David Williams raised from under the gun, Greg Mueller reraised from the small blind, and Williams called. Before the flop came out, Mueller went ahead and tossed out a bet before the cards even appeared.
The flop was a curious . Williams folded, and Mueller flashed the .
With betting limits of 20,000/40,000, we're seeing a lot of rapid fluctuations in the chip stacks now. Here's a recent count, from the beginning of four-handed play:
Greg "FBT" Mueller -- 1.35 million
Marc Naalden -- 925,000
David Williams -- 710,000
Millie Shiu -- 490,000
Matt Sterling was already the table's short stack when he found himself in a hand in which he had bet the river on a board of , only to get raised by Greg Mueller. Sterling called and showed his , and Mueller showed for the rivered straight.
Crippled on that hand, Sterling was all in before the flop in the next one, up against both Mueller and David Williams this time. The flop came , Mueller bet, and Williams called. The turn was the , Mueller bet again, and Williams got out.
Mueller showed for sevens and Sterling turned over . The river was the , giving Mueller two pair and knocking out Sterling in 5th place.
Millie Shiu raised from under the gun, and Marc Naalden called from the big blind. The flop came . Naalden checked, Shiu bet, and Naalden check-raised. Shiu called.
The turn came the , and Naalden bet. Shiu called. The river was the , Naalden bet, and this time Shiu let it go.
Naalden is over one million now -- our chip leader -- while Shiu is at 750,000.
Matt Sterling raised from under the gun, and it folded around to Millie Shiu who called from the big blind.
The flop came . Shiu checked, Sterling bet, and Shiu called. The turn was the . Shiu checked again, Sterling bet again, but this time Shiu check-raised. Sterling called.
The river was the . Shiu bet, and Sterling called. Shiu showed , and Sterling mucked.
Shiu has 825,000, while Stirling is down to 180,000.
Marc Naalden raised from the small blind, David Williams reraised from the BB, and Naalden called. The flop came . Naalden checked, Williams bet, and Naalden called. The turn was the . Naalden again checked, Williams bet, Naalden check-raised, and Williams called.
The river was the . Naalden bet, and when Williams raised, Naalden thought for about thirty seconds before folding. Williams showed his as he dragged the pot.