Isaac Haxton led out from the big blind on a flop and the player in the cutoff made the call. On the turn, Haxton check-called his opponent’s bet. The river was checked by both players and Haxton showed for the smallest of two pairs. The cutoff mucked and Haxton was up to around 20,000 after the hand.
Justin Bonomo led out from the small blind on a flop and the player in the cutoff made the call. Bonomo bet again when the hit the turn but this time the cutoff raised. Bonomo answered with a three-bet and the cutoff just called. Bonomo bet once more on the the river. The cutoff made the call and asked “Aces”? Bonomo turned over and said “close enough" as his opponent mucked.
We know reading over someone's shoulder is impolite, but we couldn't help ourselves when we saw Jonathan Aguiar playing Scrabble on his iPad. We just had to take a peek at some of his words, and here is what we saw:
Friction
Testa
Wow
Rex
Hag
Josher
Uniques
Story
Ilk
Job
Ow
We caught up to the action at Marco Traniello's table to find him involved in a pot with three other people. The Small blind started the action off by betting into a board of . Traniello and two others made the call.
The Small Blind again bet out when the came out for the turn. This time Traniello was the only one to make the call.
A river scared the small blind from betting, but it did not scare Traniello, who for the first time during the hand made a wager. After some deliberation the small blind called. Traniello sullenly told his opponent "You have it" and very slowly flipped over . Traniello's opponent slowly flipped his whole cards to reveal for a chop pot.
We caught up with the action on a board where Pat Pezzin bet and his opponent called. Pezzin turned over for the nut one pair. His opponent showed for two pair however which was good for the pot
Brock Parker bet out on a flop of and Scott Clements called in the big blind. When the was flipped for the turn Parker again fired, only to find himself being raised by Clements. The paired the board as Clements again bet into Parker.
Parker made the call and showed the winning hand of .
We're not sure of the details, but the seat formerly occupied by Alexander Kostritsyn has been filled with a new player. It can only mean one thing . . . Kostritsyn has been eliminated from the tournament!