Eli Elezra opened to 155,000 in early position and Filippos Stavrakis called on the button, while Ken Aldridge called from the big blind.
Aldridge moved all in for 90,000 on the flop and Elezra and Stavrakis both called. Elezra checked on the turn and Stavrakis checked back. Both players checked again on the river.
Aldridge tabled to scoop the pot with a full house. Stavrakis showed , while Elezra's cards were washed before they could be noted.
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In a five-way limped pot, Chino Rheem bet 300,000 on the flop of and only Ken Aldridge called.
Rheem bet the pot for 1,080,000 on the turn and Aldridge moved all in. Rheem quickly called.
Ken Aldridge:
Chino Rheem:
Aldridge had the lead with a pair of kings until the peeled off on the river to give Rheem a flush for the high and to also earn him half of the low pot.
"You did that twice to me!" Aldridge complained as he was once again quartered by Rheem.
"I'm gonna call you 'Rollercoaster' from now on," said Filippos Stavrakis.
Robert Cowen opened to 160,000 from under the gun and all five opponents called.
On the flop, Cowen opened for 480,000 and Chino Rheem called from the button. Ken Aldridge shoved for his final 680,000 and both players called.
Cowen had roughly 200,000 behind and it went in on the turn with Rheem calling.
Ken Aldridge:
Robert Cowen:
Chino Rheem:
Cowen was leading the high with top two pair and the ace-high flush draw while both Aldridge and Rheem had nut lows. Cowen could scoop with the case deuce.
However, the came on the river, giving Cowen half the pot for the ace-high flush. Both Aldridge and Rheem were quartered and suffered minimal losses due to all the dead money.
In the final hand before dinner break, Eli Elezra was out of position against Robert Cowen on a board of .
Elezra checked on the flop and Cowen bet. Elezra check-raised to 595,000 and Cowen went into the tank as the level winded down.
"Here's the good news: it's going to be all in no matter what," Elezra said before putting out a stack of blue chips to put Cowen all in on the turn, should he call.
Cowen continued to tank and Elezra joked that he was going to leave for dinner.
"I'm going to dinner. Chino, don't let them kill my hand!" he said as he stood up.
Cowen folded and Elezra let him peek at his cards. Cowen let out a howl to indicate that he was happy with the fold he made.