Jonathan Jaffe raised to 18,000 in middle position, and Tommy Chen called on the button. The flop was , and Jaffe checked. Chen bet 20,000, and Jaffe called. The turn was the , and Jaffe check-called Chen's bet of 42,000.
The river was the , and Jaffe checked. Chen bet 70,000, and after a pause, Jaffe called.
Chen tabled for a pair of queens, good for the pot.
Chi Zhang raised to 18,000 in middle position, and Olivier Busquet went all in for 66,000 on the button. Xixiang Luo re-raised to 110,000 in the small blind, and the big blind went all in for 260,000. Zhang folded, and after thinking for a little while, Luo folded, too.
Busquet:
Big blind:
The board ran out , and Busquet more than tripled up with his set of aces.
Michael Telker open-shoved all in from the cutoff and was called by Levan Karamanishvili in the big blind with a covering stack.
Telker:
Karamanishvili:
The flop was no help to Telker when it came , but the on the turn was the lighting in the bottle that he needed to stay alive. He faded elimination when the came on the river, and he was able to double up and survive.
Cliff Josephy and David Malka were involved in a monster pot with the board reading . Malka moved all in, and Josephy went into the tank.
While Josephy was in the tank, Ben Yu came over and recounted the action that led up to Malka's shove. Apparently, Josephy had limped on the button, and Ramage followed along from the small blind. Malka exercised his option to raise from the big blind, and he made it 25,000 to play. Josephy reraised to 66,000, and only Malka called. Both players checked on the flop to the on the turn. Malka bet 67,000 on the turn, which Josephy called. On the river, Malka shoved.
As Yu finished recounting the action, Josephy decided to call, pushing the chips forward. Malka turned over for the nut flush, and Josephy mucked, shaking his head and leaving himself with just 28,500.
Thomas Muehloecker was in middle position, heads-up against Artem Metalidi on the button with a pile of chips already in the middle. The flop came , and both players checked. The turn was the , and Muehloecker bet 36,500. Metalidi called, and the river was the . They both checked and showed down.
Muehloecker:
Metalidi:
Metalidi's kings were good, and he took down the pot.
Jonathan Jaffe raised to 15,000 in the cutoff, and Tommy Chen called in the small blind. The big blind folded, and they were heads-up.
The flop came , and Chen checked. Jaffe bet 14,000, and Chen called. The turn was the , and both players checked. On the river, Chen checked, and Jaffe bet 36,000. Chen snap-called, and Jaffe showed for a straight to the king. Chen flashed an eight for the lower end of the straight, and the pot went to Jaffe.
, and Jaffe checked. Chen bet 20,000, and Jaffe called. The turn was the 
, and Jaffe check-called Chen's bet of 42,000. 
, and Jaffe checked. Chen bet 70,000, and after a pause, Jaffe called. 
for a pair of queens, good for the pot.
, and Busquet more than tripled up with his set of aces.
, but the 
on the turn was the lighting in the bottle that he needed to stay alive. He faded elimination when the 
. Malka moved all in, and Josephy went into the tank.
, and both players checked. The turn was the 
, and both players checked. On the 
river, Chen checked, and Jaffe bet 36,000. Chen snap-called, and Jaffe showed 
