From middle position, Ali Eslami raised and Matt Hawrilenko called from the big blind. The flop came down and both players checked to see the land on the turn. Hawrilenko bet 1,500 and Eslami made the call.
The river was the . Hawrilenko checked first and Eslami checked behind. Hawrilenko tabled the for a pair of nines and Eslami mucked.
We caught up with the action just as Liv Boeree had bet a bit under 4,000 on the river with the board reading . Her lone opponent reluctantly tossed in a call and Boeree showed for the flopped nuts. Her opponent said, "I knew it," and tabled for cracked rockets.
A player in early position raised to 1,200 and it was folded around to Kessler's big blind. Kessler made the call and we were off to a flop of . Kessler check-called his opponent's bet of 1,800. The came on the river and Kessler checked once again. This time his opponent fired out 3,600, and Kessler responded by moving in a large stack of 500 chips, raising a significant amount. His opponent looked disheartened as he mucked his cards and Kessler scooped up a sizable pot.
On a board reading , Antonio Esfandiari had bet 3,700 from the hi-jack position when we caught up with the action. His opponent in the big blind announced, "Pot!" and stuck his remaining 11,000 in the middle. The Magician let out a sigh and flung in a reluctant call.
Esfandiari:
Opponent:
"Nice hand, sir," Esfandiari said. The dealer dealt out an irrelevant on the river and chopped up the pot.
With 2,950 chips in the middle, Ricky Fohrenbach fired 1,400 on the board. His opponent, David Chiu, made the call and the two saw the peel off on the river. Fohrenbach wasted little time in moving all in for 4,500 even. Chiu said, "Well, I can go play the 10K," and then made the call.
Fohrenbach showed the and Chiu flashed just the before mucking his hand. Fohrenbach won the hand and moved to 14,750 while Chiu dropped to 2,800.