Preflop, Matt Stout raised to 40,000 and was called by Leonard Eidson. Eidson checked dark as the flop hit . Stout bet out 55,000 and was called by Eidson
The turn fell the and Eidson instantly moved all in for 215,000. Stout went into the tank and after about a minute asked, "Will you show if I fold?" Eidson replied, "You got to pay to see."
After another minute, Stout folded his hand and Eidson showed for two pair.
Mike Leah opened the pot with a minimum raise to 32,000. Matt Stout and two others came along to the four-handed flop.
It brought . With the action checked to him, Leah open-shoved the remainder of his 193,000 chips into the middle. Instantly, Stout made the call, and the other two players ducked out.
Showdown:
Leah:
Stout:
As Leah stood to await his fate, the dealer ran out the turn and river: and respectively. Finding no help, Mike Leah will make his exit in sixth place, and the table can breathe a little easier with one dangerous player headed to the payout desk. Leah will pick up nearly $45,000 for his work over the past three days. Not too shabby.
Kai Landry moved all in preflop for 166,000 and was called by Jeremy Byrum.
Byrum:
Landry:
Byrum stayed in the lead after the flop of . The turn put Landry in the lead when it fell the . At this point, Byrum started counting out the chips to pay off Landry. The river fell the and Landry doubled up to 365,000 in chips.
With the betting folded to the blinds, David Dao opened into Matt Stout with a raise to 58,000. Stout called.
The flop brought , and both men checked.
Fourth street was the . Dao checked again, but this time Stout stacked out a bet of 80,000. Dao rechecked his hole cards before making the call.
The filled out the community cards, and Dao checked. Stout checked back and anxiously waited for Dao to open his hand. He showed , drawing a furrowed lip from Stout. "That sounds about right," he said, as he returned his cards to the muck, sending more than 100,000 over to his neighbor.
Preflop, Leonard Eidson made a raise to 75,000 total. David Dao then reraised to 275,000 total. Eidson pointed out that Dao's raise was not 200,000 and Dao quickly put the extra chips needed to make it 275,000 total.
Eidson then sits and thinks for a while. He looks clearly disgusted. He then shows Dao the as to say "Don't do that again," and then he folds.
We pick up the action in a heads-up pot between Matt Stout and David Dao. On the turn, the board shows . Dao checks to Stout, and he bets out 120,000, which Dao instantly calls.
Fifth street is the . Dao checks, and Stout elects to check behind him. Dao tables , and once he sees the good news, Stout shows down his . It's the winner, and the pro collects another couple hundred thousand chips, increasing his lead.
"You can't river me every time, David!" jested Stout. It's easy to be chipper when you're sitting on more than half the chips in play.