The player in the cutoff raised to 2,100 and the button and the big blind, Aaron Tveit both called. The flop came out 9♦3♣K♦ and Kveit checked and the cutoff bet 2,100. The button folded and Kveit made the call.
The turn was the Q♦ and Kveit checked again and let the cutoff do the betting who obliged with 8,200. Kveit made the call and they both checked the river J♣. Kveit flipped over K♠9♣ for two pair and the cutoff mucked.
In a heads-up pot with roughly 24,000 in the middle on a board showing 10♥5♣3♠Q♠, John Noonan checked from middle position to his opponent next to act who bet 16,000. Noonan pondered for a moment, but eventually tossed in chips for the call.
The 10♦ completed the board and Noonan gathered his chips and slid them forward, covering the 30,500 remaining for his opponent, who snap-called for their tournament life.
"Do you have queens?" asked Noonan as he tabled 3♥3♦ for a full house. The cutoff pitched his cards face down and exited the room. The dealer revealed his hand was K♠Q♣ for two pair and Noonan scooped the large pot.
Brad Sailor bet 3,100 on a flop of 2♦A♠10♠ and Matthew Schulte called on the button.
The turn came the K♦ and Sailor bet another 4,700. Schulte again called to the A♦ river, where Sailor fired out 7,700 this time.
Schulte then came back with a raise to 20,500 and Sailor spent some time in the tank before open-folding A♣Q♦.
"You have the best hand. If you were on a work there I'm quitting poker," Sailor said.
This table, which also includes start-of-day top-10 stack Harish Ananthapadmanabha, is preparing to move to one of the feature tables after the break.
Picking up the action on the flop, Matthew Morfitt in the small blind was involved in a hand with Alexandra Botez in late position as well as Aiki Yoshida on the button. With the board reading 4♥K♠6♥ action checked through to the 8♠ turn at which point Morfitt moved all in for 18,700. Botez did not take long before folding while Yoshida instantly called to put Morfitt at risk.
Matthew Morfitt: 6♠6♣
Aiki Yoshida: A♣A♥
Morfitt had outflopped the rockets of Yoshida to put himself in an excellent position to score the full double. That is exactly what happened after the 10♥ river completed the board to deal another unfortunate blow to Yoshida.
Benjamin Gross opened 2,200 under the gun and the cutoff called before Scott Hempel three-bet 14,500 from the small blind. Only Gross stuck around.
The dealer fanned a flop of A♦9♣8♦ and both players checked to see the 2♠ turn.
Hempel took a moment as he eyed Gross' stack. "Do you just have one green?"
After seeing Gross had 46,000 behind, he bet out 20,300. Gross went deep into the tank staring at the ceiling as he looked perplexed. After about a minute, he slid his cards towards the dealer, sending the pot to Hempel.
Two shorter stacks got their chips into the middle as Dale Roesel was all-in for 26,100 with the K♦Q♦. Travis Tachibana tabled his A♣Q♥ and was covered by 6,000 chips.
The board ran out 10♥10♣9♥8♠J♦ and and Roesel rivered a king-high straight.
William Berman stopped by to visit with the PokerNews team and share the details of a recent hand. Berman had one opponent at risk in a hand that went all in before the flop.
Opponent: 7♠7♥
William Berman: Q♥Q♣
The board ran out 2♣10♠7♠2♠Q♠ and Berman overcame a flopped set of sevens to pick up a queen on the river to eliminate his opponent. Berman is now at double the starting stack after he started the day with 18,000.
Daniel Marin was involved in a preflop contest and the player at risk with the K♦K♥. Samantha Bonvie looked him up with the A♦K♠ and failed to get there on the 6♦6♥3♥4♦5♠ runout.
Heads-up on a board of 3♥J♠6♥5♣, Richard Seymour bet 10,000 from under the gun before John Desimone raised from the small blind to 26,000.
Seymour tanked for a moment before calling as the 5♠ fell on the river. Desimone then slowed down and checked, and Seymour quickly checked back and showed Q♦Q♠. Desimone mucked and the Pro Football Hall of Famer took the pot.
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