Michael Newman of Team Newman opened to 100,000 as the player first to act and Holly Babbitt of Team Babbitt flat-called on the button.
Newman continued with a bet of 75,000 on the flop reading and Babbitt called. The turn brought a third diamond with the and Newman fired a bet of 125,000. Babbitt folded.
David Botfeld of Team Botfeld opened to 105,000 from early position and Vidur Sethi of Team Adam defended from the big blind.
Sethi checked on the flop of and called a bet from Botfeld. Both players checked on the turn and Sethi led out with a bet of 250,000 on the river. Botfeld called.
"Ace-queen," Sethi said before showing . Botfeld shook his head and mucked .
Michael Newman of Team Newman raised to 90,000 from the middle position and Michael Babbitt of Team Babbitt three-bet shoved for 495,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded but Newman snap-called.
Michael Babbitt:
Michael Newman:
The board ran out for Babbitt to flop a pair but for Newman to hit a set before the turn and river gave both of them a full house. Newman stayed ahead though with the queens over fives to eliminate Team Babbitt in seventh place.
Vidur Sethi of Team Adam raised to 80,000 from the middle position and Samy Dighlawi of Team Ruter defended his big blind.
The flop came , Dighwali check-called the 75,000 continuation-bet of Sethi.
They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Dighlawi bet 50,000 and Sethi contemplated his options.
Sethi cut out calling chips but didn't put them over the line yet. Dighlawi held his cards up with them visible to the people behind him, ready to muck or show. Sethi took some more time and eventually made the call but mucked when Diglawi tabled the for top pair.
While Dighlawi raked in the chips, the floor came over to give him a one-hand penalty for exposing the cards to the rail.
Samy Dighlawi was off of his penalty and opened in early position. Michael Newman of Team Newman three-bet to 240,000 in late position and Amanda Botfeld of Team Botfeld four-bet shoved a stack of about 1,000,000 from the big blind.
Dighlawi folded and Newman took some time before pushing in a stack of green for a call.
Amanda Botfeld:
Michael Newman:
The flop of was of no help to Botfeld, but the on the turn put her ahead with top pair. The river brought the and Team Botfeld secured a double-up through the chip leader.
Michael Newman of Team Newman raised to 80,000 from under the gun and Samy Dighlawi of Team Ruter defended his big blind. The flop came , Dighlawi check-called the 80,000 continuation-bet of Newman. The turn was the and Dighlawi checked again. Neman fired a bet of 150,000 over the line and Dighlawi called. The river completed the board with the and they both checked. Dighlawi tabled the for ace-high and the pot as Newman mucked his hand.
"I've gone a whole round without a penalty!" Dighlawi was sure to tell the PokerNews live reporting team.
Two hands later, Dighlawi raised to 90,000 from the button and Vidur Sethi of Team Adam defended his big blind. The flop came , Sethi check-called the 60,000 bet of Dighlawi. The turn was the and Sethi checked again. This time, Dighlawi barreled 115,000 into the pot and Sethi came along to see the on the river. They both opted to check for Dighlawi to claim another pot as he held the for the pair of nines.
Vidur Sethi of Team Adam opened to 100,000 on the button and Amanda Botfeld of Team Botfeld defended in the big blind.
Botfeld checked on the flop of and Sethi checked back. Botfeld checked again on the turn and called when Sethi bet 75,000.
Botfeld checked for a third time on the river and called a bet of 225,000 from her opponent. Sethi tabled for two pair and took down the pot as Botfeld mucked.