With 3,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , Kyle Bowker checked from the small blind and Max Pescatori bet 500 from the big blind. A player in early position called and Bowker folded.
The turn brought the and Pescatori bet 1,000. His opponent called.
The fell on the river and Pescatori bet 1,000 once more. After brief consideration, the early-position player folded and Pescatori took the pot.
The player under the gun raised, Dan Zack called from the small blind, and the player in the big blind called.
The flop fell and action checked to the under-the-gun player and he bet. Zack check-raised, the big blind check-called, and the under-the-gun player called.
The turn was the , Zack checked, the big blind checked and the under-the-gun player bet. Zack called, as did the big blind.
The river was the and all three players checked.
Zack tabled for kings and tens, both opponents mucked and Zack took down the pot.
Yuval Bronshtein limped from the cutoff, the player on the button limped, the player in the small blind completed, and the player in the big blind checked.
The flop came down and action checked to Bronshtein who bet 350. Only the player on the button called to see the turn and Bronshtein bet 1,200. His opponent called, the river completed the board and Bronshtein bet 3,500. His opponent called.
Bronshtein tabled for a king-high flush with the nut low, besting his opponent's holdings to scoop the pot.
Registration has closed and the field size is an unofficial 688 players, eclipsing last summer's mark of 668. When the payout information becomes available, we will have that posted.
Just before the end of Level 6, Igor Sharaskin crossed the 50,000-chip mark to extend his chip lead in the following hand:
With only about 500 chips in the middle and the board reading , the player in the cutoff already had 2,400 chips committed on the turn and was facing a raise of 8,825 from Igor Sharaskin in the hijack. The cutoff went into the tank for over five minutes before Sharaskin decided to call the clock.
The player in the cutoff stayed motionless as the seconds ticked down until his hand was declared dead and Sharaskin took the pot.