Action folded to Ray Henson in the cutoff and he put in a raise to 135,000. The button and small blind got out of the way but Michael Binger three-bet to 370,000 from the big blind. The raise was enough to drive Henson out of the pot.
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Joe Tehan raised to 135,000 to open the action, and he found a call this time as Ray Henson matched the bet from the big blind.
The two men checked it all the way down as the board ran out 
. Tehan showed his 
first, and it was the nuts. Henson's cards hit the muck, and Tehan drags some more chips.
Joe Tehan opened the pot to 130,000 on the first hand back, and Al Grimes three-bet all in from the big blind. "About nine," he said. It was 940,000 total, and Tehan could not call, surrendering his cards and sending Grimes up over 1 million again.
"First bluff all day," he said as he stacked the chips.
Level: 27
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 5,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,715,000 | 315,000 |
|
4,170,000 | -520,000 |
|
3,600,000 | 275,000 |
|
3,500,000 | -400,000 |
|
1,530,000 | -55,000 |
|
1,485,000 | -85,000 |
|
|
945,000 | -60,000 |
The remaining seven players are on their first 15-minute break of the day. We'll head to the stage and counts the chips for you. You'll have those in just a few moments.
Ray Henson raised to 115,000 from the hijack and action folded to Michael Binger in the small blind. He three-bet to 305,000, Anh Van Nguyen folded the big blind and Henson gave up on the hand. Three-bets seem to be the order of the day.
On the flop of 
, Joe Tehan fired 60,000. Michael Binger made the call and the 
was added to the board on the turn. Both players check to see the 
pair the board on the river. Both checked again.
The two players wound up chopping the pot after they both showed the same two pair with an ace kicker. Tehan held the 
and Binger the 
.
Fresh off sending Jake Toole to the rail, Joe Tehan raised to 115,000. Anh Van Nguyen made the call from the hijack seat and the flop came down 
. Tehan was first to act and fired a continuation bet worth 120,000. Nguyen folded and Tehan picked up some more chips.
Jake Toole raised to 115,000 from early position and Joe tehan, who was next to act, three-bet to 300,000. It seems three-bets have taken down a lot of pots lately, and it seemed that might be the case yet again as action folded back to Toole. However, Toole moved all in for 1.455 million more and Tehan called.
Tehan: 
Toole: 
It was off to the races for Toole's tournament life. He was ahead but not after the 
flop gave Tehan a pair of aces. Toole was in big trouble and needed help. The 
on the turn gave him an open-ended straight draw and a lot more outs. "One time," yelled a Toole supporter in the crowd. The suspense subsided when the peeled off on the river. Tehan won the race, putting him in the chip lead with around 5.5 million, while Toole was eliminated in 8th place.
