Ruberto Brushes Out Painter
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Tony Ruberto bet 50,000 on a 
flop from early position, and Aaron Painter struggled with the decision for a bit before picking up his stack of about 60,000 forcefully placing it in the middle. Ruberto called.
Painter: 
Ruberto: 
"We need the miracle nine," Painter said.
Someone pointed out that a jack or a club would also be good cards for him.
"Come on, jack of clubs," Painter said. "...Any club."
"Nobody wants to see the red deuce?" Ruberto joked.
The turn was a 
, eliminating the backdoor outs, and Ruberto got his wish with a 
on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000
161,000
|
161,000 |
|
|
Busted |
and Kelly checked. Roberts checked it back, allowing the 
to come down on fourth street. Kelley moved 75,000 forward and Roberts quickly ditched his hand, allowing the active cards to be turned over.
finished off the board and Jaddi was eliminated from play early on Day 5.
flop with only Yunis making the call as the 
landed on the turn.
, leaving Nguyen's aces best.
and when Cortes saw the five he jumped up out of his chair. Chaves made a few silent fist pumps as the 
and the 
completed the board and he raked in a nice double up.
flop fall.
against Jason Leifer with 
. The board ran out 
and Benger moved all in to put max pressure on his opponent.
