Kevin Calenzo folded his button, and Sean Getzwiller limped in the small blind. Ian Mack checked his option, and the dealer fanned out a flop of . Getzwiller checked, and Mack fired out 150,000. Getzwiller called, and the turn came the . Both players quickly checked, and the river came the . Getzwiller checked, and Mack quickly grabbed a bet of 175,000, and put it in the middle. Getzwiller grabbed the chips for the call, then held them over the betting line as he thought it over. After 30 seconds, he dropped them in, then mucked when Mack showed . Mack is back up to 5.6 million, while Getzwiller is in trouble, sitting on 1.5 million.
Ian Mack raised his button to 300,000 and was called by Sean Getzwiller in the big blind. The flop was and Getzwiller checked. Mack continued for 300,000. Getzwiller called.
The turn was the which was checked by Getzwiller again. Mack continued the betting, this time sticking in 600,000. Getzwiller decided to see one more card.
The river was the and action repeated what had happened on the turn. Check, bet 600,000, call. Mack turned over and Getzwiller showed . Mack scooped the pot and took over the chip lead while chopping down Getzwiller.
Kevin Calenzo limped his button only to see Sean Getzwiller raise from the small blind to 400,000. Ian Mack got out of the way before Calenzo counted his stack and made the call.
The flop was and after some thought Getzwiller slowed down with a check. Calenzo fired out what looked like 520,000 but Getzwiller mucked his cards.
"Show the bluff, it's good for the game," Getzwiller postered. Sure enough Calenzo threw on their backs which made all of the rail take notice.
Kevin Calenzo made it 230,000 from the button, and Sean Getzwiller was next to act in the small blind. He went all in for 4 million, or 40 big blinds. Mack folded, and it was back to Calenzo. After a minute or two in the tank, he folded, and Getzwiller opted to flash the , getting a rise out of his rail.
Speaking of that rail, it certainly has some fire power. Poker power couple David "Bakes" Baker and Maridu Mayrinck have been here for a couple of hours, and two famous faces just walked up to the rail. Bracelet winner Sam Stein, and 2011 WSOP Player of the Year Ben Lamb are in the building, and they are cheering on Getzwiller, who certainly is hoping to get some of Lamb's run good after having such a great World Series this past summer.
Kevin Calenzo folded his button and Sean Getzwiller raised to 180,000 from the small blind. Ian Mack made the call in the big blind and they went heads up to the flop, which came . Getzwiller led out for 260,000 and Mack made the call.
The turn brought the and Getzwiller checked. Mack must have liked Getzwiller's flop bet, because this time, he was the one betting 260,000. Getzwiller made the call and the river came the . Getzwiller checked and Mack grabbed a stack of T25,000 chips and stuck it in the middle — a bet of 500,000. Getzwiller took a quick peak at his cards and slid them into the muck, giving the pot to Mack.
Players are now taking a 10-minute break. We will be posting counts momentarily.