Chun Hao Man shoved for 282,000 in total from under the gun and Steven Cole did the same from the hijack with a similar stack. The rest quickly folded their cards.
Chun Hao Man:
Steven Cole:
The board ran out to give Man a pair of aces for the double-up on the river.
After paying Man, Cole was left with only 24,000. The hand right after, Cole considered shoving after the under-the-gun player raised to 40,000 but opted to fold.
The board read and Tom Hall bet 70,000 from the big blind and Michael Howard called on the button. Hall tabled for the missed straight draw and was beaten by the of Howard who had two pair, jacks and tens to scoop the pot.
Barny Boatman limped in from under the gun and the player in the hijack raised to 46,000. Action folded back to Boatman who called.
The flop came , Boatman checked. His opponent lead out for 64,000 and Boatman shoved for 496,000 in total. His opponent asked for a count and then threw in a chip for the call with the bigger stack.
Barny Boatman:
Hijack:
Boatman had flopped the nuts with the straight and his opponent held just an overpair.
The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river for Boatman's straight to hold for the double-up.
"I thought he had tens or something when his raise was so small!" Boatman explained when the rest of the table looked on a bit surprised.
Morris Naaman completed his small blind and Kfir Ivgi opted to check his big blind while he was trying to enjoy his lunch.
The flop came and they both checked through to the on the turn. They both checked again to see the on the river. Naaman checked and Ivgi bet 75,000. Naaman quickly folded and Ivgi tabled to show his quds treys to rake the small pot in.
Terrance Green just lost a chunk of his stack when his pocket aces got cracked by the pocket queens of Nathan Watson who managed to hit quads to double up.
Green shoved for 145,000 from under the gun. Paul McTaggart called in the hijack. Albert Sapiano did the same on the button. Watson raised to 500,000 in the small blind. Anthony Napolitano also shoved for 487,000 in total in the big blind. McThaggart folded and Sapiano called.
After the dealer and the floor counted out the stacks and pots, Green was playing for a pot of 745,000. After the 145,000 was taken out of Napolitano's stack, Napolitano could triple up for the remainder of his stack which was 342,000 so his side pot was 1,026,000. Watson and Sapiano played for the third pot which now contained 26,000 and could still become more.
Both Watson and Sapiano checked through the whole board.
Terrance Green:
Anthony Napolitano:
Albert Sapiano:
Nathan Watson:
Green quintupled up with the nut-flush. Napolitano tripled up for most of his stack with the pocket kings. And Sapiano and Watson split the side pot of 26,000.
The 102 remaining players have been sent for their second 15-minute break of the day. The late registration and reentry period will be closed after this break.