With 4,800 in the middle, the flop read and Jeff Madsen was heads-up with the big blind. The big blind led out for the pot of 4,800 and Madsen raised to 19,200. His opponent called and the landed on the turn.
The big blind pushed all in and Madsen called off his last 7,500 chips. The big blind turned over for a straight and Madsen would need to catch a club with . The river was the and Madsen was forced to head to the registration desk.
Colin York raised from the hijack and Freddy Deeb defended from the big blind.
The dealer spread a flop of , and Deeb check-raised York to 3,500. On the turn Deeb check-called a 4,000 bet from York, The river got checked down on the ,
Deeb announced, "Ace-king."
York replied, "Trip kings with an ace kicker? Show it."
Deeb tabled and York said "Well that's no good," then tabled for a flush.
Deeb asked why he didn't show and he responded "I wanted to see how bad you were playing."
Deeb then said he would play him heads up in any game for any amount he wants.
Three players saw a flop of with around 25,000 in the middle. The big blind checked and Miller shipped all in for 22,500. The cutoff called and the big blind folded. Miller tabled and was up against .
The turn was the to give Miller's opponent a flush but the on the river improved Miller to a full house in order to scoop the pot.
In the next hand, Miller started with a raise to 3,500 from under the gun and the button shoved all in. Miller called and turned over . He was up against bad queens from his opponent but Miller out flopped him with the flop. The on the turn and the on the river left Miller in the lead who eliminated his opponent.
Late registration is still open until after the dinner break and the total number of entries has now grown to around 1,600. Some of the latest notables include Mike Sexton, Freddy Deeb, Dietrich Fast, and Chris Moorman.