Action folded to Nathan Gamble in the hijack who raised to 27,000. Joel Feldman three-bet to around 90,000 and Gamble put in enough chips as a four-bet to put Feldman at risk for an effective 176,000. Feldman made the call.
Joel Feldman:
Nathan Gamble:
The board ran out , giving both players a wheel and Feldman a seven-high straight to win the high, taking three-fourths of the pot to add to his stack.
No fewer than five players saw a flop together and everyone checked to Chris Vitch on the button, who bet 35,000. Matt Livingston folded the big blind, but Michael McKenna, Viacheslav Zhukov, and Leif Force all called.
On the turn, Vitch bet 105,000 after three checks and received quick folds from McKenna and Zhukov. Force stuck around with a rapid call.
The river was the and both players checked. Force showed , and while his low draw and nut flush draw didn't come in he did have a rivered straight for the high hand. Vitch, needing some time to part with his hand, mucked it to leave the full pot to Force.
Yuri Dzivielevski opened preflop to 36,000 in a blind-versus-blind battle versus Michael Mizrachi, who defended. The flop came and Dzivielevski made a pot-sized bet of 72,000. Mizrachi raised, putting Dzivielevski all in, who called.
Yuri Dzivielevski:
Michael Mizrachi:
The turn and river came giving Dzivielevski a better low in addition to his ace-king remaining good for the high, resulting in a scoop and a double.
With the board reading , Randy Ohel bet 75,000 from the big blind and Timothy Flanders called on the button. The river was the and Ohel downsized to 65,000, which Flanders called as well.
Ohel showed him the for a ten-high straight, Flanders flashed for a lower straight and mucked his hand.
Michael Mizrachi was in the cutoff and opened the action with a raise to 30,000. Nathan Gamble three-bet from the small blind to 102,000 and Mizrachi called. The flop came and Gamble shoved all in for 136,000. Mizrachi made the call.
Michael Mizrachi:
Nathan Gamble:
Mizrachi was in the lead with a pair of kings to Gamble's pair of threes, however Gamble also had four cards to a low hand. The turn came , securing half the pot for gamble and the river fell to give him two pair to scoop the pot, securing his second double up through Mizrachi in a short period of time.
Ryan Miller limped in from middle position and Darryll Fish called behind him on the button. Stephen Johnson then completed his small blind and Nick Schulman checked his option from the big blind, taking action four ways to a flop of . All four players checked.
The turn came and Johnson bet 30,000. Schulman then raised to 130,000, the size of the pot. Miller got out of the way quickly and action was then on Fish, who went into the tank for over two minutes before letting his hand go. It was then Johnson's turn to go into the tank.
"I don't know if I wanted you in or not," Johnson said to Fish.
Fish laughed, responding "I honestly don't know if I wanted me in or not either."
Johnson spent about two minutes thinking as well and after close to a five-minute sweat, Schulman took down the pot without seeing another card.
"Why did you bet that ****?!" asked Fish after the hand.
On a flop, the stacks of three players flew in the middle. John Sill, as the shortest stack, was all in for 67,000. Timothy Flanders was all in for 248,000, and Kim Kallman had both of them covered.
John Sill:
Timothy Flanders:
Kim Kallman:
Sill had the lead with top set, while Kallman had top two along with the nut flush draw to pick up the sizable side pot and draw live to the main. However, it would be Flanders that would end up best after the turn and river, giving him a straight and 7-6-3-2-A low to scoop.
Shortly before, both Jeffrey Landherr and Timothy Vukson were knocked out at adjacent tables.