Justin Phillips raised to 7,000 from the hijack and was called by Ali Eslami on the button. Mark Gregorich then reraised 21,000 more from the small blind. Phillips called all in for around 21,000 while Eslami got out of the way.
Gregorich:
Phillips:
The board ran out and Gregorich's full house and low was enough to scoop the pot and send Phillips to the rail.
Limped twice by John Hennigan and a player in the cutoff, the small blind completed and the big blind checked.
The flop came and after two checks, Hennigan bet 6,000. The player in position called and the turn was seen heads up.
The dealer put out the and Hennigan's bet of 20,000 was met with an immediate all in from his opponent. Hennigan had only about 32,000 behind after his initial turn bet and made the call for less.
Hennigan:
Opponent:
Hennigan was in bad shape but the river dug him right out of the hole. He made a flush and the nut low with one card and doubled to 118,000.
On a flop , Ali Eslami got all in and was up against Mark Bartlog, creating a pot worth 105,000.
Eslami:
Bartlog:
The turn meant that their would be no low, and it also gave Eslami the lead with a higher two pair. The on the river improved Eslami to Broadway as he doubled his stack.
We caught the very end of this monster hand, but when we came over, John Hennigan was counting down what was already a healthy stack, while Dan Shak looked none too please as his chips were being counted too. What we do know is that Hennigan held , and that all the money was in on the turn with the board reading . The river came the , and Hennigan made a full house on the river to drag the ginormous pot, upping his stack to a tournament leading 265,000.
We found a blind versus blind battle where David Bach in the small called a raise to 16,600 from Peter Levine in the big. On the flop, Bach thought for a few seconds before putting Levine in for his last 11,300 who called.
Levine:
Bach:
Levine was solidly ahead with top-top and secured the double when it came the and .
Three players limped in preflop and the big blind checked his option as the flop came down . Tobias Hausen potted for 10,600 from the small blind with Joseph Silverman the only caller on the button. The last of Hausen’s 500 in chips went in on the turn and Silverman called.
Hausen:
Silverman:
Hausen's set of eights had the high locked up and he would just have to avoid Silverman making a low to double up. The river was the which paired the board and made no low as Hausen doubled.