Ott Rojanavongse and two opponents saw a flop of . The player in the cutoff bet 2,000 and was called by Rojanavongse on the button and a player in middle position.
The fell on the turn and action checked to Rojanavongse. He bet 6,000 and the player in middle position moved all in for around 15,000. The cutoff quickly folded.
Rojanavongse took his time and asked for a count before calling. His opponent showed for a pair of kings, but Rojanavongse turned over for kings and a higher kicker.
The fell on the river and Rojanavongse claimed an early knockout.
"He had been playing so tight," a tablemate said about the departed player.
"That's the only thing that slowed me down," Rojanavongse responded.
With a board reading , Yolanda Navarrete bet 1,500 and Curt Kohlberg made the call. The third player in the hand raised to 4,500 and Navarrete folded quickly.
When the action got back to Kohlberg he put in a three-bet to 10,000 and mulling over their options, the opponent threw his hand into the muck.
Ken Aldridge raised to 500 on the button and was called by the small blind and Scott Zakheim in the big.
It was checked to Aldridge on the flop and he downbet to 200. Both of his opponents called.
All three players checked on the turn, Zakheim fired 800 to on the river. Aldridge responded by raising to 2,000 and action folded back to Zakheim, who called.
Aldridge tabled for a rivered straight, but it was no good against the of Zakheim, who scooped the pot with his flush.
Defending champion Howard Mash was heads-up on a flop and faced a bet of 4,000 from the hijack. He called from middle position and saw the fall on the turn.
Mash checked to his opponent, who bet out 6,000. Mash responded by shoving his entire stack, around 20,000, in the middle.
His opponent let out a frustrated sigh before folding as Mash showed the while raking in the pot.
Dawn Moscoe raised in middle position to 800, Larry Ross called next to act before Zeferino Hernandez called in the small blind. Harold Wilson was in the big blind and put in a three-bet to 1,600 and all three players called.
The dealer fanned a flop of , the action checked to Moscoe who then bet 3,000 which was enough to force everyone to fold.
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