Bas De Laat raised from early position and picked up one caller in Maxim Lykov on the button. De Laat bet the flop and the turn, the latter for 7,800, and Lykov called both times. After the fell on the river, De Laat slowed down and checked. Lykov made it 14,200 to go and De Laat called before quickly mucking to Lykov's for a set of eights.
With already 22,000 in the middle and the flop reading , Richard Barabino bet 20,000 out of the big blind and Anatoly Korochenskiy moved all in for 54,800. The player in the small blind reluctantly folded and Barabino quickly called.
Anatoly Korochenskiy:
Richard Barabino:
The turn and river failed to improve Korochenskiy and he was sent to the rail.
Doug Polk opened with a raise to 1,300 from early position. He was called by one player in the cutoff.
"Oh, you're in the Phil Hellmuth position over there," Polk remarked about his opponent who was sitting with two fists in front of his face, Hellmuth style.
"I'm learning," the player said.
On the flop, Poker bet 1,800 and his opponent folded.
"I'm folding like Hellmuth too," he said.
"You know what's great about Phil Hellmuth?" Doug Polk asked as he raked in the little pot. "In his heart he really truly believes that he is the best. So whenever something goes wrong, it's never his fault, it's always because his opponent made a mistake."
"You know when I was first starting out and my friends figured out that I was a profession poker player, the first thing they asked me was, 'So have you played with Phil Hellmuth then?'" Sam Grafton said, who was also sitting at the table. "And I told them no. So they were like, 'But you've played with Ivey right?' And I said no. 'So you're like dust then?'"
The table had a laugh and play continued on with banter flying back and forth between Polk and Grafton.
David Margi raised under the gun to 1,600 and both players in the blinds called.
The flop was and the blinds checked to David Margi. He bet 6,000 and the small blind folded before Amanda Baker raised from the big blind, making it 17,000. Margi thought for about 40 seconds and then mucked aces face up.
The flop was and Matthew Schreiber checked. Christopher Park bet 2,400 and Schreiber raised to 6,800. Park called.
The turn was the and Schreiber bet 8,100. Park called. The river was the and Schreiber bet 25,000. Park only had 26,800 behind and, after some deliberation, he went all in. Schreiber called the extra 1,800 and Park showed . Schreiber showed and Park would double up.
Jonathan Little opened up the action from early position with a raise to 1,700. He was three-bet by the hijack seat to 4,300 before Scott Hanna shoved all in over the top for 6,700 total. Action folded back to Little who asked if he was able to reraise, which the dealer informed him he wasn't. Little called as did the cutoff player.
The flop came down and both Little and the cutoff checked. They checked again through the on the turn and the on the river.
Hanna turned up and both players mucked.
"I didn't think I was going to survive that flop," Hanna said.
And he almost didn't, as Little informed him that he had straight and flush draws after the flop. Hanna tripled up while Little is still sitting with quite a healthy stack.