"Of Course I Knew He Had It"
Level 6
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
With a big pot already established until the 
turn, Naman Madan checked from the hijack and Richard Gryko got his remaining few chips in the middle of the table. Madan almost beat him into the pot and the following cards were turned over in the showdown:
Richard Gryko: 
Naman Madan: 
While Gryko had flopped the straight, he was already drawing dead and could all but laugh when the meaningless 
river completed the board. "Did you see his hand?" one player at the table asked and Madan smirked back.
"Of course I knew he had it, I knew he had four five," Madan replied and raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
-10,000
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-10,000 |
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Busted | |
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on the river and Karakitukov checked back to get shown the 
for a full house by Tran. That was enough to claim the pot, as Karakitukov sent his cards into the muck.
and Calderaro checked. Huntress bet 12,000 and Calderaro called. 
hit the river and both players checked. Calderaro tabled 
, Craig Varnell was in the small blind and heads-up against Ben Tollerene in the big blind. Varnell checked, Tollerene bet 35,000, and Varnell called. He announced "straight" and tabled 
. Tollerene mucked and Varnell took the chips.
, Samuel Touil moved all in for what appeared to be 70,000 and his table neighbor David Prociak called with the superior stack.
on the river spelled the end for the Frenchman, at least for now. Prociak, who already has one WSOP bracelet and circuit ring to his name, moved up on the leaderboard to become one of the biggest stacks.
river changed nothing and D'Angelo took the pot to double up.
and Babakhanyan was the one to bet the river, making it 38,200 to go. Karmazinas quickly folded and Merrilees came to the same conclusion.
