With the board reading , a player in the big blind bet 3,700 into Rahul Byrraju. After thinking for a minute or so, Byrraju made the call. His opponent didn't bother with the showdown, immediately mucking his hand. Byrraju moved to muck his hand as well, but tournament rules dictate the winning hand must always be shown. The dealer turned over , and Byrraju dragged the pot with ten-high.
Antonio Esfandiari checked the turn with the board reading . His opponent in the cutoff fired 3,200, and Esfandiari tossed three black T100 chips out and announced all in. The cutoff folded after some thought.
In one of the last hands before break, we found Ping Liu in the aftermath of an all in with the board reading . Liu had the in front of him for a flopped flush, while his opponent had for a lower flush.
The dealer counted out the stacks, and Liu had his opponent covered. He's now up to 36,100, courtesy of the hand known in some circles as "the Zatch."
Henry Tran raised to 1,275 from early position, and Liv Boeree reraised to 2,700 from the hijack. Everyone folded to Tran, who made the call.
"I check to you, because you're a nice lady," he said.
Boeree wasn't playing nice after the flopped, as she fired 3,100. Tran thought for about a minute before sliding his hand to the dealer.
Meanwhile, Dan Owen, who finished third in the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em tournament yesterday for more than $300,000, got all in with at another table. He was flipping against , but he found no help on the community.
, a player in the big blind bet 3,700 into Rahul Byrraju. After thinking for a minute or so, Byrraju made the call. His opponent didn't bother with the showdown, immediately mucking his hand. Byrraju moved to muck his hand as well, but tournament rules dictate the winning hand must always be shown. The dealer turned over 
, and Byrraju dragged the pot with ten-high.
. His opponent in the cutoff fired 3,200, and Esfandiari tossed three black T100 chips out and announced all in. The cutoff folded after some thought.
. Liu had the 
in front of him for a flopped flush, while his opponent had 
flopped, as she fired 3,100. Tran thought for about a minute before sliding his hand to the dealer.
at another table. He was flipping against 
, but he found no help on the 
community.
, and Greenstein collected his opponent's chips.
