Jared Jaffee opened to 14,000 and Steven Geralis three-bet to 39,000 from the small blind. Jaffee made the call, and then proceeded to call a 38,000-chip bet from Geralis on the flop.
The on the turn was checked through before the on the river saw Geralis bet out 59,000. Jaffee made the call, and when Geralis announced he had a sixes, Jaffee tabled his to collect the pot and move to 420,000 in chips.
Jared Jaffee raised to 14,000 on the button, David Trager three-bet to what looked like 40,000 or so from the big blind, and Jaffee called. Both players knuckled on a flop of , and the turn was the . Trager checked, Jaffee casually flipped out 39,000, and Trager called.
The river was the , pairing the board, and both players checked. Jaffee showed for queens and sixes, and Trager mucked his hand.
Josh Arieh raised to 14,000 in the cutoff, Colin York defended his big blind, and the flop was . York checked, Arieh tossed out a green T25,000 chip - he may have announced a smaller amount - and York check-raised to 54,000. Arieh moved all in for effectively 220,000 or so, and York snap-mucked.
Dimitar Danchev opened the cutoff to 12,000 only to have Maxx Coleman three-bet the button to 30,000.
Once the action returned to Danchev, he four-bet to 56,000 and Coleman eventually released his hand to slip below 200,000 while Danchev climbed to 660,000 in chips.
Jon Lane raised on the button, Steven Loube called out of the small blind, and Jared Jaffee moved all in for around 200,000 or so in the big blind. Lane folded, and Loube immediately announced a call, excitedly turning over .
Jaffee showed .
"Make sure you write bracelet winner if I lose," Loube, who won a PLO event in 2012, requested.
Loube was a huge favorite to win the hand though, and his odds increased when the dealer fanned a flop of . Jaffee popped out of his chair and grabbed his bag before the dealer could deliver the turn, and he didn't even see the hit the felt.
Jaffee could make quads with the , and the river was a , but the wasn't enough. The recent WPT winner will collect $14,615 for his efforts, while Loube is up to 500,000 chips.
On a flop of Alex Bolotin bet out 25,000 only to have Shawn Busse check-raise him to 58,000. Bolotin responded by moving all in for 272,000 and Busse made the call.
Bolotin:
Busse:
With Busse in the lead but needing to fade any ace, king or diamond, the dealer would deliver the on the turn to give Bolotin the advantage. The completed the board on the river and Bolotin doubled to 555,000 as Busse slipped to 110,000 in chips.