Rob Hollink limped in from early position, Eddie Ochana limped from the cutoff seat, Max Pescatori limped from the button and then Berry Johnston raised to 400 from the small blind. Jason Mercier called from the big blind and then all three limpers called.
The flop was with 2,000 chips in the middle. Johnston was up first and fired all in for 1,000. Mercier folded and then Hollink reraised the pot to 5,000. His raise knocked Ochana and Pescatori out of the pot and Hollink got heads up with the at-risk Johnston.
Johnston held the for a flush draw and straight draw along with a pair of eights. Hollink held the for top two pair.
The turn was the , which gave Johnston a straight. It also gave him two pair which helped against Hollink's hand as Hollink could no longer hit an eight to make a full house. The river completed the board with the and Johnston was able to win the pot more than double up.
From the button, David Benyamine called the raise of 350 from a middle position player. The flop came and Benyamine's opponent tossed out a bet of 1,000. This bet had Benyamine covered and he made the call for his tournament life.
Benyamine:
Opponent:
The turn and river came and respectively and Benyamine was eliminated by his opponent's flush.
After a raise preflop and checks around on the flop, action checked to David Chiu on a board reading . Chiu fired a bet of 400 and was called by one player while the player in the small blind folded his cards. The river came and the action went check-check.
Chiu tabled making his aces and jacks with a ten kicker good enough to scoop the pot. Chiu is currently sitting at about 6,300 in chips.
Ted Lawson and one opponent got all of the money in on the flop. Lawson held the for an overpair of kings and a flush draw. His opponent held the for an overpair and a straight draw. Lawson's opponent also held top pair.
The turn was the and the river the , which kept Lawson's kings in front and allowed him to move to 6,500 in chips.
Liv Boeree called a flop bet of 250 on the board of to see the fall on the turn. Her opponent checked this time and Boeree fired 425. Her opponent called.
The turn was the and Boeree was checked to again. She bet 950 and her opponent folded, allowing her to chip up to 6,300.
With the board reading , Dan Kelly checked and the next player checked. The third player fired a bet of 500 and the fourth player raised all in for 1,150. Kelly reraised all in, the next player folded and the original bettor called.
Kelly held the for a wheel and flush draw. One of his opponents, the player who was all in for 1,150 on the flop, held the and the other one held the .
The river was the and Kelly was able to win the side pot with a wheel against his opponent's top set. The other player in the hand scooped the main pot with a seven-high straight. Kelly now sits with 5,000 in chips.