Calvin Anderson opened with a raise to 1,300 under the gun. From the cutoff a player reraised to 4,200. Action folde back to Anderson who dropped into the tank.
"I'm gonna have to get lucky here," Anderson said. "Do you want me to try to get lucky?"
"You do what's best for you," Anderson's opponent said.
Anderson opted to just call and the two took a flop of . Both players checked and the came on the turn. Anderson plopped out a pot size bet that would put his opponent all in and he quickly called.
Anderson showed for a low and a straight. His opponent was just holding for ace seven for a low and two pair. The river was the and that would be it for the player. Anderson took down the pot and moved into the chip lead just before break.
With a flop of and 3,000 in front of each player from bets and calls on earlier streets, action was on Adam Owen. Konstantin Puchkov had checked to him on the turn and Owen put out a bet stack of yellow T1,000 chips, enough to put Puchkov all in. Puchkov only had 9,600 behind and dropped into the tank. He thought for about two minutes before he finally called.
Owen:
Puchkov: .
Owen was ahead with a pair of sevens and a better flush draw than Puchkov, but Puchkov had a straight wrap and could still find some of the pot with a four, five, six, or nine that wasn't a heart.
The river though was the and that lock up the pot for Owen with his pair of sevens and ace two for the low, and he took down the whole pot.
A player in middle position opened to 1,400. Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 4,700 and James Obst four-bet all in for 11,250. The original raiser folded and Negreanu called.
"I think I might be live," said Negreanu.
Obst showed .
"Yes, I'm live!" exclaimed Negreanu.
"Please don't show King-Queen," said Obst, but Negreanu turned over .
The flop came giving Obst a set. "It's ok," said Negreanu, I'm going to make a flush."
The turn was the eliminating any flush outs.
"Ok a ten then," said Negreanu. The river was the eliminating Obst and boosting Negreanu into the chiplead.
A short stack Randy Ohel was all in before the draw and called by three players. Ohel took two, Brandon Cantu took one, Adam Owen took one, and Jerome Middendorf took one as well.
Action checked around after the draw. Ohel showed . Cantu mucked. Middendorf mucked as well but Owen showed to earn the side pot of 1,225.
"That's the best hand I've ever had in this game," Ohel said after the hand as he took in the main pot. "And I was all in against three players."