David Bach was part of a three-way pot on a flop. Action checked to Bach, who bet 1,400. Only one player tagged along to see the hit the turn. Both players checked that card, and the same action occurred when the completed the board on the river.
Bach rolled over for a pair of eights, and that bested the of his opponent.
Dan Heimiller raised to 1,300 from early position, the cutoff called, and the button called.
The flop fell , and Heimiller bet 3,000. The cutoff called, and the button shoved for about 16,000. Heimiller folded, as did the cutoff, and the button took the pot.
The second of three flights in this Little One for One Drop drew a big crowd, with 1,220 total entries. That is nearly double the amount that registered yesterday, and tomorrow's flight should be the biggest of them all.
Right now, 390 players still remain with three more levels left to play tonight.
With about 10,000 in the pot and the board reading action was heads up and the player under the gun checked. Moneymaker was in middle position and fired out a bet of 7,000. After some deliberation, Moneymaker was called and flipped over . His opponent mucked his hand and Moneymaker added to his stack.
"This is the table you want to watch," big stack Chunlei Yuan said. "Watch this hand."
Yuan raised it up to 1,400 in early position, and the button called. Jesse Yaginuma was in the small blind, and after about 20 seconds in the tank, he moved all in.
"You're watching right? This is the hand," Yuan said as he announced all in over the top. The button wasn't thrilled with proceedings, and reluctantly folded his hand to lead to an all in showdown.
Yuan:
Yaginuma:
The table got a good laugh as the cards were tabled, but Yuan was undeterred. "All good I win this one," he said, and sure enough, the flop came down , giving him a broadway draw and the nut flush draw. The hit the turn, and Yaginuma was left drawing to a chop. The hit the river, leading to continued laughter from the table. Even Yaginuma had a smile on his face in the aftermath of that hand as he got up to leave.
Yuan stacked his new chips, and he is one of the chip leaders with 125,000.
A player in early position raised to 1,500, one player in middle position called, and Daniel Strelitz three-bet from late position to 5,200. The original raiser shoved for about 13,000, the middle-position player folded, and Strelitz called to put his opponent at risk.
Strelitz:
Opponent:
Strelitz had the preflop advantage in the race with his jacks and his opponent needed help from the deck in order to double up. The board ran out and Strelitz's jacks held up for him to take the pot and eliminate his opponent.