Rami Boukai opened from the hijack and Alex Livingston made it three on the button. Boukai called and the dealer fanned out on the flop.
Boukai check-called a bet and a peeled off on the turn. Both players checked to see the river card and Boukai checked again. Livingston fired in a bet and Boukai ducked out, sending the pot to Livingston.
John Evans made it two bets under the gun and Vladimir Shchemelev reraised from the cutoff. Evans called and then fired on every street of the board. Shchemelev called all of the bets but mucked upon seeing Evans roll over for two pair, fours and deuces.
Philip Long: / /
Alex Livingston: /
Donny Rubinstein: / - folded on fifth
Donny Rubinstein completed, both Alex Livingston and Philip Long called. Long bet the next two streets, Rubinstein folded on fifth and Livingston raised. Long called and then bet again on sixth.
Livingston called and the two players checked seventh. Long tabled , giving him and Livingston mucked, shipping the pot to Long.
John Trumbul completed with an ace and John Evans and Vladimir Shchemelev called. Trumbul paired his ace on fourth and only Evans called his bet with two hearts on his board. Trumbul received two more calls on fifth and sixth and then he moved all in on seventh, putting in his last 14,000. Evans showed that he missed his flush draw and folded.
Chris Vitch raised in the cutoff and Allen Kessler called from the big blind. The first draw saw both players peel two and Kessler check-called. They drew one apiece and Kessler led out. Vitch called and they stood pat on the final draw. Kessler pushed forward his remaining 31,000 and Vitch called with what looked like an eight-seven. Kessler had him beat with .
Philip Long completed and bet all the way to sixth. Rami Boukai called every street and fired out on the last two. Long called on sixth and check-raised seventh. Boukai tank-called and Long tabled , giving him three nickels. Boukai mucked and the defending champion pulled in another pot.
With bets made on each street leading up to sixth, Chris Klodnicki bet with three-diamond board and Chris Vitch called with three high cards. Klodnicki bet again on the river and Vitch took some time before waiving the white flag.
on the flop.
peeled off on the turn. Both players checked to see the 
river card and Boukai checked again. Livingston fired in a bet and Boukai ducked out, sending the pot to Livingston.
board. Shchemelev called all of the bets but mucked upon seeing Evans roll over 
for two pair, fours and deuces.
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, giving him 
- folded on seventh
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, giving him three nickels. Boukai mucked and the defending champion pulled in another pot.
