-bet to 28,000 from Warwick Mirzikinian on the button. Each drew a card and checked. Lisandro's defeated .
Jeff Lisandro defended big blind from a 7,000 cutoff open by Dario Sammartino and check-called an identical bet on . The had Lisandro leading out for 12,000 and Sammartino called. Lisandro barreled again for 22,000 on the river, and that convinced Sammartino to muck without much delay.
Dario Sammartino was under the gun, betting 10,000 into the pot on the flop. Big blind Warwick Mirzikinian check-raised to 30,000 and Sammartino shoved for 89,000. Mirzikinian snapped him off and Sammartino's face indicated troubles.
But he was in a better position than he initially thought as his was ahead of Mirzikinian's .
Sammartino still had to fade clubs on two streets to score the double and he did so on the turn and river.
Aaron Rogers opened with and called the shove of big blind John Hennigan, who was live with but didn't overtake the superior hand. Hennigan finishes in 12th one day after coming runner-up in the $50K Poker Players Championship.