Hachem Doubles Through Powell
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They took a flop of
and it was checked to Powell in the cutoff who fired out 2,200. Hachem popped it up to 4,500 and the other two players stepped aside before Powell made the call.The turn was the
and Powell checked to Hachem who fired 6,000. Powell thought for a long time before eventually raising to 12,000 which was enough to put Hachem all in. Hachem called and tabled 
as Powell cringed and revealed 
.The river landed the
and Hachem doubles up to 33,750 leaving Powell with only 5,425.
, Langvan made a blocking bet of 2,500. Grospellier calmly surveyed the situation, then cut 7,775 chips off his stack and threw them into the middle. That raise caused Langvan to fold after about fifteen seconds of thought.
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for middle pair and flush draw as Nguyen tabled 
for two pair.
and river the 
to give Nguyen a full house. "Sick flop!" commented Emad Tahtouh and Nguyen finds a handy double up to move up to around 35,000 chips.
for the flopped flush and despite the double-paired board Chiu couldn't better that hand as the four-time WSOP bracelet winner slips back to 12,000.
, but his opponent had a better starting hand with 
to make a set of kings for Cheong and send his opponent to the rail. Cheong now has 54,000.
. Greenstein held 
and was in good shape against his opponent's 
and Greenstein moves up to 27,000 chips.