Timothy Finne raised from the button, and Michael Michnik three-bet from the small blind. Finne called.
The flop came . Michnik bet (40,000) and Finne called. The turn was the , and Michnik bet again (80,000). Finne again called.
The river was the and both checked. Michnik showed and won the pot.
With stakes this high, a lot is changing on each hand. Michnik moves up to 732,000 on that one, passing Finne who falls to 670,000. Meanwhile, both Gavin Smith and Danny Hannawa sit in the 1.15 million range.
Gavin Smith completed from the small blind, Danny Hannawa raised from the big blind, and Smith called. The flop came . Smith checked, Hannawa bet, and Smith called. The turn was the . Smith bet this time, and Hannawa looked over at his opponent while contemplating what to do. Smith sat quietly beneath his hat, looking down at the board. Finally Hannawa called.
The river was the , and Hannawa again called Smith's bet. Smith showed for the straight, and Hannawa mucked.
"Winning never gets old, does it?" yelled Layne Flack from the stands. "Yeah, but sometimes it gets hard to remember," cracked Smith.
Smith smiled for a moment more, then turned serious again, his attention already turned to the next hand.
Timothy Finne raised from the button, and Gavin Smith called from the big blind. The flop came Smith checked, Finne bet, Smith raised, and Finne called.
The turn was the . Smith bet again, and Finne called.
The river was the . Smith bet, Finne raised, and Smith called. Finne showed for the backdoor flush, and Smith mucked.
Gavin Smith made it two bets from under the gun, and found a caller in Danny Hannawa on the button, Timothy Finne in the small blind, and Michael Michnik in the big blind.
The flop came down . It was checked to Hannawa on the button and he fired out a bet. Finne made the call and Michnik and Smith got out of the way.
The turn brought the and both players checked.
Finne tossed in a bet on the river and Hannawa folded his cards.
It was folded to Timothy Finne in the small blind who made it two bets. Michael Michnik made the call from the big blind and the flop came down .
Finne bet and Michnik made the call. The turn brought the and Finne checked to Michnik who bet. Finne made the call and the fell on the turn. Finne checked. Michnik fired at the pot and it was uncontested.
Gavin Smith opened for 77,000 from under the gun/the cutoff, and it folded to Timothy Finne who made it 222,000 total from the small blind. Michael Michnik folded the big blind, and Smith took about a minute to consider the situation before finally calling.
The flop came . Finne pulled out some chips to count, then pushed out a bet of 188,000. Smith let it go.
Finne moves up over 1.3 million there, and Smith slips back to 940,000.