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James Suen just got away with one, and his victim was David Saab. Suen limped into the pot preflop, then was the only person to call Saab's raise. When the flop came down , Suen shoved all in for a bit more than 20,000 as first to act. Saab snap-called with and found himself up against Suen's . The promptly hit the turn to make a gutshot straight for Suen. Saab needed an ace or a six on the river to eke out a chop, but got the instead.
"You should be on the rail, my friend, talking about how badly you played that hand," said Saab. "That's alright. Sucking out is part of the game."
Despite that nonchalant attitude, after the hand Saab announced to the table that he is "on mega sick tilt." He had 49,000 in chips Suen is up to 52,000.
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Jan Van Dyk raised for what seemed like the tenth time in a row. He was under the gun and made it 3,000 to go. Action folded to the small blind, who promptly moved all in for 16,500 total, folding the big blind. Van Dyk went into the tank, staring in silence for over a minute. He asked a single questions, "Aces?" which got no response. After another minute in the tank, he called.
SB:
Van Dyk:
Van Dyk was on the short end of a flip. He got no love on the flop, the turn or the river. His stack dipped to 84,000 as a result.
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Robert Campitiello has doubled through Daniel Williams after Campitiello pushed his last chips into the middle with and Williams made the call with .
The flop brought plenty of cries of "wow" as it landed giving both players two pair. The turn was the but the on the river completed Campitiello's full house to double him up to 30,000. Williams slips back to 17,000.
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Players at Diwei "Brian" Huang's table better watch out. He's in no mood to play kids games. He put in the third raise preflop to 15,500. When his opponent couldn't stomach that bet and folded, Huang showed .
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Ron Kluber eliminated
It's game over for Ron Kluber. One of his opponents was consistently raising his big blind. When it happened again, Kluber shoved with ace-six. Unfortunately, his opponent had a hand -- ace-queen -- and snap-called. Kluber couldn't come up with the suckout. He has hit the cash games.
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Ivan Tan Eliminated
Patrick Carron is on a rush after just eliminating two opponents in consecutive hands, including 2007 APPT Macau runner up Ivan Tan.
In the first hand Alec Milam moved his short stack all in from under the gun and Carron re-shoved next to act. The table folded around and Carron's were in great shape against Milam's . The board bricked out to send Milam to the exit.
A few moments later Ivan Tan had his last chips in the middle with as Carron woke up with .
Tan was calling for an ace or a king and was thrilled to see the flop fall to give him the lead. The turn was the but the river brought Carron a two-outer with the .
"Flush!" exclaimed Tan pointing to his however Carron had made a full house to take the pot and eliminate Tan from the event. Carron is now up to 61,000 chips.
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David Saab
David Saab is trying to educate his opponents. If only they would listen! Saab, sitting in the big blind, called a minimum-raise made by the small blind, James Suen. Both players checked a flop that came down . On the turn , Suen reached for chips.
"Don't bluff! Don't bluff!" warned Saab. Suen followed through anyway, making a curiously small bet of 1,500. Saab called. The river fell , and now Suen made it 6,100 to go, a pot-sized bet.
"Do you know what that bet mean?" asked Saab. "It means flush or no pair. I think no pair. I call." Suen turned over . "No good," said Saab. He showed for a rivered two pair.
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, Suen shoved all in for a bit more than 20,000 as first to act. Saab snap-called with 
and found himself up against Suen's 
. The 
promptly hit the turn to make a gutshot straight for Suen. Saab needed an ace or a six on the river to eke out a chop, but got the 
instead.
turn or the 
river. His stack dipped to 84,000 as a result.
and Williams made the call with 
.
but the 
on the river completed Campitiello's full house to double him up to 30,000. Williams slips back to 17,000.
. The board bricked out 
to send Milam to the exit.
but the river brought Carron a two-outer with the 
, Suen reached for chips.