Kou Vang opened for a raise in the hijack and was called by the two players behind him, as well as big blind Grace Lu. On the flop, Lu checked, and Vang bet 4,800 into the field. The cutoff made it 10,000, and the player on the button cold-called. Lu woke up with a cold three-bet to 20,600. Vang took a long time to think, getting counts of his opponents' stacks so he could navigate the tricky spot. Finally, he let his hand go. The cutoff mucked as well, but the player on the button opted to continue. Lu moved all in for 43,600 on the turn, and the player on the button appeared truly pained as he considered his choices. He ran his hands through his hair and muttered to himself for awhile before finally whipping his cards to the dealer. Lu didn't show.
We found Eric Crain splashing in enough chips to call the all in of Roger Kamuf, who had shoved for about 23,000 on a board of .
Crain:
Kamuf:
Crain no doubt hoped he had some outs beyond his flush draw, but both his gutshot and his pair were useless against Kamuf's straight. The didn't fill Crain's flush draw on the river.
Kou Vang just busted a shorter-stacked player when the two got all in on a flop of . Vang was way behind with against , but a turn gave him the two pair he needed. The river preserved Vang's lead, and the newly sponsored Minnesotan is nearing 100,000.
Greg Wilson called a bet of 2,000 from an opponent in a heads-up pot on a flop of . After unknown turn action, the and had arrived on fourth and fifth streets, and Wilson's opponent shoved all in for about 15,000. Wilson snap-called, turning over for a full house.
"Which part of that board did you like?" Eric Crain asked him.
Dale Sudduth got all in with before the flop, putting a shorter stack who held at risk. An flop looked solid from Sudduth's opponent's point of view, but a turn gave Sudduth a straight, meaning only a spade would kill his hand. A black card arrived, but it was the .
At another table, Eric Crain said he won a race with by hitting a queen on the river against a player holding .