On a board of , Jose Montes bet 86,000 from the big blind and got a call from Scott Tarbuck in the cutoff. Montes checked and folded quickly to a bet from Tarbuck on the river, which looked like it may have bee an all-in wager.
Tarbuck is among the leaders as players head to a 60-minute dinner break.
Chip Counts
Scott Tarbuck, 1,350,000
Jose Montes, 400,000
Victor Ayala checked from the small blind on a board of and Heidi Roggenkamp bet 70,000 from early position. Ayala made it 150,000 and Roggenkamp tank-folded. Ayala flashed the before mucking.
Jose Montes shoved over a raise with only to have a short-stacked player behind him wake up with . Luckily for Montes, he hit trip aces and busted his opponent, collecting his 170,000 or so plus the dead money in the pot.
Jewook Oh and Tony Lazar got in a raising war that resulted in Oh being all in on a board of with for a boat. Unfortunately for him, he was drawing dead as Lazar held for queens full.
Lazar is hot early this summer, coming off a fifth-place finish at the World Series of Poker in the $1,500 8-Game event.