Mike Gorodinsky check-called a bet by Ben Diebold on fourth street and then checked fifth when he made the superior open pair, Diebold opted to check back. On sixth street, Gorodinsky then bet and Diebold called after brief consideration.
The duo checked seventh street and Diebold announced two pair before revealing the for sevens and treys. That was good enough to win the pot, as Gorodinsky sent his cards into the muck.
Joao Vieira completed and Randy Ohel called as they headed to fourth street, on which Ohel check-called a bet. On fifth street, Vieira paired his six and bet, then called when Ohel raised. Vieira then bet again on sixth only for Ohel to raise and Vieira to tank-call.
Seventh street brought more fireworks as Ohel now bet, Vieira raised and then called a three-bet. Ohel rolled over the for queens full and Vieira immediately sighed before mucking his cards with the words "I had a full house, too".
It was seemingly inevitable that a larger pot would develop over on table 141 and it was Nick Schulman who ended up having the best of it against Jeff Madsen. A seizable pot developed between them when both flopped the nut low on a board.
Madsen's only earned one quarter of the pot as Schulman had for the same low but with a pair to go.
On a board of , Brian Rast check-called the flop and turn before he also checked the river. Naoya Kihara gave it some thought and checked it back to get shown the for a flush by Rast. Kihara exposed his and was scooped by Rast.
Heads-up to the flop, Joao Vieira in the cutoff bet 35,000 and Ian O'Hara called on the button. After the turn, Vieira check-called for 40,000 and the river was checked by the Portuguese pro. O'Hara pondered about his move for quite a while and checked it back.
Jordan Siegel raised and then called a three-bet by Randy Ohel as they headed to the first draw. "I am not a quitter," Siegel joked as he discarded three and Ohel took one for Siegel to check-call a bet.
On the second draw, Siegel checked and Ohel patted as the same check-call followed. Last but not least, Siegel discarded one more and Ohel patted. It was checked by Siegel, who sigh-called after long consideration and mucked upon being shown an eight-eight: / .
Picking action up on the first draw with several bets in the middle alrready in a four-way pot. Anatolii Zyrin drew two in the big blind, Brian Rast drew two in the lojack, Jean Robert Bellande drew three in the cutoff and Greg Mueller drew two on the button.
The players each checked, and on the next round of draws, Zyrin drew two, Rast drew one, Bellande drew two and Mueller drew two.
Action then checked to Mueller, who bet and was called by all three opponents.
The final drawing round saw Zyrin again draw two, Rast requested one, Bellande two, and Mueller stood pat.
As the dealer gave Zyrin his first new card, the dealer ran out of cards and would need to shuffle the discards to provide cards for the final draw. A heated discussion ensued over whether the burn cards should be included, and the floor was called over to make a ruling.
It was ruled that the burn cards would not be included in the shuffle, which Rast strongly disagreed with, but the shuffle was then completed and the new cards provided.
Action was finally checked around with Rast claiming half the pot with for a six-dugi and Mueller earning the other half with for an eight-low, while Zyrin and Bellande mucked their respective hands.