Alex Foxen (early position) and Christopher Choy (button) each committed about 7,600 to see a flop of .
Foxen bet 6,200, Choy called, and the fell on the turn. Foxen shoved for effectively 21,000-ish, sending Choy into the tank for about three minutes before the clock was called. Choy mulled it over, but folded as the time ran out.
Picking up the action after the turn of a board, Matthew Wantman (middle position) was facing a bet of 2,200 from his opponent on the button. Wantman check-raised to 6,300 and his opponent called.
The river was the and Wantman bet 13,000. His opponent called.
Wantman flipped over his hand and revealed the , but his second card was not visible. The dealer slid the card to find the second, but it still was not visible. Wantman then reached for it and separated his two stuck cards to reveal for a flush. His opponent mucked and Wantman collected the pot.
John Tavss raised to 1,025 from the button, the player in the small blind called, and Randy Lew three-bet to 3,200 from the big blind. Only Tavss called.
The flop came down and Lew continued for 3,700. Tavss called.
The turn was the and Lew bet 7,800. Tavss raised all in for about 30,000 and Lew folded.
We found Vinny Pahuja checking and calling a bet of 1,700 in a battle of the blinds on a board of . On the river, Pahuja checked and Zhaoxing Wang put in his last 6,150. Pahuja called quite quickly, and Wang showed him for a flush. Pahuja tried to muck, but the floor was called and the ruling was that Pahuja's hand must be exposed: .
Manuel Perito bet 3,000 from the big blind on a board of and Terrance Eischens made it 8,300 to go. Perito wasted no time before calling and then came out firing with what looked like 13,600 on the river. Eischens hesitated only briefly before jamming for a few thousand more, and Perito snap-called with . Eischens showed he'd been coolered with a nasty river: for a set on the flop.
At another table, "Boston" Rob Mariano of Survivor fame got his remaining chips in with at some point on a board of but did not improve against the of Nick Palma.