With about 5,000 chips already in the middle on a flop of , Brian Rast was heads up against a player in middle position who checked. Rast checked behind.
The turn brought the and the player in middle position checked. Rast bet 4,000, his opponent quickly folded, and he took the pot to put his stack over the 100,000-chip mark.
On the turn of a board reading , James Carroll's opponent checked to him, leading to a bet of 3,100 from Carroll. His opponent called, and the hit the river. Both players checked this card, and his opponent rolled over for just king high. Carroll tabled for two different full houses, either one of which would be good enough to take the pot.
Despite taking down that hand, Carroll is down from his starting stack of 50,000.
Several players limped in before the action got to Orlando Romero in the cutoff and he made it 2,000. He got one call from a player in middle position and the two players saw a flop of . The middle-position player checked, Romero bet 2,000, and his opponent called.
The turn brought the and both players checked.
The fell on the river and the middle-position player bet 6,000. Romero quickly called and his opponent sent his cards into the muck before Romero could table his hand.