Derek Lerner's day has come to an early end here in Macau. He got his last 9,450 in on a flop of 
with 
. His opponent had out-flopped him with the 
.
There was no assistance for Lerner on the turn (
) or river (
) and he was sent to the rail. His twin brother Aaron is still in the event at an adjacent table to where his brother once sat.
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We didn't see how it happened, but when we arrived, Paulo Braga Chastinet had gotten in about 20k (100 big blinds) with 
against Patrick Carron's 
. The flop came 
, and Chastinet picked up a gutshot with the 
on the turn. But the 
on the river paired Carron and sent Chastinet packing.
Ok, it was actually pretty standard. Sam Weir had pocket kings and was out in front of an all-in opponent's threes. But the short stack spiked a trey on the flop and rivered a four-flush to double up. Weir's looking understandably grumpy, but he's still got 18,000 to play with.
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Dominik Nitsche raised to 500 and was called in two spots preflop. The flop came down 
and the first player checked to Nitsche. He fired a continuation bet of 800 and the next player called. The first player then raised to 3,500. Nitsche moved all in for 8,950 and the player behind him folded his hand after about a minute in the tank. The player that had check-raised made the call quickly with a spade flush draw holding the 
. Nitsche held the .
The turn card completed the flush draw for Nitsche's opponent when the 
fell. Fortunately for him, he still had the in his hand to redraw to a higher flush. Unfortunately for him, the 
was the wrong black card on the river and Nitsche was sent to the rail.
We walked up to Table 9 to see a heads-up pot reaching a climax between Tony Hachem and Cailin Jin. There was a flop of 
out on board, and about 4,000 chips in the pot. When we joined the action, Jin was all in for 11,875, and Hachem was deep in the tank and mumbling to himself.
Eventually, Jin reached for his phone and began punching away at the buttons, leaning back in his chair and letting out a heavy sigh while Hachem was making his decision. After another couple moments, Hash uncapped his cards, tapped the felt, and surrendered.
We didn't see any cards flash or any table talk, but Hachem said afterwards, "Same hand. Ace-queen," shaking his head. He looked back at us and said, "He's played two hands all day." He turned back around and continued to talk to himself, a bit more frustrated than the Tony Hachem we're used to seeing. It looks like sitting at that tough table with a stack of less than 15,000 has got him a bit down.
Still plenty of time to do work, Hash.
Irina Zhelenznyak raised from the cutoff, and Justin Lowe called from the small blind. Then Lam Van Trinh in the big blind squeezed to 2,200. Zhelenznyak called, as did Lowe. The flop fell 
, and Lowe checked. Trinh bet 2,600, and Zhelenzyak moved all in for 8,000 total. Lowe tank-folded, and Trinh pulled out some wholly unnecessary theatrics. He looked mighty unhappy as he made the call, saw Zhelenznyak's 
, and then rolled over 
for the flopped nuts. Zhelenznyak got up and gathered her things as the turn and river bricked off.
A woman in middle position raised to 600 and Tony Hachem called from the small blind. The player in the big blind also called. After a flop of 
, everyone checked.
The turn card brought the , pairing the lowest card on board. Hachem jumped at the opportunity he saw and fired 1,600. The big blind folded, but the woman made the call.
The river card produced the and Hachem fired again. This time he made it 2,500. The woman tanked for 30 seconds or so and then tossed her hand in. Hachem increased back to 18,000 chips.
We joined the pot just as the dealer was dropping the turn card onto a board showing 
. Zhiwei Ang was first to speak, and he made a near-pot-sized bet of 4,000. Taejoon Noh made a quick call, and the two men watched the fill out the board, putting four spades out there. Ang fired again, 6,000 this time, and Noh called instantly for about a third of his remaining stack.
Ang quickly slid his cards into the muck, and Noh shrugged and did the same as the dealer pushed him that tidy little pot. He's up to about 37,000 after that no-showdown showdown.
Patrick Carron was the winner of the High Roller event that took place a couple days ago. He took home HK$1,124,400 for his win after beating out Zheng Tang from China. Carron is playing today in the Main Event and has built up to about 43,000 so far.
After action folded to him in middle position, Carron raised to 700. The small blind was his only customer and the flop came down . Both players checked and the turn brought the . The small blind checked and Carron fired 1,000. His opponent mucked and Carron scooped the pot. It's not much, but these are the types of hands Carron has been winning to steadily built his stack. He hasn't had much hands that have gone to showdown where he's had to reveal his holecards.
