Lee Goldman raised from the button and Richard Ashby responded with a three-bet from the small blind. Goldman called and the flop brought . Ashby bet and Goldman called. On the turn the hit and both players checked. The river was the and Ashby bet. Goldman called.
Ashby showed and with a nut flush he took this pot down.
Richard Sklar raised from the button and Christopher Wallace called from the big blind. The flop fell and Wallace checked. Sklar checked it back and the hit the turn. Wallace led into the middle and found a call from the chip leader.
The river was the and Wallace bet once more. Sklar called, only to muck his hand when Wallace rolled over , playing his six-four for a straight and a sixty-five low. Wallace was pushed the pot and now has about 990,000 in chips.
Christopher Wallace raised and both blinds, Lee Goldman and Richard Ashby, made the call. The flop brought and both blinds checked to Wallace, who bet. Only Goldman called.
On the turn the hit and Goldman check-called another bet. The river was the and Goldman called another bet after checking. Wallace showed for a flush and he took down this pot.
On a board, Randy Ohel bet and Christopher Wallace called. The river brought the and Ohel bet again. Wallace called and mucked when Ohel showed for a rivered set.
Christopher Wallace raised from the button and Bill Chen three-bet from the small blind. Wallace called and the flop brought . Chen bet and Wallace called. On the turn, the hit and Chen moved all in for 75,000. Wallace looked back down at his cards and called.
Wallace:
Chen:
The river brought the and Wallace hit his flush to knock Chen out.
Lee Goldman was the bring-in and Richard Sklar completed. Action folded back around to Goldman and he came along for the ride. Goldman paired deuces on fourth street and led out with a bet. Sklar called, and the same action happened on fifth street. Goldman kept up his aggression with another bet on sixth street. This was enough for Sklar, though, who folded his cards. Goldman picked up the pot and now has about 700,000 in chips.
With limits this big anything can happen, and Max Pescatori is attempting to prove that. The Italian-pro had been short for quite some time, but after winning a few pots he's now near the top. First he had the bring-in and Christopher Wallace raised on his left, after Randy Ohel called.
Pescatori called and on fourth Wallace bet, Ohel called and Pescatori raised. Wallace folded and Ohel called. On fifth street both players checked, and Pescatori fired again on sixth - enough to take this pot down.
Pescatori: /
Wallace: / fold
Ohel: / fold
Stud 8
The game changed, but Pescatori's tactics didn't. It was Richard Ashby who completed and this time Pescatori and Ohel called. On fourth street Pescatori bet and both Ashby and Ohel called. On fifth, Pescatori bet again and both of his opponents folded.
Calvin Anderson completed and it folded to Max Pescatori, who made it two bets. Action folded back around to Anderson, and he called for his tournament life. Despite making a diamond flush draw on fifth, Anderson was unable to improve his hand beyond a pair of deuces. Pescatori made eights and fours to win the hand and eliminate Anderson in eighth place. Anderson will collect $50,966 in winnings.
On third street things got a little crazy as Max Pescatori completed, Bill Chen raised and Calvin Anderson put in a third bet. Pescatori tanked for a bit and made it 120,000. Chen called all in for 118,000 and Anderson called, too.
On fourth street, Anderson bet and Pescatori called. On fifth, Pescatori folded in frustration as he caught a pair of queens.
Anderson: / /
Pescatori: / fold
Chen: / /
Chen made the winning combo on the river when he hit the ace to triple up his stack. Anderson and Pescatori are now the short stacks.