Jason Lester raised from the small blind, Barry Greenstein called in the big blind, and both players drew one card. Lester led out, and Greenstein called.
Both players patted on the second draw, Lester led again, and Greenstein raised. Lester called.
The two patted again, and Lester opted to just check-call a bet from Greenstein. Greenstein fanned for number two, Lester mucked, and Greenstein raked in the pot.
Yan Chen opened with a raise to 45,000 from UTG, and it folded around to Jeffrey Lisandro who called from the big blind.
The flop came . Lisandro checked, Chen bet 45,000, and Lisandro called. The turn brought the . Lisandro sat quietly for a moment, then once more tapped the felt with his right index finger, indicating a check. Chen paused about ten seconds, then patted the felt as well.
The river was the , and Lisandro quickly grabbed four of the brown-and-tan chips (worth 25,000 each) from his stack and tossed them forward. Chen thought for a half-minute, then pushed his cards dealerward.
Chen still has about 1.55 million, while Lisandro has 725,000.
Jeffrey Lisandro opened to 25,000 from the cutoff, Ben Lamb called in the small blind, and so too did Phi Hellmuth in the big. The flop fell , and Lamb led for 48,000. Only Lisandro called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the river was the . Lamb led for 116,000, and Lisandro folded.
It folded to Jon "PearlJammer" Turner who raised to 32,000 from the button, Minh Ly called from the small blind, then Marco Johnson reraised all in for 184,000 from the big blind. Turner stepped aside, but Ly called Johnson's shove.
From the cutoff seat, eleven-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth raised to 26,000. George Lind called from the button and everyone else folded. The flop came down and both players checked to see the land on the turn. Hellmuth bet 50,000 and Lind made the call.
The completed the board on the river. WIth a pair of tens now on board, Hellmuth bet 130,000. Lind made the call.
Hellmuth tabled the for a queen-high straight and Lind mucked his hand.
Down to his last 35,000, Rami Boukai pushed it all in from early position and it folded around to Brian Rast in the big blind who made the call. Boukai showed and Rast .
The flop brought a to pair Rast, but also a couple of hearts to give Boukai a flush draw. But the turn was another and the river a blank, and Rast took the small pot.
Boukai hits the rail in 21st. Rast moved up over 2 million on that hand, but lost the next to slip to 1.91 million.