A player opened to 1,800 from early position, a second player called, and 2012 WSOP bracelet winner Ronnie Bardah three-bet to 4,800. The original raiser four-bet to 9,000, and only Bardah called.
The dealer spread , and the player immediately led out for 17,000. Bardah went into the tank.
"Are you going crazy over there?" Bardah asked.
Bardah didn't receive the answer he was looking for, and opted to fold his hand.
We just caught 2010 November Niner Matt Jarvis in a hand that has knocked him down to 33,000. We saw the flop come down , and saw Jarvis's opponent bet out 2,700. Jarvis was on the button, and he came in for a raise to 7,000. His opponent made the call, and the peeled off on the turn. His opponent checked, and Jarvis fired out a small bet of 4,200. He was called once again, and both players checked the on the river.
Jarvis saw his opponent table for two pair, and that had Jarvis beat, as he kicked his cards to the muck.
When we got to the table, we saw that Antonio Esfandiari was heads up with his opponent on a board that read . There was about 25,000 already in the middle, and Esfandiari was facing a 13,000 bet from his opponent. He made the call, and the river was the . Esfandiari's opponent bet out again, this time for 11,000, and Esfandiari quickly called.
His opponent tabled , but it was no good, as Esfandiari flipped over . After that hand, Esfandari rocketed up to 161,000.
A player on the button raised to 2,100, and it folded to Viktor Blom in the big blind who paused a moment, then reraised to 6,000. The button took a few seconds, then called.
The flop came . Blom checked, his face directed toward the community cards but looking sidelong at his opponent, watching him carefully as he checked behind. The turn was the . This time Blom stopped riffling his chips for a moment to toss out a bet of 6,000, and after a short pause his opponent called.
The river was the . Blom quickly tapped the felt to check, and his opponent didn't waste much time before checking behind. Blom showed for aces and sixes, while his opponent tabled for a better two pair.
We caught up with the action on a board reading , where Joe Cada was heads-up against Randy Haddox.
Cada already had a 7,000 bet in front of him and Haddox tanked for some time before tossing in a call.
Both players checked the river and Cada flipped over for pocket sevens. Haddox tabled for a rivered pair of eights - sending a disgusted look through Cada.
Haddox scooped the pot and is up to 195,000. Cada was knocked back down to 60,000.
An early position player raised it up to 1,800 and action folded around to Will Failla in the small blind who three-bet to 4,300. The big blind got out of the way and the early position player made the call.
The flop came bringing with it a check from each player.
The on the turn saw a check-call from Failla's opponent for 5,000. The on the river saw a similar situation unfold with Failla betting out 8,000 after his opponent checked to him. The early position player folded, and Failla showed . Failla went on to playfully comment "you have to know I have the nuts if I check a flop like that". Failla's opponent sat quietly and waited for the next hand to be dealt.
We caught up to see Joe Awada heads up and looking at a board of . Awada fired out 3,300 and received a call.
The turned and Awada bet 7,400. Another call was flung out from his opponent and the fell on fifth street. Awada bet 8,000 and his opponent tanked for a minute before tossing out a call.
"Straight," said Awada, tabling . "I got lucky on you," he continued as he raked in his newly found chips. Awada is currently sitting on 54,000.