After a raise from a player in early position to 2,600, Bruce Levitt three-bet from the cut-off to 6,800. Player called, and the dealer proposed a flop
Both players quickly checked, to the turn .
This time, the player in early position led for 8,000 and Levitt called. The river was checked by the first player and Levitt bet 18,000.
It was enough to take this pot for Levitt, who is now the large chipleader of his table.
Brett Haggard opened from early position for 2,600. Andy Edlin raised to 6,000 in the hijack before the small blind moved all in with both players covered. Haggard moved all in as well, as did Edlin, with the small stack of 17,400.
Andy Edlin:
Brett Haggard:
Small blind:
The board came , changing nobody's hand. Edlin's aces were good to scoop the main pot, earning himself a triple up, while Haggard took home the side pot with his kings.
All of the chips were in the middle preflop. Jeff Banghart, in the hijack, was up against the at-risk button for a 31,000 pot.
Button:
Jeff Banghart:
In a classic race Banghart flopped the world as the flop came for a full house. The sealed the deal for Banghart with the completing the board on the river.
Ralph Kingan opened from under the gun to 2600. He got 3 callers; early position, late position, and the button.
Kingan continued for 6,500 on the flop, this time only getting a call from late position.
Kingan fired a third barrel of 7,500 on the turn. The late position player jammed, and Kingan made the snap call with his opponent covered.
Opponent:
Ralph Kingan:
His opponent had just made a Broadway straight on the turn, but the same card completed the nut flush for Kingan. The river completed the board, changing nothing, and Kingan scooped the pot while his opponent was sent to the rail.
The button opened for 2,200 and Greg Raymer starting with 16,000 chips made his trademark move of moving all-in apart from leaving one smallest denomination chip behind.
The big blind jammed and the button folded. Raymer put his remaining 100 chip into the middle.
Greg Raymer:
Big Blind:
The flop saw an on the flop which was enough to send the 2004 Main Event Champion to the rail. He told a PokerNews live reporter he will be intending to play Day 1b.
Action was caught on a flop, with four players in the hand.
Everybody checked to Lloyd Mandel who bet 3,600 in late position. He took Kamaras in the small blind with him, lost the player in the big blind, and also kept George Cain, who was in early position.
Then on a turn, it was Cain who took the lead for 6,300, called by Mandel and Kamaras.
Four players to the river and after a check from Kamaras, Cain bet 12,000. It was called by Mandel and Kamaras.
Georges Cain:
Lloyd Mandel:
Peter Kamaras:
With two-pair Kings and Sixes, Mandel took the best on Kamaras who made two-pair on the flop, while Cain was not in a good position, with just a pair of Nines.
On the very next hand, Mandel managed to eliminate a shortstack with Queens agains Ace-Jack, on a Jack high flop. He's now among the biggest stack of the room.
Meanwhile, on this same table, James Calderaro stay patient, with a medium stack.
Action was picked up with 13,400 in the pot and a flop of .
The early/middle position player jammed for 6,000 before Mike Conway shoved behind from late position for 16,200. The button, with both of them covered, made the call before the big blind got out of the way.
Early/middle position:
Mike Conway:
Button:
Conway was ahead with top pair top kicker, and improved to two pair on the runout. Conway scooped the pot, doubling up through the button while knocking out the early/middle position player.