This giant set-up hand had potential to be the hand of the tournament, but it ended up just a game changer for one player. After a flurry of four-way preflop raising and reraising, two players gave up, and Jimmy King ended up all in with against John Chong's . The flop came out , not so good for King's hearts. One of the players who had folded looked mighty mad. He'd folded pocket eights and would have hit middle set. At that news, Jun Wei Liu went nuts. He said he'd let go of tens. Too late now. With the , King turned some extra outs, but the river was the unhelpful , sending him to the rail.
After a player limped under the gun, Raymond Wu moved all in for 14,900 from the cutoff seat. Jeppe Drivsholm was on the button and called. Victorino Torres was in the big blind and reshoved all in. The under-the-gun player and Drivsholm folded, leaving Torres and Wu heads up.
Wu held the , but was crushed by Torres' . The board proved no help for Wu when it came and he was sent to the rail.
The Flying Dutchman might as well be sponsored by American Airlines the way he's picking them up and getting paid off today. Every time he gets into the red zone, they seem to appear. In the last hand, the under-the-gun player raised to 3,200, Luske made it 9,200, and Patrick Jensen swiftly moved all in. It took the first player a minute to fold, and Luske called all in with . Jensen's couldn't even find one heart on the board, and Luske jumped up to 75,000.
From the hijack seat, recently crippled Aaron Lerner moved all in for his last 4,100. Action folded to the small blind and he raised to 12,000. Oscar Teran was in the big blind and reraised all in to knock the small blind out of the pot. Teran tabled the and Lerner tabled the .
There was no help for the short-stacked Lerner as the board ran out . He was eliminated from the tournament while Teran increased his stack to 95,000.
In early position, Oscar Teran opened the pot to 1,600, and Mikhail Mazunin flat-called from the next seat over. Around to the button, we watched Aaron Lerner stack out a raise to 6,900 and slide it forward across the imaginary betting line. That was enough to quickly fold Teran, but Mazunin was apparently thinking more sinister thoughts. After taking just a quick pause for effect, Mazunin four-bet to 19,200, and that drew a curious look from Lerner. He stared down at his own stack.
"How much do you have?" Lerner asked, leaning forward across the table. Mazunun had 63,200 behind the reraise, both men essentially playing stacks of the same size. With a nod of the head, Lerner quietly announced, "All in," and the dealer threw the triangle-shaped button in front of his stack. Mazunin went fairly deep into the think tank, and he considered his decision for about three long minutes before making the call to put a big pot up for grabs.
Showdown
Mazunin:
Lerner:
There wouldn't be much for Lerner to sweat as the board ran . The dealer mistakenly announced that he was covered, but a quick re-count gave Lerner a 4,500-chip rebate. He looks awfully grumpy right now.
Mazunin, not so much with the grumpiness. He's up to about 165,000.
After a button vs. small blind raising tussle, Michael Pedley put a short-stacked opponent all in with . The at-risk player was in good shape to double with his . The board was a sweat, but ultimately safe as it ran .
Pedley dropped about 15,000 in that hand, but he's still up close to 80,000 and in decent shape.
On the flop of , Aaron Benton was all in for 23,100. His opponent tanked while everyone looked on. Some people, namely Eric Assadourian, event made some side bets on what Benton's opponent held. Assadourian had pocket pairs from kings through sevens. Eventually, the player called and revelaed that he had the . Benton held the . Benton's buddy Assadourian won the side bet he made, but Benton was much more worried about hitting the turn or river to double up.
The turn brought the and then the river landed with the . Benton wasn't able to improve past his opponent's nines and was eliminated from the event.
Brian Green opened the action with a raise to 3,500. A player in middle positiona nd a player on the button made the call before action fell on Albert Kim in the small blind. He three-bet to 18,500. Green folded and the next player called. The player on the button folded as well.
After the flop produced the , Kim moved all in. His opponent folded easily and Kim scooped the pot. He's back up to 92,000 chips now.
On the flop of , Alex Loon found himself all in with pocket aces. A good amount of the time, one would be happy to get all in on this flop with two aces, but not in Loon's case because he watched his opponent table pocket fours for a set. The turn and river were no help for Loon and he was eliminated.
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against John Chong's 
. The flop came out 
, not so good for King's hearts. One of the players who had folded looked mighty mad. He'd folded pocket eights and would have hit middle set. At that news, Jun Wei Liu went nuts. He said he'd let go of tens. Too late now. With the 
, King turned some extra outs, but the river was the unhelpful 
, sending him to the rail.
. The board proved no help for Wu when it came 
. Jensen's 
and Lerner tabled the 
.
. He was eliminated from the tournament while Teran increased his stack to 95,000.
. The at-risk player was in good shape to double with his 
and then the river landed with the 
, Alex Loon found himself all in with pocket aces. A good amount of the time, one would be happy to get all in on this flop with two aces, but not in Loon's case because he watched his opponent table pocket fours for a set. The turn and river were no help for Loon and he was eliminated.