Shane Buchwald raised the button, and Paul Valente three-bet from the small blind. Nancy Nguyen four-bet from the big blind, and Buchwald folded before Valente called.
The flop was , and Valente checked. Nguyen bet, and Valente called. The turn was the , and Valente checked again. Nguyen bet, and Valente called. Valente was now all in for 4,500 more.
Bradley Snider opened with a raise, and Mark Bassaly reraised from the small blind. Jason Gola called, and Snider called.
The flop was , and Bassaly checked. Gola checked, as well, before Snider bet. Bassaly raised, and both Snider and Gola called. The turn was the , and Bassaly bet. Gola called, and Snider folded. The river was the , and Bassaly checked. Gola bet, and Bassaly called.
In a four-way, single-raised pot, the flop came . Ray Henson checked in the small blind, Carmen Fung checked in the big blind, and Ian Johns bet with 1,000 chips behind. Matt Grapenthien called on the button, and so did Henson and Fung. The turn was the , and the blinds checked again. Johns went all in for his last 1,000 chips, and all three opponents just called.
The river was the , and the three players that could still bet for a side pot all checked.
Johns announced, "Aces up," and tabled for aces and fives. His hand was good against Grapenthien's , as well as the others' pocket twos and pocket fours.
Tablemate Christopher Chung laughed as he told Johns, "We had four outs total to bust you."
Johns explained to his tablemates, "You gotta wait for the goods. You can't just put it in with anything."
Just a little while ago down to 12,000 chips, the three-time bracelet winner collected the pot to quadruple up to 58,000.
Arash Behnman raised, and Nancy Nguyen three-bet in position. Behnam called.
The flop was , and Behnam checked. Nguyen bet, and Behnam called. The turn was the , and Behnam checked again. Nguyen bet, and Behnam called again. The river was the , and Behnman bet. Nguyen called.
"Just ace-king," said Behnam, as Nguyen turned over to win the pot.
Johanssy Joseph raised on the button, Arash Behnam three-bet from the small blind, and Joseph four-bet.
Behnam called and they saw a flop of . Behnam bet out, Joseph raised, and Behnam called. The turn was the , and Behnam check-called a bet from Joseph. On the river, Behnam checked, Joseph went all in for 3,500, and Behnam called.
Joseph had pocket queens, but it was no good against Behnam's for two pair, kings and deuces, with an ace kicker. Joseph was eliminated, and Behnam collected the pot.
"I was pretty sure he had pocket aces," Behnam said after the hand.