Four players saw a flop of and Matthew Waxman was the first to check. Dave Stann followed suit but his nemesis Men Nguyen threw out a bet. Miguel Proulx made the call as did the other players. The turn got checked around but action heated up when the hit the river. It was checked to Nguyen who chose to bet and got called by Proulx. Waxman came in with a check raise which got Stann out of the way. Nguyen fired back with a three bet that got Proulx to fold but Waxman made the call.
Waxman:
Nguyen:
Waxman’s full house and low were good to scoop as Nguyen lost some of the chips that he had just won before.
Preflop, Mark Tenner raised to 3,000 in the hijack and Scott Clements made the call from the big blind.
The flop came Clement checked, Tenner bet 3,000 and Clements called.
The turn was the and both players checked.
The river was the Clements checked, Tenner bet 6,000 and Clements called showing for the nut low and two pair. Tenner showed for a worse low and ace-jack high to go along with the twos on the board to let Clements scoop the pot and chip up to 120,000. Tenner is down to 45,000.
UPDATED: Preflop, Ruben Vera raised, Bryan Micon re-raised to 9,000 and both Men and Ruben Vera called
On the flop of Men Nguyen checked, Ruben Vera checked and Bryan Micon bet out for 3,000. Nguyen raised to 6,000, Vera moved all in for his last 3,000 and Micon went all in for his last 9,000 with a call from Nguyen.
Nguyen showed for a pair of sevens and a draw to an ace-4 low, Micon showed for a pair of fives and a draw to the nut low, Vera showed for a pair of fives as well and the worst draw to the low.
After the came on the turn, Men yelled out "Keep it high!" The river was a and Men somehow faded all the low outs to take down the huge pot, chipping him up to 118,000 and knocking out Vera and Micon.
Barry Greenstein is down to around 10,000 after he got scooped on a board of . Richard Monroe turned over for the nut low and a straight which was more than enough against the veteran bracelet, time for another comeback.
We caught up with the action on a flop where Jimmy Fricke and Ben Landowski both checked. David Nowakowski bet and got check raised by Landowski. Fricke got out of the way and Nowakowski moved all in. Landowski made the call and the players turned up their cards.
Landowski:
Nowakowski:
The turn was the which locked up the high for Landowski with the nut flush and the on the river sent Nowakowski packing.
A three-way pot on a flop of was checked to Ben Landowski who bet 3,000, James Dempsey then check-raised from the small blind and Ray Henson flat-called in the big. Landowski then made it three bets and both blinds called.
The turn was checked to Landowski who bet 6,000 and was again called by both other players as the pot swelled to a considerable amount. The river was the , Dempsey and Henson both check-folded to a bet from Landowski - the latter picking up a pot of over 70,000 chips.
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and Matthew Waxman was the first to check. Dave Stann followed suit but his nemesis Men Nguyen threw out a bet. Miguel Proulx made the call as did the other players. The 
turn got checked around but action heated up when the 
hit the river. It was checked to Nguyen who chose to bet and got called by Proulx. Waxman came in with a check raise which got Stann out of the way. Nguyen fired back with a three bet that got Proulx to fold but Waxman made the call.
and both players checked.
Clements checked, Tenner bet 6,000 and Clements called showing 
for the nut low and two pair. Tenner showed 
for a worse low and ace-jack high to go along with the twos on the board to let Clements scoop the pot and chip up to 120,000. Tenner is down to 45,000.
Men Nguyen checked, Ruben Vera checked and Bryan Micon bet out for 3,000. Nguyen raised to 6,000, Vera moved all in for his last 3,000 and Micon went all in for his last 9,000 with a call from Nguyen.
for a pair of fives and a draw to the nut low, Vera showed 
came on the turn, Men yelled out "Keep it high!" The river was a 
and Men somehow faded all the low outs to take down the huge pot, chipping him up to 118,000 and knocking out Vera and Micon.
. Richard Monroe turned over 
to put Arpaio in the lead for the high but leaving the possibility of a low for Morbitzer out there.