In a battle of the blinds, Aaron Massey checked a board over to Matt Berkey, who fired a bet of 200,000 into a pot of 245,000. Massey spent a minute in the tank, before slowly grabbing two 100k chips and tossing them into the pot.
Berkey tabled , and Massey took down the pot with his .
With a board reading Stefan Fabian led out with a bet of 185,000. Manuel Machado made the call on the button.
The river was the . Both player checked after about ten seconds each. Fabian showed the and Machado slowly and defeatedly mucked his hand to keep Fabian chipping up.
On a flop that read Steven van Zadelhoff bet 70,000, Alan Cutler immediately raised all in, which forced the third player in the hand out while van Zadelhoff quickly called the shove.
Cutler needed help as he was drawing with the against the set of van Zadelhoff.
As Cutler stood up and cheered for an ace, the turn came the followed by the on the river which did nothing to help save Cutler.
"Did you just bust me?", Cutler sadly asked the dealer and after a count it was determined that indeed the dealer had done just that with van Zadelhoff covering Cutler.
After four players had folded, it was brought to the dealer's attention that the button hadn't moved from the previous hand. The floor was called over by Olivier Busquet, and it was ruled that the hand was to continue as played.
Action folded to Busquet, who raised to 60,000 from the button. Alain Medesan, who was in the small blind and nursing a short stack, then called the floor again from the small blind to confirm the ruling, and he shook his head, disagreeing with the same ruling presented by the second floor. "It's better to say nothing," Medesan said.
"I didn't have an agenda! I didn't even look at my hand yet!" Busquet told Medesan. Medesan mucked his hand, and Stephen Nussrallah called in the big blind.
Nussrallah checked a flop to Busquet, who bet 50,000. Mussrallah called. Both players checked the turn, and Nussrallah bet 100,000 on the river. Busquet folded.
Calvin Anderson raised to 70,000 from late position and Dobromir Nikov shoved from the cutoff for his last 130,000. Action folded back to Anderson who made the call.
Dobromir Nikov:
Calvin Anderson:
The board ran out for Nikov to flop two pair to stay alive and double up.