With a substantial pot already brewing and the board reading . 2012 six-handed PLO bracelet winner Naoya Kihara got all in from the button against a single opponent who was under the gun.
Kihara showed for top two pairs and, when the board ran out with the on the turn and on the river, he took the pot to send his opponent to the rail.
Just after sending a player to the rail, Fabian Schoneck got involved in another pot and took out another player.
The player under the gun limped, the next player limped, and Schoneck limped in the cutoff. The big blind raised to 500, the first limper called, the next limper folded, and Schoneck called.
On the flop, the big blind bet 800 and the next player folded. Schoneck raised to 3,000 and his opponent went all in for around 9,000. Schoneck called to put his opponent at risk.
Schoneck had for threes full of fives against . The turn changed nothing and the river only improved Schoneck to sixes full of threes. He eliminated his second opponent in one orbit and is at the top of the counts early in the day.
A player in the cutoff raised to 250 and PLO bracelet winner Chance Kornuth three-bet to 600 from the button. The cutoff called and the two players saw a flop of . The cutoff checked, Kornuth bet 750, and the cutoff called.
The turn brought the and the cutoff checked. Kornuth bet again, 2,500 this time, and his opponent called.
The fell on the river and the cutoff checked a third time. Kornuth bet 4,000 and, after brief consideration, his opponent called.
Kornuth tabled for bottom set, which was good enough to win the pot as his opponent sent his cards into the muck.
With about 800 chips already in the middle and the board reading , Rex Clinkscales bet 400 out of the small blind and the big blind called. The player in the cutoff folded and the blinds were heads up going to the river.
The dealer put the out to complete the board and Clinkscales bet 1,500. After brief consideration, his opponent folded and Clinkscales flipped over .
"Backdoor quads!" said Clinkscales with a wide smile. "But I had this too," he said as he tabled the to reveal that he blocked quad jacks.
According to Christopher Frank, action folded to him in the small blind and he made it 300. The big blind raised to 900 and Frank called. The flop came and Frank check-called a bet of 1,500. The turn was the and Frank checked. His opponent bet the pot and Frank moved all in. His opponent called and was all in for 11,575.
Frank:
All-in player:
Frank's top two pair was ahead and the river was the , improving Frank to Broadway for the nuts. His opponent was out and Frank stacked the chips.