Richard Ashby raised from middle position, Viacheslav Zhukov put in two bets from the big blind, and Ashby called. The flop came down , Zhukov led out, Ashby raised, and Zhukov called.
The turn brought the , and Zhukov slowed down, check-called a bet from Ashby. Both players checked after the fell on the river, and Zhukov opened to scoop the pot.
Steve Billirakis and Mikael Thuritz got four bets in preflop - enough to put Billirakis all in - and the hands were opened up.
Billirakis:
Thuritz:
The flop gave Billirakis a flush draw, and he completed that flush when the turned. The on the river did not complete a low for Thuritz, doubling Billirakis to over 400,000 chips.
Guillaume Rivet raised to open the pot, and Jason Steinberg defended his big blind to go heads-up to the flop.
It came , and Steinberg check-called a bet. On the turn, he check-raised, and Rivet paid the extra bet to see the river. Steinberg checked again this time, and Rivet checked it back. Steinberg's hand had a jack and a three in it, but they were quickly mucked.
Rivet's was flushtastic, giving him the pot and boosting his stack back up to about 605,000. The audience erupted in a brief but boisterous French-Canadian frenzy.
Josh Arieh raised from the cutoff seat, Viacheslav Zhukov three-bet from the button, and Mack Lee cold-called from the big blind. Arieh called all in for less, and the dealer flopped . Lee led out, Zhukov raised, and then Lee went to call, but accidentally put in a third bet, tossing too many chips in front of him. Zhukov called.
Lee slowed down, check-calling bets on the turn () and river (), and all three hands were opened.
Lee: - Low
Zhukov: - High
Arieh: - 9th Place and $42,514
Josh Arieh completed from the small blind, Viacheslav Zhukov raised out of the big, and Arieh called. The flop came down , and Arieh check-folded to a bet from Zhukov.
Steve Billirakis opened from early position, Jason Steinberg put in a second bet, and the action folded back to Billirakis who moved all in. Steinberg called.
Billirakis:
Steinberg:
Steinberg was ahead, and remained so when the flop fell . The on the turn gave Billirakis a flush draw though, and the on the river completed that flush to doubled him to 370,000 chips.
Jason Steinberg raised to open the pot, and he was called by both Guillaume Rivet and Mikael Thuritz.
The flop brought , and Thuritz checked from the big blind. Steinberg bet, both opponents called, and the appeared on fourth street. Steinberg bet again, but this time Rivet raised to 160,000. Thuritz thought long and hard before passing, and Steinberg called for the river.
It was the , and Steinberg check-called one last bet. He showed for the jack-high straight, and it was good. Rivet flashed a for the bad straight, and Steinberg scoops up that big pot. He should be around the million-chip mark now; we'll go count him down now.
Viacheslav Zhukov opened from middle position, and the action folded to Richard Ashby who called in the small blind. The flop came down , and Ashby check-called a bet from Zhukov. Both players checked the on the turn, an after the was dealt on the river Ashby led out. Zhukov called.
Ashby:
Zhukov:
Both players shared the nut-low, but Ashby's pair of queens were good for the high, and he was awarded three-quarters of the pot.