Steve Billirakis opened to 175,000 in middle position. Siagzar Payvar, on the button, moved all in for around 900,000. Action folded back to Billirakis who quickly called.
Steve Billirakis:
Siagzar Payvar:
The board ran and Payvar couldn't find any help, heading to the rail instead.
The player on the cutoff opened to 160,000. Steve Billirakis, in the big blind, called. The flop came and was checked around to the turn. Billirakis bet 200,000. His opponent called. The river filled up the board. Both players checked. Billirakis tabled . His opponent mucked.
Frank Flowers was under the gun and raised to 175,000, Daniel Corbett, in the cutoff, three-bet to 525,000 and the action folded back around to Flowers after Rittie Chuaprasert had thought through his options for a minute before he folded.
With Flowers facing the raise he also gave himself some time to think but then announced all in.
Corbett paid attention and went into the tank.
"Will you show if I fold?" questioned Corbett, after a minutes thought, but Flowers remained silent.
After another 30 seconds, Corbett tried again.
"So that's a no then? You're normally so talkative!"
Corbett gave himself another 30 seconds to think before he reluctantly let his hand go into the muck and Flowers picked up the pot.
Raj Singh opened to 180,000 from early position. The player on the cutoff three-bet to 425,000. Singh responded by moving all in for 1,700,000. His opponent snap-called and the cards were tabled.
The player under the gun raised to 125,00. Shyam Srinivasan, in the big blind, made the call.
A flop reading was dealt. Srinivasan checked. The original raiser bet 100,000. Srinivasan called. The turn came the and was checked through to the river. Srinivasan threw in a bet of 250,000. His opponent folded.
The player in the hijack opened to 125,000. Tommy Nguyen, in the big blind, made the call.
The flop was . Nguyen checked. His opponent bet 110,000. Nguyen called. The dealer burned and turned the . Nguyen threw in a bet of 270,000, that was enough to steal the pot.