Alan Sternberg was in the small blind and bet 6,000, slightly under half of the pot, on a completed board of . One player called from under the gun and Viatcheslav Ortynskiy dropped in 20,000 from middle position. Sternberg thought briefly and folded, but the second player took about two minutes and then called.
Ortynskiy rolled over for the nut flush and the second-nut low. That was good for a scoop.
Mark Herm had a T$1,000-chip in front of him in late position and Nicholas Seiken raised to 2,100 in the cutoff. Tommy Chen, who just came second in the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship, called on the button. The blinds folded and Herm came along.
The flop was and Herm checked. Seiken bet 6,000, Chen called, and Herm folded. They went heads up to the turn and Seiken went all in for around 3,000. Chen snap-called and was in good position to scoop and eliminate Seiken.
Chen:
Seiken:
Chen had the nut low along with a set of sixes for the best high, but the river gave Seiken aces full of sixes to chop it up.
Jared Bleznick was in the big blind and bet 15,000 into a pot of just over 16,000 on a board. An opponent on the button called, seeing a river. Bleznick shoved all in and his opponent sighed and called, showing for jacks and the nut low. Bleznick had for jacks up and the nut low, giving him three-quarters.
Deeb said he liked the hand shown down by Bleznick's opponent.
"You want to run it 100 times?" Bleznick asked. "I'll take my hand."
Deeb said he was talking about the flop, while Bleznick said he was talking about the turn.
On the turn, the board was when Sean Remz and an opponent with about 35,000 got stacks in with Remz having his foe at risk. Remz had for the nut low and kings and was trailing for the moment on the high half against . The river was a , giving him a winning set.
"Really?" the player with aces up said. He pushed in his chips and stormed off.
"Had a decent freeroll," Remz commented after the player was out of earshot.
At the neighboring table, Richard Tuhrim checked back a final board of with a big pot in the middle and couldn't beat the shown down by his opponent. He's down to just 7,500.
Three-time bracelet winner Perry Green raised to 800 in the cutoff and six-time bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu defended his big blind. The flop came and Negreanu checked. Green bet 1,500 and Negreanu called.
On the turn, Negreanu checked and Green bet another 1,500. Negreanu commented, "That was a very, very, very, very bad card for me," and proceeded to muck his hand.