We saw Joe Cada walking out the door about a minute before the break, but we weren't sure if he busted or was just beating the rush to the men's room. Now we know.
Cada three-bet shoved his ace-king into an opponent's pocket jacks, and he took a big lead after the flop. The turn and river made Broadway for the jacks, however, sending Cada out into the streets of Bell Gardens.
Phil "The Unabomber" Laak recently put in a raise from late position only to have the button move all in for about 14,000 total. Action folded back to Laak and he reluctantly made the call.
Laak:
Button:
Laak was in bade shape and couldn't catch as the board ran out . However, it was just a small hit to his stack and he is still healthy with 134,000.
A player under the gun opened to 3,500, and the action passed around to Jon Aguiar in the small blind. He looked down at and moved all in for 23,900 total. When it came back to the raiser, he eventually made the call, then winced as he saw that his was in a bad way.
The board ran out safe for the overpair, coming to earn Aguiar the double up. He's right at 51,000 now.
Action folded to Tom Marchese in the cutoff and he raised to 3,500. Only the big blind called to the flop. After a check, Marchese bet 3,000 and once again the big blind called.
Both players then checked the turn and the hit the river. This time the big blind bet 7,000 and Marchese insta-mucked, leaving himself with around 90,000.
An under the gun player raised to 4,000 and Andreas Hoivold moved all in from the button for 36,000. The under the gun player called and Hoivold said, "I hope you don't have ace-queen."
The under the gun player then showed . Hoivold showed . "Why did you say that?" asked the UTG.
"Because I always lose to ace-queen," Hoivold responded.
"You gave me momentary hope," UTG said. The board ran out and Hoivold doubled to around 75,000.
From under the gun, Tony Cousineau raised all in for 20,400. Joseph Curcio was a couple seats over and reshoved all in for 53,900. Romulus Segal tanked for a minute or so and then folded. A couple more seats over from Curcio's shove, Ronnie Bardah sat. When action got to Bardah, he moved all in for 41,200. Everyone else folded leaving three sets of hands to be tabled for the all-in confrontation.
Cousineau:
Curcio:
Bardah:
The flop came down and Bardah's kings held up so far. Regal slapped the rail of the table and claimed to have folded pocket nines. He would've flopped a set.
The turn brought the and the river the . Bardah's two kings held up, dodging straight, flush and overcard outs from his two opponents. He earned the win and nearly tripled up to about 110,000. Curcio was knocked down to 12,700 while Cousineau hit the rail.