Louie Calvo raised to 50,000 from under the gun, Aleksei Altshuller called from the cutoff, and Rudolph Sawa called from the big blind.
The flop came and Calvo bet 100,000. Altshuller called and Sawa folded.
The turn brought the and Calvo checked. Altshuller quickly announced "pot" and Calvo's cards were in the muck before the dealer could tell him how much it was.
With a substantial pot of about 200,000 already brewing and the board reading , Rudolph Sawa checked from the big blind and Gionni DeMers checked behind from early position.
The river brought the and Sawa lead for 110,000. After a few moments of contemplation, DeMers raised to 295,000, Sawa mucked, and DeMers took the pot to put him over the 1 million mark.
What started as a limped pot resulted in Brad Ruben ending up all in.
Alberto Fonseca limped from the button, but small blind Mark Reilly wasn't interested. Ruben checked from the big blind, and let Fonseca min-bet on the flop. Then he woke up with a check-raise and potted to 110,000. Fonseca, however, was ready to pay.
The turn saw Ruben move all in for just under 200,000. Fonseca released his cards, saying, "Nice turn." Ruben confirmed and claimed the pot without showing any of his hole cards.
Louie Calvo raised to 55,000 from the button, Aleksei Altshuller three-bet to 185,000 from the small blind, Eric Hicks repotted to 610,000 from the big blind, Calvo folded, and Altshuller called to put himself at risk.
Hicks:
Altshuller:
The board ran out to give Altshuller two pair for the double-up.
Aleksei Altshuller raised to 50,000 from the cutoff and Gionni DeMers three-bet to 160,000 from the big blind. Altshuller asked DeMers how much he had behind, which was about 200,000, and called.
The flop came and DeMers moved all in. Altshuller called and the two players tabled their hands.
DeMers:
Altshuller:
The board ran out with the on the turn and on the river to give DeMers a king-high straight for the double-up.
James St Hilaire increased his stack in the first hand after the break. St Hilaire was in the big blind and he three-bet to 160,000 over Mark Reilly's raise to 50,000 from the cutoff. Reilly opted to look at the flop and called.
However, St Hilaire quickly moved all in on the flop, announcing, "one-ninety-one." Reilly folded without any delay and St Hilaire showed his in return.
Daniel Reijmer got the last of his chips in the middle before the flop against Eric Hicks, who held . The board ran out , which was no help to Reijmer, and Hicks to the pot to eliminate him.