James Douglas limped into the pot and was followed by two other players. Carol Fuchs checked her big blind. The flop came and action checked to the button. He bet and Fuchs and Douglas both called.
The turn was the and all three players checked. The river was the and Fuchs led out. Douglas called and the button folded. Fuchs showed but it was no good. Douglas turned up for a straight and better low and he scooped the pot.
Ken Aldridge raised from middle position. Rich Sklar then reraised from the cutoff before Alex Ferrari three-bet from the big blind. Aldridge folded. Sklar called.
The flop fell and Ferrari bet. Sklar called.
The dropped on the turn and Ferrari moved all in for his last 4,000. Sklar called.
Ferrari:
Sklar:
The completed the board and Ferrari scooped the pot with an ace-deuce low and a pair of eights for the high hand.
Daniel Weinman raised from middle position. Kevin Gerhart moved all in for his remaining 5,000 from the small blind and Steve Lustig completed the call from the big blind.
The flop came and Lustig bet. Weinman called.
The turn brought the . Lustig bet and Weinman mucked.
Gerhart:
Lustig:
Both players were guaranteed half the pot until the completed the board. Gerhart took down the pot with his three-six low and flush winning the high.
Scott Fitzhugh raised from under the gun. Action folded around to Benny Glaser in the big blind who called. The flop came and Glaser checked to Fitzhugh. Fitzhugh bet. Glaser raised. Fitzhugh reraised. Glaser raised once more, enough to put Fitzhugh all in. Fitzhugh called and the two turned up their hands.
Glaser:
Fitzhugh:
"Wow, you have all my outs too," Glaser said.
The turn and the river were the and and that gave Fitzhugh the scoop. Glaser was left with an extremely short stack after the hand and was eliminated from the tournament shortly after.
Brendan Taylor found himself with a short stack going into the bubble but has survived several all-ins to stay alive.
"Let's go, putt putt!" a player at Taylor's table chanted as he moved all in again.
From under the gun, Taylor moved all in for 900. He was called in three spots by Humberto Brenes, James Douglas, and Paul Sokoloff.
The flop came down and Action check to Sokoloff who bet. Everyone else folded and the two headed to a showdown.
Sokoloff:
Taylor:
The board completed with and the and Taylor was able to quadruple his 900 into 3,600.
The next hand, Taylor moved all in from the big blind and found himself all in against Paul Sokoloff and Richard Sklar.
Sklar and Sokoloff checked down to the river with the board showing . On the river, Sokoloff bet and Sklar called. Sokoloff showed for a pair of sixes and the low, but Sklar showed for a pair of aces. Those two chopped the side pot. Taylor then showed his to take his half of the main pot with the nut straight, allowing him to survive for another round.
Taylor is still laughing and smiling despite being in the danger zone here on the bubble.