Clifford Goldkind, under the gun, was heads-up against big blind opponent Rory Brown on a 
board. It took awhile for both players to check through the turn, and the river brought the 
.
The final betting round was a more brisk affair, as both players checked through again, and Brown showed 
to take down the pot.
On a board reading 
a rather innocuous looking pot of around 15,000 was in the middle. The first player to act checked after a few moments over to Martin Kabrhel who blasted off by tossing several orange chips into the middle which was counted out to be a bet of 45,000.
His opponent gave a bemused smile at the size of the bet and thought it over. After a while he called and Kabrhel quickly turned over the 
for a 'boat, small boat but a boat' as he put it. His opponent could only muck as Kabrhel added another decent chunk to his stack.
Kevin Andriamahefa was recently seen as a new arrival to the Amazon Orange section and was in the process of taking down a pot, having his winning hand of 
still tabled on a board of 
, thus having made a flush. Despite the victory, Andriamahefa has around half of a starting stack in front of him, though that is still 60 big blinds at present moment.
From late position, Mike Gorodinsky raised to 1,300 before Ivan Emanuely three-bet to 4,200 from the hijack.
Action folded back to Gorodinsky, and he called.
The 
board checked through to the river where Gorodinsky bet 5,200.
Emanuely raised to 17,000, and Gorodinsky folded.
Brian Rast raised from middle position, the player on the button three-bet to 3,300 and Rast called.
The flop was 
and Rast check-called 2,500 from his opponent.
The turn was the and both players checked.
The river was the , Rast bet 11,500 and his opponent called.
Rast showed for trip treys, his opponent mucked and Rast won the pot.
On a 
board, Brian Rush bet 2,000 from the small blind, former WSOP November Niner Russell Thomas called in middle position, and the button raised to 6,000. Rush called and Thomas folded.
The fell on the river, and Rush checked. The button bet 11,000, and Rush quickly called.
"You have spades?" the button asked Rush, who nodded and tabled 
. The button mucked.
Mike Gerecke raised from early position to 1,500 and received calls from a player in middle position, Steve Watts in the small blind, and a player in the big blind. The flop came 
and Watts and the big blind checked. Gerecke bet 3,000 and action folded around to the big blind, who called.
The turn fell 
and both players checked. They proceeded to check the river as well, taking the hand to showdown.
Gerecke tabled 
for top pair, top kicker. "Wow," the big blind said as she mucked her hand and Gerecke took down the pot.
Steve Sobel, from the big blind, faced a 12,700 bet from an opponent on the button, with a 
flop showing. Sobel went all in over the top for his last 37,700, and his opponent started squirming.
"I have a king," the button player said, lamenting that he couldn't call. He eventually folded and asked Sobel to show a card.
Sobel obliged, turning over the 
, much to the amazement of his fellow players. "Just to put you guys on notice," Sobel said.
Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
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