Paul Whyman raised over the top of an opponent's all-in move with and was called by another opponent for a huge pot of 270,000 to be up for grabs.
Whyman was up against and respectively, so could not have hoped to improve his hand very much.
The board saw Whyman make a flush on the river to leave the opponent with devastated, since they rivered the straight at the same time and had an all-too-horrible brief moment of hope.
Jai Patel raised to 6,500 from middle position and saw Ethan Brown move all-in for 50,500. Patel made the call and turned over . He was racing against Brown's and moved ahead on the flop. The turn was a safe from Patel's point of view, but the river of saw Brown double up, with what one opponent called the 'case eight', claiming to have folded the .
Brown won't care, stacking up over 116,000 as he does. Patel drops all the way down to just 33,500 and will be looking for a late double-up.
Farhad Gharaghani has won a big pot after getting there on the river. He called the all-in move of a short-stacked opponent then bullied off the other players on a flop of . Gharaghani turned over for the open straight flush draw, and his opponent was ahead with .
The turn of was safe, but the river or gave Gharaghani the straight and sent his chips skyward.
"He's going to be a star, watch this player!" added Mario Andreas to the table banter. Gharaghani has 115,000 and may well be one of the bigger stacks to make Day when play draws to a close.
Chaz Chattha has taken the overall chip lead in the room, after an interesting hand with pocket tens, which he told us all about.
"I had tens and raised pre-flop getting one caller. The flop came A-J-5 and he led, so I called. On the turn of another five, again he led out, and I called. The river of a seven saw him bet again, and I called. He had and that helped a lot for my chip-stack."
Chattha leads by a three-bet from Ali Zinhi, the popular London player still hovering around the 160,000 mark.
After Arron Fletcher called under the gun, so too did the player to his left, which prompted Jerome Bradpiece to move all-in for 16,100 from middle position. Only Arron Fletcher called, and the two men were off to the races.
Arron Fletcher:
Jerome Bradpiece:
The flop of put Bradpiece further into the probability lead, but the turn opened up some straight possibilities. However, no queen arrived on the river to double Bradpiece up to over 36,000 and drop Fletcher back a step to around 54,000.
Beac Iaon made it 4,200 from under the gun, and was called in two places - by Chaz Chattha in mid-position, and Mike Benson in the next seat, the hijack position.
The flop of saw Iaon continue for 6,500, which Chattha folded to, but Benson made it 17,600. Iaon called.
The turn of saw Iaon check, but Benson made it 28,500....leading to fold from Iaon. Benson quickly flipped over and was complimented on the strength of his hand.
Charles Chattha made it 3500 to go from the cut-off on a flop of and he was heads-up with Luke Wilkinson. Wilkinson pondered his move, but called, having checked to his opponent from early position.
"You need a ten or a five, then." said Chattha.
The turn of led to another check from Wilkinson... and another bet from Chattha. This time it was a well-considered one. "What will you pay me?" he asked Wilkinson. No response for a few seconds then two words "Not much."
Chattha made it 6,200. Then he offered both his cards.
"If you fold, you can pick one and I'll show you."
That's exactly what happened, and Wilkinson was shown .
"He knows they're both the same." said Chattha, raking in the chips. Both men have just over 60,000 now.
and was called by another opponent for a huge pot of 270,000 to be up for grabs. 
and 
respectively, so could not have hoped to improve his hand very much. 
. He was racing against Brown's 
and moved ahead on the 
from Patel's point of view, but the river of 
saw Brown double up, with what one opponent called the 'case eight', claiming to have folded the 
. 
. Gharaghani turned over 
for the open straight flush draw, and his opponent was ahead with 
.
gave Gharaghani the straight and sent his chips skyward. 
turn opened up some straight possibilities. However, no queen arrived on the 
river to double Bradpiece up to over 36,000 and drop Fletcher back a step to around 54,000.
saw Iaon check, but Benson made it 28,500....leading to fold from Iaon. Benson quickly flipped over 
and was complimented on the strength of his hand.
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