Carlos Mortensen opened for 5,000 from middle position and got called in three spots, including the small blind. The flop ran out and the small blind checked, which brought a 10,000 c-bet from Mortensen. The two middle position players called and the small blind folded.
The turn came the and everyone checked.
The landed the river, double-pairing the board and completing the flush draw. Mortensen checked, as did the player beside him. However, the third player went all-in for his last 25,000. Mortensen looked like he wanted to call, but instead folded, as did the other player.
"I couldn't call with the player behind me," Mortensen said.
Dave "Doc" Sands just doubled up to about 175,000 after getting his 75,400 into the middle preflop with one other player after some three-way action preflop. Sands held the and his opponent the . The board ran out and Sands won the hand.
Facing a raise to 6,500, Victor Ramdin moved all in for roughly 25,000 from the cutoff. With the action on Kyle Bowker in the big blind, he pushed for over 200,000 as the original raiser made the call for his 50,000 total.
Ramdin:
Bowker:
Original Raiser:
The board was spread to see Bowker bust both Ramdin and the third player while moving into the chip lead with 295,000 in chips.
Mohsin Charania opened the pot from the hi-jack to 5,500 and was met with two callers; one from the cutoff and the big blind.
Charania fired out a continuation-bet of 12,500 on the flop to force a fold from the cutoff before the player in the big blind started mulling over a decision.
After roughly ninety seconds, the big blind slid out two stacks of chips amounting to a raise of 32,500, which forced a near-insta muck from Charania as he sank below the 60,000-chip mark.
Scott Montgomery raised to 5,000 and change from middle position and found one caller in the cutoff.
Montgomery c-bet the flop to 7,500 and his opponent flatted.
The turn brought the and Montgomery fired again for 14,000. Again, his opponent called.
When the river came, Montgomery counted out a bet of 26,000 and slid his fourth barrel into the middle. His opponent let out a long sigh and mucked his hand.
Luke Staudenmaier entered the pot for 6,000 and Jason Potter three-bet the small blind to 17,200. Staudenmaier made the call, and when the flop landed , Potter checked.
Staudenmaier deliberated for a few moments before pushing out a bet of 16,500 which forced a fold from Potter as he slipped to 120,000 while Staudenmaier climbed to 175,000 in chips.