Scott Seiver raised to 500 in middle position and got a call from Jean-Noel Thorel on the button. Thorel called a continuation bet from Seiver on a flop. Seiver checked the turn, Thorel bet 2,100, and Seiver called.
On the river, Seiver checked, Thorel bet 4,000, and Seiver quickly called it off, holding . Thorel showed for king-high and had to surrender some chips.
Behzad Ahadpour limped in under the gun and Max Silver, involved in a conversation with his neighbor Scott Seiver, casually raised to 800 from the button. Big blind Dan Shak called, Ahadpour folded.
The flop came and Shak check-called a bet of 1,000.
With the hitting the turn, Shak checked again. This time around, Silver bet 3,000. Again, Shak called.
The on the river completed the board and Shak checked. Silver thought about it for about a minute and a half or so before checking behind.
Shak showed for the nuts.
"Ooh!" Silver said, "Big check back!"
Silver showed and Shak said: "You're too good."
"I wanted to bet the river but I was too scared. That's not good, that's being a wimp." Silver said, now with an ever bigger smile.
His first bullet wasn't a success for Ali Reza Fatehi, but he is not planning to play very cautious with his second stack. He just was involved in four hands in a row.
In the first hand, Fatehi raised to 500 from the under the gun position. [Removed:17] made it 1,700 to go and Fatehi called.
He check-called a 1,300 bet on the flop. The turn was the fourth heart with the and this time Fatehi led out for 1,000. Yan made it 5,000 to go and Fatehi gave up.
In the next hand, Nick Petrangelo raised under the gun to 525 and Fatehi defended his big blind. He check-raised Petrangelo's bet of 650 to 1,500 when the flop came down . Petrangelo made the call.
The turn gave the and both checked. The on the river made Fatehi bet 2,500 and that was enough to get rid of Petrangelo, who was moved to another table after that hand.
The following hand, Fatehi raised to 600 from the small blind and [Removed:17] defended his big blind. Fatehi fired 600 when the flop was dealt and Yan called.
The came down on the turn and this time Yan raised a Fatehi's bet from 800 to 4,000. Fatehi called and led on the river for 2,550 when the touched the felt. Yan thought for a minute before tossing his cards in the muck.
It still wasn't enough for Fatehi, who raised it up from the button in the next hand. He made it 400 and Martin Kozlov defended his big blind. This time Fatehi took it down on the flop, after Kozlov check-folded to his 550 bet.
A reraise to 2,000 was in front of Ben Heath in the small blind and the Brit then faced the squeeze to 5,300 by Orpen Kisacigolu in the big blind. Heath called and checked the flop. Kisacikoglu continued for 3,800 and was called before the fell on the turn.
Heath check-called a bet worth 8,000 and then checked again the river. Kisacikoglu checked behind and smiled once he was shown the for trips tens by Heath before adding "nice spot, that was unexpected."
Soon after, a three-way flop of [KIs,Jd,5s] saw the check of Marcin Chmielewski in the big blind and the bet of 1,000 by Kisacikoglu. Anthony Zinno folded on the button and Chmielewski called. The turn and river went check, check, and Chmielewski won the hand with for kings and jacks.
On a flop, Dan Shak was first to act and checked. Behzad Ahadpour bet 1,000, Scott Seiver raised to 2,500 in late position, Shak put in a three-bet to 7,000, Ahadpour folded, and Seiver called. On the turn, Shak continued his aggression with a bet of 10,000. Once again, Seiver called in position.
The river double-paired the board, and now Shak bet 15,000. Seiver quickly called it off with , and with a sad look on his face Shak showed for a lower full house.
"Just unbelievable," muttered Shak under his breath. "Can't believe that river card."
Oleksii Khoroshenin, who qualified in a Satellite yesterday, has taken his seat at the start of level three. Sylvain Loosli also bought in and as a result the field size has increased to 33 entries, of which 32 players currently remain.
On the heads-up flop of , both Max Silver and Behzad Ahadpour on the button invest 1,000 chips and see the appear on the turn. Silver checked, Ahadpour bet 3,500 and received a call. After the river, Silver checked again. Ahadpour bet 12,500 and Silver folded, then joked if he could see one card.
Ahadpour joined the game, peeked at both his hole cards and then flashed . "You owe me two now," Ahadpour replied and Silver was all smiles and nodded.
The second bullet of Ali Reza Fatehi appears to be much better than the initial attempt, as the Iranian has been able to build a stack. In a five-way hand to the flop of , the action is checked all around. On the turn, Alexandros Kolonias bet 2,000 and just Fatehi called on the button.
Both players then checked the river and Kolonias showed for king-high. Fatehi had that beat with and claimed the pot.