Paul Birman raised to 1,200 under the gun and then called when Jack Salter, who finished runner-up in the European Poker Tour Grand Final earlier this year, three-bet to 3,000 from middle position. Birman checked the flop and then hit the tank hard when Salter bet 5,050. Several minutes passed before Birman shoved all in for roughly 20,000 and Salter snap-called.
Salter:
Birman:
Birman's overpair was dominated, but he got a sweat as the turn delivered him an open-ended straight draw. Unfortunately for him, and much to Salter's relief, the blanked on the river.
There was a raise and Jackie Glazier flat-called before Luke Brabin moved all in for what looked like 13,000 out of the blinds. The initial raiser folded but Glazier tossed in three T-5,000 chips for the call. Brabin turned over and Glazier was way ahead with .
However, Brabin improved on the flop. The turn changed nothing, but the river sure did. Glazier rivered a full house and sent the Accumulator champion to the rail.
With approximately 20,000 in the pot and a board reading , 2012 WSOP runner-up Jesse Sylvia bet 16,700 from the small blind and David "MissOracle" Yan thought for a bit before calling from the button.
When the completed the board on the river, Sylvia paused for about 40 seconds before coming out with a bet of 22,300. Yan thought equally as long before dropping in a call, and then he mucked when Sylvia rolled over the for Broadway, which was the nuts.
Xuan Liu was involved in a pot as preflop aggressor from the button and she found an opponent in the gentleman one seat over in the small blind. On the flop, the player in the small blind bet 2,100 and Liu called. The Canadian also paid the second barrel worth 3,500 on the turn and the river completed the board.
A third and final barrel for 6,000 by the player in the small blind saw the Canadian tank for about a minute and Liu then called only to muck versus .
George Sotiropoulos three-bet an open raise by John Moffitt from 1,500 to 3,950 and the player on the button tank-called, Moffitt eyed the two stacks of his opponents and also tossed in the extra chips. On the flop, Sotiropoulos got through with a continuation bet of 5,350 chips as both opponents mucked.
Emanuel Seal called off a four-bet shove for his last 19,000 or-so chips with and his opponent turned over . There was no glimpse of hope on the board and Seal grabbed his belongings just before the end of the day.
Action folded to 13-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth on the button and he raised to 1,300. Kevin Clark called from the small blind, the big blind folded, and it was heads-up action to the flop, which both players checked.
After the dealer burned and turned the , Clark led out for 1,700 and Hellmuth double checked his cards before making the call. The river saw Clark bet again, this time 2,600, and Hellmuth snap-called.
Clark rolled over the for a flush, and it was good as Hellmuth showed an inferior flush with the .
"Oh, it's awfully cold in this room," Hellmuth said with a laugh.
The clock has been stopped with 10 minutes left in level six and four more hands have been announced before all remaining players get to bag and tag their chips.
Jonathan Karamalikis raised to 1,000 from the button and then called when Jack Salter three-bet to 2,850 from the small blind. Karamalikis proceeded to call bets of 2,700 and 4,625 on the flop and turn respectively, and then both players checked the river.
Salter showed the , but it was no good as Karamalikis held two pair with the .