With the board reading by the turn, a player in the small blind bet 1,200, and Eddie Blumenthal made it 3,350 to play.
His opponent flatted the raise and the river fell , prompting the small blind player to tap the table for a check. Blumenthal paused for a moment before moving a bet of 5,700 into the middle, and his opponent decided to look the pro up.
Blumenthal rolled over the with a flourish, and his boat was big enough to ship the pot.
Following a raise from an under the gun player to 525, Matt Greenwood made the call next to act before Bjorn Li three-bet to 2,000. Both the initial raiser and Greenwood made the call to see a flop which was checked by all three players.
The turn of the saw the initial raiser lead for 2,000 which only Greenwood called as the landed on the river and Greenwood would now be faced with a 3,500-chip bet.
After taking a few moments to consider his option, Greenwood released his hand while slipping to a still very healthy 69,000 - good for second in chips by only a few thousand.
Chad Holloway and Eddie Blumenthal, seated directly next to each other, are making a habit of clashing in today's tourney. Blumenthal won the first round, but Holloway is battling back.
In a recent hand, with the board reading on the flop, Holloway checked from the big blind position, and Blumenthal bet 450. Holloway called, bringing the on the turn. Both players checked, and then checked again when the fell on the river. Holloway showed for a winning pair of aces, and Blumenthal mucked.
Holloway is now up to 19,000 after being down below 12,000 earlier today.
With the board reading and the pot around 2,075, we found Mike "Timex" McDonald betting out 1,100 following checks from two players; one of which was Kenny Tran.
A fourth player folded to McDonald's bet, while the big blind called as Tran folded. The turn of the saw McDonald greeted with another check, and his response was a bet of 2,500 which was enough for him to be pushed the pot to move to 27,100 in chips.
The action folded to Greg Merson, who raised to 600 out of the small blind. The player in the big blind three-bet to 2,000, Merson called, and the flop fell . Merson check-called a bet of 2,000, and both players checked on the turn () and the river ().
Merson showed for ace-high, but it was no good against his opponent's for kings and queens.
After two players checked the board on the turn, Kenny Tran fired 1,100. Mike "Timex" McDonald called behind Tran, he first player called, and the second player folded.
The river completed the board with the , and the first player checked. Tran also checked, then McDonald fired 4,200. The first player called, and Tran folded.
McDonald tabled the for a full house, and his opponent mucked.
An early position player raised to 500 preflop, and Dwyte Pilgrim called from middle position, as did Brian Rast. The button and big blind also called. The flop fell , and the big blind checked. The preflop raiser bet out for 1,525, and only Pilgrim called. The dealer turned the , and the preflop aggressor checked. Pilgrim then grabbed a rough stack of chips in each hand, essentially everything he had except the orange T5,000 chips, and pushed them toward the middle, a bet of a few thousand. His opponent folded, and Pilgrim pulled in the pot, bring him back up to 30,000.
We caught the action with the flop reading and roughly 4,500 in the pot.
Oliver Busquet had checked from under the gun while Kido Pham had tapped the table from the next seat over before the hi-jack had bet out 2,500. Busquet called while Pham folded and went back to enjoying his massage as the rolled off on the turn and both players checked.
The river landed the and Busquet bet out 4,000 to prompt a fold from his opponent as he moved up to roughly 41,000 in chips.
Jason Alexander, the actor most famous for portraying George Costanza on Seinfeld, has recently been moved to the orange section of the Amazon Room, and now sits at the table next to fellow actor Kevin Pollak.
It's been a good move for Alexander, who recently won a couple pots in a row. In the first, he raised to 500 preflop, and the only caller was Tomas Mcnamara. Alexander, always putting on a show, told the dealer, "Be kind to me. I just want to make day 4." The dealer then spread , and Alexander checked, then called Mcnamara's bet of 700. Then both players checked when the dealer turned the . The river the was the , and Alexander led out for 1,600. Mcnamara tanked for a minute, then slid his cards to the dealer, and Alexander pulled in the pot. Mcnamara is still in good shape with 73,000 in chips after winning a flush-over-flush cooler earlier today.
In the following hand, Alexander raised to 650 preflop, and only the big blind called. Alexander continued for 1,600 on the flop, which prompted a fold from his opponent. As he stacked his chips, he told the dealer, "I'm so glad we met."
Alexander is now back up to 21,000 after having lost much of his starting stack at his previous table.