Chris Burke limped in and both blinds checked. Everyone checked the , and action checked to Burke on the . He bet 100,000. Alan Curl called in the small and the big blind folded. Both checked the river, and Burke revealed .
"Nice hand, Chris," Curl said, mucking the face-up.
We found Kim Rasmussen considering the all-in shove of big blind John Streese on a flop. Rasmussen asked for a count, and it was 168,000. He decided to call with , and no pair was good as Streese had .
"Queen," Streese said. "Or a club."
He got the club: . Another black card fell but it was the , and Rasmussen got the knockout.
Action folded to Chuck Costanzo, and the Day 1b leader shoved for 219,000 in the small blind. Big blind Jon Maras peeked at his cards, shuffled them for about 30 seconds, and announced a call.
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