In a three-way pot to a flop, Tyler Patterson bet 25,000 into the 32,000 pot. Both of his opponents folded and Patterson took it down.
Patterson has more than doubled his starting stack so far on Day 2. He began the day with 99,100. Patterson has over $1.1M in recorded live tournament earnings with his biggest cash coming in a WPT Borgata event where he finished third for $298,950.
This will be Patterson's second cash of the 2014 WSOP. His first cash came in a $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em busting in 94th for $2,653. He now has 18 career cashes at the WSOP, totaling $241,592, and will be adding to that total with his finish in this event.
According to the table chatter, Chiu flatted a four-bet from a player to his left, another player in the hand five-bet raised all in, the original four-better, then six-bet-shoved and Chiu made the call putting himself at risk.
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"I was hoping you both had aces" said Chiu, as the dealer delivered a flop of . Chiu had picked up a bunch of outs on the flop and the hit on the turn. The turn had put two hearts on the board, eliminating a few of Chiu's outs, but the fell on the turn and gave Chiu a full house. Chiu scooped up the pot almost tripling up and eliminated the shorter-stacked player.
When we got to the table, Phil Ivey was all in and facing Joe Hachem with the board, showing . Both players have a 2-3 low, but it would be Ivey's king kicker that would take the high end as Hachem held for nine-high for his high hand.