Four players saw a flop for $14,000 apiece. Action checked to Bill Klein, who bet $33,000 from the button. Only John Morgan, in the cutoff, came along to see the turn. Morgan checked and Klein bet $85,000. Morgan raised to $325,000, and Klein quickly dumped his cards.
"If I show this hand, you'll think I bluffed the Russian," Morgan said, referencing a now-famous hand in the 2012 One Drop that had been the talk of the table recently.
Rick Salomon opened to $6,000 and got two calls before John Morgan made it $15,000. Salomon popped to $41,000, Everyone else got out of the way, and Morgan quickly jammed for $581,000. Salomon chuckled and said he was going to fold kings for the first time in his life.
Morgan showed him and took the pot.
"He had aces 20 times last night and he did the same move every time!" Salomon exclaimed.
For his part, Morgan expressed disbelief that the ultra-loose Salomon dumped kings.
Three players put in $11,000 preflop, with Jean-Robert Bellande the raiser. The flop came , and Al DeCarolis checked. Bellande bet $11,000, and Bill Klein called, while DeCarolis folded. Bellande continued for $35,000 on the , and Klein made it $80,000. Bellande surrendered, and Klein's up to $495,000 now.
Not much money has changed hands in the early goings after dinner.
In the most recent pot, Bill Klein opened to $4,000, and Rick Salomon made it $14,000. Bobby Baldwin cold-called in the small blind, and both players called. Baldwin came alive with a $35,000 lead on the flop, and that was enough to take it down without a fight.
John Morgan just dropped back to even after he bet $20,000 on a board and got raised to $70,000 by Al DeCarolis. Morgan called and lost to .
The winners so far appear to be Bobby Baldwin, Rick Salomon, and Al DeCarolis, all of whom are up at least $135,000. Jean-Robert Bellande is down at least $200,000.
Jean-Robert Bellande just barreled down a board of putting Bill Perkins all in for $122,000 on the river. Perkins thought it over for about a minute, waved his hand, and then verbalized a call.
"I missed," Bellande said.
Perkins threw into the middle, and top pair was a winner. Perkins now has $393,000, while Bellande is down to $244,000. He apparently did start with $500,000, so he's at a sizable loss for the day thus far.
Rick Salomon raised to $3,000 under the gun, and Bill Perkins made it $15,000 to go. Salomon wanted to see the flop, which came . He check-called a further $15,000, and the turn was a . Another check from Salomon, followed by $25,000 from Perkins. Salomon again called, seeing a fall. He checked, and Perkins bet $50,000. Salomon tossed in two $25,000 cranberries, accompanied by an orange $100,000 chip.
Perkins called, and Salomon showed for trips, raking in a pot of more than $414,000.
"I gave it all back to ya, Rick," Perkins lamented.
John Morgan just called a $30,000 bet from Rick Salomon on the river with , good for bottom pair of deuces, and that was a winner as he took in a $110,000 pot.
The next hand, Morgan bet $20,000 on a board against Salomon and got a call, but Salomon thought a bit and folded to $25,000 on the river. Morgan showed a . He's now back up about $100,000.
flop for $14,000 apiece. Action checked to Bill Klein, who bet $33,000 from the button. Only John Morgan, in the cutoff, came along to see the 
turn. Morgan checked and Klein bet $85,000. Morgan raised to $325,000, and Klein quickly dumped his cards.
and took the pot.
, and Al DeCarolis checked. Bellande bet $11,000, and Bill Klein called, while DeCarolis folded. Bellande continued for $35,000 on the 
, and Klein made it $80,000. Bellande surrendered, and Klein's up to $495,000 now.
board and got raised to $70,000 by Al DeCarolis. Morgan called and lost to 
.
putting Bill Perkins all in for $122,000 on the river. Perkins thought it over for about a minute, waved his hand, and then verbalized a call. 
. He check-called a further $15,000, and the turn was a 
, good for bottom pair of deuces, and that was a winner as he took in a $110,000 pot.
. He's now back up about $100,000.