2014 SCOOP Player of the Series Calvin Anderson joins the PokerNews Podcast to talk about going deep in the $25,000 buy-in Mixed-Max event, playing non-hold'em games and more. Rich and Donnie then discuss some of the robberies taking place at the Rio and a feature on Mike "The Mouth" Matusow.
Action folded around to Ryan Fee in the small blind and he announced an all-in bet. Brian Green looked down at his cards and announced a call for his tournament life of 107,000. Green rolled over and looked to improve against Fee's .
The flop came down , keeping Fee's pocket nines out in front. The fell on the turn and gave Green outs to make a straight on the river. He ultimately bricked out, though, as the finished off the board allowed Fee's nines to finish as the best hand.
Al Decarolis raised to 40,000 on the button, Darren Elias three-bet to 100,000 out of the small blind and Decarolis made the call.
The flop fell , both players checked and the turn was the . Elias led out for 175,000, Decarolis raised to 575,000 and Elias moved all in for around 955,000. Decarolis called.
Elias:
Decarolis:
Decarolis' trip deuces held up as the river bricked off and Elias hit the rail in ninth place.
Jason Mo raised to 35,000 on the button, Aaron Jones three-bet to 111,000 from the small blind and JC Tran cold four-bet to 273,000. Mo folded, Jones moved all in for around 800,000. Tran called.
Jones:
Tran:
The dominant ace held up as the board rolled out and Jones was eliminated.
After the hand, Mo said that he, too, had ace-queen suited.
Vanessa Selbst raised to 35,000 on the button, Ryan Fee three-bet to 85,000 out of the big blind and Selbst moved all in for effectively 300,000 or so. Fee called.
Selbst:
Fee:
Selbst took the lead on a flop of , but Fee had both backdoor straight and flush draws to go with his overcards. The on the turn was a brick - leaving Fee with just six outs to survive - and the on the river changed nothing.
Jason Mo raised to 45,000 from the button and found calls from JC Tran in the small blind and Robert Tepper in the big blind. The trio took a flop of and Tran came out swinging for 62,000. Tepper called while Mo opted to throw his cards away.
The turn was the and Tran continued his aggression with a bet of 82,000. Tepper called once again and the finished off the board. Tran bet 133,000 and Tepper called for one final time.
Tran tabled for the nut flush and Tepper tossed his cards away. Tran was pushed the pot and now has 2.38 million.
Robert Tepper moved all in for around 220,000 on the button. JC Tran looked him up in the big blind.
Tepper:
Tran:
Tepper remained ahead on a flop of and made a pair of sevens on the turn (). Tepper also held the highest diamond, so only a non-diamond king, jack, or any could eliminate him on the river.
The river was indeed the , giving Tran a straight flush and Tepper was eliminated.
The final five players are now redrawing to one table. After the next elimination, the final four players will play the semi-final matches.