Freddy Deeb was all in for 19,000 before the flop, and George Lind and Richard Ashby were tangled up in side action.
The board ran out , and the two live players checked through the turn. On the river, Lind check-called a bet.
Ashby showed up , and nobody could beat it. Deeb was a little frustrated that Lind didn't bet the turn, as it may have allowed him to stay alive. Ashby fills up on the river though, scooping the pot and sending Deeb out the door in 20th place.
Mikael Thuritz and Josh Arieh just got together in a pot that ended up going Arieh's way.
Each player put in 24,000 preflop in a battle of the blinds, and Thuritz was leading the betting as the board came . Arieh called the flop bet, then raised all in for another 12,000 after the turn.
Showdown
Thuritz:
Arieh:
Arieh gets the scoop with his pair of aces and the seventy-five low. Just like that, he's back to 144,000.
Todd Barlow is down to just 35,000 chips after a faulty encounter with Brendan Taylor.
We picked up the action on the flop as Taylor bet the , and Barlow called. That left him with just those 35,000 chips, and when the turn brought the , he elected to save those bets for a better spot. He's the short stack now.
We'll spare you the mundane action, but we will tell you that Todd Barlow has tripled up and then some. After folding his small blind, Barlow was left with just 29,000, and he got them all into the next pot from the button. Mike Sexton, Steve Billirakis, and Josh Arieh were also in the pot, but they'd not put in any more bets.
The board ran , and Barlow's was good enough for the scoop and the quadruple up. He's back to 112,000.
A series of unfortunate events for Fabrizio Gonzalez has landed him out the door in 19th place.
It began with he and Viacheslav Zhukov mixing it up in a big pot on a board. There were already a lot of bets piled on the felt when we joined the river action, and Gonzalez led out with a bet. Zhukov raised, Gonzalez reraised, and Zhukov raised it right back. Gonzalez only had 43,000 chips left in his stack, and he spent some frustrated time in the tank before releasing his cards into the muck.
Just a moment later, we saw Gonzalez gathering his belongings and heading to the payout desk with a slip that read "19th Place".
With the board reading , Alessio Isaia check-called a bet from Perry Green. The river was the , and Isaia checked to Green who bet again. Isaia went into the tank for nearly half a minute before calling, and quickly mucked when Green opened up for quads.
Mike Sexton limped in from early position, and both Josh Arieh and Shaun Deeb took a cheap flop from the blinds.
Three-handed, the dealer spread out and all three players checked to the turn. Deeb bet second to act, Sexton folded, and Arieh check-called to see the land on the river. Arieh check-called another bet, and Deeb announced his nine-high flush:
It was good, and Deeb moves up to 173,000 with that pot, knocking Arieh down to short-stacked territory with just 78,000 chips left.
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, and the two live players checked through the turn. On the river, Lind check-called a bet.
, and nobody could beat it. Deeb was a little frustrated that Lind didn't bet the turn, as it may have allowed him to stay alive. Ashby fills up on the river though, scooping the pot and sending Deeb out the door in 20th place.
. Arieh called the flop bet, then raised all in for another 12,000 after the turn.
, and Barlow called. That left him with just those 35,000 chips, and when the turn brought the 
, he elected to save those bets for a better spot. He's the short stack now.
, Alessio Isaia check-called a bet from Perry Green. The river was the 
turn. Deeb bet second to act, Sexton folded, and Arieh check-called to see the 
land on the river. Arieh check-called another bet, and Deeb announced his nine-high flush:
