Chien Stays Around
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Thomas Muehloecker raised to 600,000 from under the gun and Chin-Wei "davidchien88" Chien three-bet pushed his last 968,490 in from the button. The blinds folded and Muehloecker made the call.
Chin-Wei "davidchien88" Chien: 
Thomas Muehloecker: 
The board ran out 
for Chien to flop top pair and improve to two pair on the turn to double up with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,420,966
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
||
|
11,799,121
-335,000
|
-335,000 |
|
||
|
10,009,186
-185,000
|
-185,000 |
|
9,182,982
-1,003,490
|
-1,003,490 |
|
3,390,765
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
2,596,980
1,593,490
|
1,593,490 |
for Chin-Wei "davidchien88" Chien to defend his big blind with the 
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and both players checked to the 
on the turn. Chien led out with a bet of 450,000 and was called by Seidel.
for two pair on the board. They both checked again for Seidel to pick up the pot with the flopped two pair.
for Benitez to check-call the 514,800 continuation-bet of Seidel.
for both players to check through to the 
on the river. They both checked for Benitez to pick up the pot with two pair.
and Erik Seidel called in the big blind while holding the 
to complete the board. Seidel bet 978,750 for Haraldstad to fold.
and the action folded to Shyngis Satubayev in the big blind who found the 
. Thomas Muehloecker three-bet shoved for 2,906,618 from the cutoff for Francisco Benitez to fold his 
for Muehloecker to stay alive and double up with the flopped set.
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on the turn. Haraldstad bet 603,750 for Benitez to fold and Seidel to call.
for both of them to hit the flush for Satubayev to have the better hand in the end. Chien opted to check and Satubayev took some time but opted to check too.