On a completed board of 6♦Q♦J♥K♠8♥ with three players still involved, Robert Cowen led out for 17,000 into the pot of 21,600.
He received a fold from the first player but then the action was on Greg Levine who thought about it for a few seconds before he tossed in some chips to make the call.
"Straight," Cowen announced as he tabled 10♥9♠7♠2♥ for the bottom end of the straight, which proved to be good as Levine quickly tossed in his hand.
With 4,900 in the middle to the J♣7♦6♠ flop, Mads Amot bet 3,000 and Michael Khan called. The 8♠ turn was checked and Amot then bet the 5♦ river for 3,500. Khan folded and the pot was awarded to the Norwegian.
The field has surpassed more than 100 entries in level two and among those to take a seat were also Sean Winter, Brandon Adams, Ren Lin, and Oswin Ziegelbecker. Michael Duek is the early chip leader with three times the starting stack.
On the tail end of a 8♦2♦2♠7♥9♥ board, Krasimir Yankov bet the pot for 34,500 after using one time bank extension. That sent Alex Foxen into the tank and he eventually folded. The table also features another PLO specialist in Tomas Ribeiro, who has a bracelet in the four card variant.
On a flop of 4♠7♠9♣, Patrik Jaros led out for 10,000 and was called by Espen Myrmo to his left and the two went to the turn J♠.
Jaros continued for another 11,000 and Myrmo made the call once more.
On the river 5♣, Jaros announced pot for a bet of 65,000, which covered Myrmo, who then went into the tank.
After a few seconds, he gathered up his chips and set them in the middle to put himself at risk. He was then shown A♠10♠J♥8♣ for the nut flush by Jaros and Myrmo headed to the exit.
With 10,000 each invested on the 9♣6♠5♠ flop, the 9♦ followed on the turn. Vidur Sethi bet 10,000 out of the small blind. Dylan Weisman then raised it up to 50,000 and Bradley Anderson moved all-in for 80,000. Sethi folded and Weisman called.
Bradley Anderson: J♣10♠9♥6♥
Dylan Weisman: K♥K♣9♠8♦
The Q♣ river was a blank and Anderson doubled up with nines-full.
"Action table ... I would have flopped a straight also," Jonas Kronwitter said.
Sethi replied "I flopped a straight with a flush draw."
Level: 2
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Benjamin Juhasz was eliminated in a three-way all-in while Eric Kurtzman departed from one table over, his chips being shipped over to Maksim Reshetov. Several other notables jumped into the field which now boasts up to 90 entries.
On a three-way flop of 4♥9♣A♥, Gregory Shuda, in the big blind, bet 20,000 into the pot of 30,800 and was called by Aaron Mermelstein from under the gun. Gergo Nagy, in early position, thought about it briefly but decided to let it go and the two players went heads-up to the turn 7♦.
Shuda then bet the pot for 70,800 and Mermelstein decided to make the call and the duo saw the 6♦ fall on the river.
Shuda checked over to Mermelstein, who quickly checked back and Shuda tabled A♦A♣10♠5♦ for top set and his opponent quickly mucked to award him the pot.
"You had hearts?" Shuda asked him, relieved to come out a winner.
"Yes," Mermelsetin replied as he shook his head.
Adam Hendrix bet the A♦5♣4♥ flop for 1,500 and Mark Berente check-called. The 6♦ turn was checked and Berente bet the 6♥ river for 5,500 into 7,400.
Hendrix raised the pot to 22,900 and Berente folded.
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