Eli Berg raised out of the gate and called a three-bet from James Obst. Obst fired a bet on fourth, and Berg called but folded on fifth when Obst bet again.
Eugene Katchalov had the last of his very short stack in the middle and had a pair of fives heading to the river. His opponent, Tom Koral, hit two pair, fours and deuces, on the end, so Katchalov needed to improve. He sweated out a third five and doubled up.
On fifth street, Chris Tryba called an all-in raise from one opponent, as did a third player in the hand. On sixth, Tryba bet, and the other player in the hand folded.
Tryba tabled as his down-cards, way ahead of his opponent's . Tryba hit a on seventh, but his two pair was best anyway, and he was awarded the pot.
Felipe Ramos completed with the and got three callers.
Ramos bet fourth street, and both Jeff Lisandro and Mike Gorodinsky stuck around. Ramos slowed down with a check on fifth, and he saw Lisandro bet his own ace-high board and Gorodinsky raise. Ramos let his hand go after some thought.
Ramos: / - fold
Lisandro: //
Gorodinsky: //
After calling the raise and then check-calling sixth, Lisandro told Gorodinsky to "go ahead." However, "Gordo" checked and could not beat the shown down by Lisandro.
Matt Grapenthien completed with the and called a raise from Harry Thomas, who was on his left with the .
Thomas bet fourth and fifth streets, and Grapenthien paired on sixth.
Grapenthien: /
Thomas: /
Grapenthien bet, but Thomas continued his aggression with a raise. Grapenthien called. Thomas bet the end, as well, and Grapenthien thought awhile and threw in a call.