Yates Vaults Into Chip Lead
Level 5
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
We walked over to the heads up match between Eric Yates and Scott Montgomery and saw a rather large pot developing. With about 80,000 already in the pot, and the board reading 
, Yates had over bet the pot, pushing all in for 175,500. Montgomery went deep into the tank, counting out the chips for a call and taking several deep breaths. After about three minutes of thinking, he made the call!
Yates: 
Montgomery: 
Yates had top pair with a straight draw and Montgomery had second pair with an ace kicker. The river came the 
, and Yates won the pot to take a giant chip lead in the heads up battle. He has about 400,000 to Montgomery's 50,000.
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against Lunkin's 
but managed to make a straight on the river of a 
board to survive. This table is still three-handed.
and the flop came queen high with two spades. The players got the money in, and his opponent, Robert Suer, had 
and Medici showing 
. The board ran out 
with the board running out 
and the board ran 
to give Fischer a flopped straight, but the turn and river were 
to give a rivered full house to Medici for the win! Obviously, Medici had very little hope even after his double up to a whopping 1,000 chips and he was eliminated the next hand to give Fischer the table.
and Victor Ramdin and Amit Mahkija in the hand. Ramdin had just bet a tower of yellow chips that looked to be around 18,000, and Mahkija was in the tank. Mahkija shoved all in for 39,000 total, and Ramdin beat him into the pot.
on a 
board. Sandler is the chip leader as this table has gone from seven-handed to three-handed in about 20 minutes.
