Josh Arieh and Mack Lee were heads up with the board reading . Lee led out, and Arieh called. The turn was the , and the two got enough bets in to put Arieh all in.
Arieh:
Lee:
"No five!" Arieh pleaded upon seeing Lee's hand.
The dealer obliged, delivering the on the river, and Arieh shipped the double up.
Mikhail Tulchinskiy raised the button, and Alessio Isaia called from the small blind. The two men were heads-up, and Tulchinskiy had just 22,000 chips left, so they both went ahead and just put it in there dark.
Showdown
Tulchinskiy:
Isaia:
The flop was not particularly good for Tulchinskiy, but the turn definitely was. The river kept Tulchinskiy's trips safe, and that allows him to double up to 117,000 as the break hits.
Perry Green raised from early position, and was re-raised by Richard Ashby in the blinds. Green called, and the flop fell . Ashby bet, and Green called. Green called another bet after the turned, but when Ashby led a third time on the river (), Green folded, leaving himself with just 25,000 chips.
We unfortunately missed the hand, but he busted soon after in 17th place, and will have to settle with $20,564.
When we reached the table, the board read , Richard Ashby was sitting with spread out in front of him, and Mikhail Tulchinskiy's hand was being pulled into the muck. Ashby's aces-up were good for the pot, and Tulchinskiy was headed to the casher to collect the $20,564 he earned for a 16th place finish.
We missed most of the betting action for this hand, only walking up on the river as the board showed . Michael Chow was leading the betting, and he made one final bet. Jason Steinberg called, and the bet put him all in for a total of 153,000.
Chow:
Steinberg:
Steinberg's aces up were the best hand, and he's found a double up over 300,000. When the stacks were counted down, Chow was left with just 7,000 lonely chips.
Michael Chow was all in for 7,000 from the small blind, and he was up against Richard Ashby and Alessio Isaia.
The flop came , and an Isaia bet folded Ashby out of the way. Chow was at risk, but he managed to find a luckily strong hand without even looking. Isaia turned over , and Chow peeled his cards over one by one:
... ... (bink!)... .
The aces held as the turn and river came and , and Chow tripled back to 21,000.
On the next hand, Chow limped in for 20,000 of his 21,000, and Alessio Isaia called from the small blind. Jason Steinberg raised from the big, Chow dropped his last yellow chip into the pot, and Isaia called the extra bet as well.
The first four board cards came , and Isaia check-called a bet on the flop, then check-folded the turn. Once again, Steinberg would not be able to eliminate Chow.
Showdown
Chow:
Steinberg:
Steinberg was drawing live for the knockout, but a blank river card means Chow is still sticking around. He was up to 63,000 after that triple, then stole the blinds on the next hand to move to 93,000.
Mike Sexton raised from the cutoff seat, and George Lind moved all in for 56,000 on the button. The blinds released, and Sexton called.
"I like your hand," Sexton chuckled.
"It's not that good," Lind returned with a grin.
Sexton:
Lind:
The two hands were nearly identical, except for Lind's , which came into play immediately when the flop came down . The turn and river came , , respectively, and Lind scooped the whole pot to double to 120,000 chips.
Sexton did not look pleased - he's been plummeting since the break and is now at 122,000 chips.
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. Lee led out, and Arieh called. The turn was the 
, and the two got enough bets in to put Arieh all in.
on the river, and Arieh shipped the double up.
flop was not particularly good for Tulchinskiy, but the 
turn definitely was. The river 
kept Tulchinskiy's trips safe, and that allows him to double up to 117,000 as the break hits.
. Ashby bet, and Green called. Green called another bet after the 
turned, but when Ashby led a third time on the river (
), Green folded, leaving himself with just 25,000 chips.
, Richard Ashby was sitting with 
spread out in front of him, and Mikhail Tulchinskiy's hand was being pulled into the muck. Ashby's aces-up were good for the pot, and Tulchinskiy was headed to the casher to collect the $20,564 he earned for a 16th place finish.
. Michael Chow was leading the betting, and he made one final bet. Jason Steinberg called, and the bet put him all in for a total of 153,000.
... 
and 
. The turn and river came