The player in the cutoff raised to 400, Michael Sanders three-bet to 1,300 from the button, Josh Beckley called from the small blind, and the inital raiser called.
They checked to the turn of a board where Beckley bet 4,050. The player in the cutoff called, Sanders folded, and the river completed the board. Beckley shoved for about 6,000 and his opponent called with for the nut low with a flush. Beckley tabled for just the nut low, and he only received a quarter of the pot.
Following a flop of , Andrey Zaichenko checked from the small blind and Mike Leah checked from under the gun. Allen Kessler bet 1,200 from middle position. The player on the button called, Zaichenko and Leah folded, and the turn was the . Kessler bet 3,000, his opponent called, and the river completed the board.
Kessler bet 4,000 and his opponent tanked for a bit before he folded.
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.
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.
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.