Anthony Zinno put in a four-bet to 16,000 before the flop and Anthony Marsico splashed in four 5,000 chips to call. John Racener also made the call as Zinno and Racener both complained that Marsico should be forced to raise.
The tournament floor was called and the decision stood as the three players saw a board of on by the turn. Racener checked, Zinno bet, Marsico raised, Racener made it three bets, and Marsico put in the rest of his chips after Zinno folded.
Marsico turned over for a turned set, but Racener had him crushed with for the flopped set.
John Racener has been running his stack up today, and making calls like this certainly helps.
With several bets in the middle on a final board of , Racener called a final bet from Anthony Marsico who announced "queen-high". Racener rolled over for a winning ace-high to push his stack toward 300,000.
On a flop of , Chad Eveslage bet from the small blind, Benny Glaser called from the big blind, and Yuri Dzivielevski called from the button.
Eveslage bet the turn, Glaser called, and Dzivieleski raised, with both his opponents calling. Action checked to Dzivielevski on the river and he bet, Eveslage called, and Glaser raised.
Dzivielevski was the only caller and showed for a straight. Glaser only had for a pair of fives to take a hit to his stack.
Brian Rast was heads-up with Peter Neff with the flop showing . Rast bet from the cutoff and Neff called from the small blind.
Rast bet again on the when Neff checked, and Neff called to see the fall on the river. The action went check-bet-call for the third time, and Rast turned over for the flush.