Richard Liotta must have thought he'd struck gold when Zachary Gruneberg shipped it in ahead of him and he woke up with in the big blind.
Gruneberg could only lay on the felt, but picked up a gutterball on the flop. Sure enough, the turn made him Broadway and after the river, Gruneberg had cracked Liotta's aces to send him home 20th.
Louis Campbell just took a huge chunk of Dan Alspach's stack with on a board of . We believe most of the money went in on the river, and Alspach held for top two on the flop.
Chandra Winardi got all in with preflop against the of Bob Bounahra. Winardi made a flush, but Bounahra flopped a set and made nines full to bust his unfortunate opponent.
Mickey Petersen just won an all-in battle of sponsored European pros.
The Dane opened to 20,000 in the cutoff, only to see Frenchman Erwann Pecheux three-bet to 52,000 on the button. Petersen shipped it for 225,000 when action came back to him, and Pecheux called.
Pecheux:
Petersen:
The flop gave Pecheux a straight draw, but the was a safe turn for Petersen. The finished out the board, and Petersen collected his double.
Thayer Rasmussen just moved into the chip lead here and is close to cresting the one-million chip mark.
He called a 75k bet on an flop then somehow managed to get Louis Campbell to shove in on him on the turn. Rasmussen called, having turned into two pair.
Campbell had and a lot less chips after the river was revealed.
Dan Alspach, dubbed "Action Dan" by his tablemates, shipped from under the gun for 56,000.
"You better flip that, your time's running out, sir," Zachary Gruneberg joked, referring to Alspach's hourglass card protector.
David Burt pushed over the top, and everyone else folded.
Alspach:
Burt:
Things look good for Burt on the flop. The dealer burned and turned a though, causing Burt to hang his head in disappointment. A river changed nothing.