Player 1: (X)(X) -
Cyndy Violette: (X)(X) - - fold
After a player with a up brought in, the player with the up completed. Cyndy Violette reraised and got heads up with the player who had completed. After Violette paired on fourth, her opponent bet into her. She called.
On fifth, the player took advantage of another bad card for Violette and bet. Violette quickly folded her hand and dropped back to 13,500 in chips.
Action folded to a player in middle position and he limped in before Cyndy Violette limped from the hijack seat. The small blind completed and then Daniel Alaei checked in the big blind to see the flop come down . The small blind and Alaei checked to the first limper in middle position. He bet. Violette and the small blind folded before Alaei called.
When Alaei called the flop, he only had 1,400 behind and the bets from here on out would be 1,000 each. The turn paired the board with the and Alaei checked. His opponent bet and Alaei thought for a minute. He eventually gave it up and lost the hand.
Holding the button, David Chiu raised to 1,000 before the flop and picked up one caller in the small blind. The flop came down and the small blind checked it, prompting a bet of 500 from the professional. This bet was check-raised to 1,000 by the opponent and Chiu made the call. The turn card fell and the small blind led out for a bet of 1,000 which was called by Chiu.
River:
The small blind checked it for a third time and Chiu checked behind him, tabling the for middle pair. The small blind showed down for the same pair of sevens, but was beaten by Chiu's jack kicker. David Chiu is now up to approximately 15,000 in chips, putting near the top-10 of out leaderboard.
Action folded to Pat Pezzin on the button and he raised. Both blinds made the call and the flop came down . The small blind and big blind checked to Pezzin and he bet. The small blind called and the big blind folded.
On fourth street, the was added to the board. The small blind led into Pezzin with a bet and Pezzin called to see the fall on the river. The small blind led again with another bet. Pezzin called.
The small blind tabled the for the nut low and just ace-jack high. Pezzin tabled the for the same nut low and a pair of deuces for the high. Pezzin won three-quarters of the pot and moved to 16,000 in chips.
While making our rounds through the tournament area, we noticed a huge mountain of chips sitting in the middle of one table for a pot that was unusually large at this stage in the event. We counted approximately 3600 chips which were up for grabs, and three players were slugging it out to claim the bounty.
With the final board reading , Dan Scott led out with a bet of 800 chips from the big blind. A player called from under-the-gun and, after a minute or so of deliberation, a player in middle position decided to look Scott up as well.
Scott flipped up his for a runner-runner straight and both opponents mucked their cards. Scott dragged the pot of 6,000 or so chips his way and is now sitting an above average stack.