Matt Fridley limped from middle position, and a player in late position shipped all in. Everyone else folded, and Fridley quickly called with . His opponent flipped over , needing another trey to improve. He got it when the dealer laid out . but was now drawing dead to Fridley's quads. A and finished out the board, and Fridley's opponent whipped out his iPhone to document the unlikely elimination scenario.
Wesley Etienne jammed his last 1,575 into an unopened pot from middle position. His opponent called on the button with and was in front of Etienne's . A flop brought numerous outs for Etienne, but the turn and river gave him nothing, and he was eliminated.
The player under the gun opened to 1,100. Both the hijack, Vince Keokham, and the small blind called.
The flop fell . The small blind checks and the player under the gun continued for 1,200. Keokham moved all in for 3,725 and the small blind, who had Keokham covered, also moved all in causing the player under the gun to fold.
Keokham showed and his opponent turned up . The on the turn gave the player under the gun top two pair but Keokham was saved when the was dealt for a rivered flush.
A few minutes before the break, Sean Small raised to 800 from the cutoff, and Josh Cahlik threebet to 2,200 from the button. The blinds got out of the way, and Small, still stacking chips won in the previous hand, flashed the before folding. Cahlik showed the .
Shortly thereafter, Cahlik pulled off a "big bluff," according to Small. Another player at the table nodded seriously in agreement, but Cahlik laughed and termed it a "stupid" bluff. Cahlik said he called a raise with from the big blind and saw the flop. Both players checked, and the turned. Cahlik let out 1,200 and his opponent declared she couldn't beat the board, showing before mucking. Cahlik then showed the bluff, word of which is spreading around the room like wildfire.
We found Chad Holloway staring at a 3,800 turn bet from his early position opponent on a board of . Holloway, also in early position, called the bet and saw a river. His opponent thought for a bit before checking, and Holloway immediately checked behind and showed . Holloway's opponent grabbed the ace and spun it into the muck, muttering that he had "only two kings."
Everyone at Table 108 folded to the small blind, who raised to 1,800. Robert Jones, who covered his opponent, shoved all in from the big blind, and his opponent leaned back in his seat before announcing a call.
Jones:
Small blind:
The flop brought improvement for the small blind. The turn and river did not, however, and Jones now has 27,800 chips.