Winfred Yu raised from early position to 1,050. Action folded a few spots over to Aaron Benton in middle position. He three-bet to 2,600. Play folded back around to Yu and he made the call to see the flop.
The flop came down and Yu checked. Benton bet 3,000. Yu gave it up and Benton won the pot. He showed the and claimed to be "running good."
The action started with Johnny Chan limping from middle position. Every player at the table sent their cards into the muck, except Team PokerStars Pro Celina Lin who came along for the ride.
Flop:
Lin led for 1,500 on the flop and Chan made the call as the landed on the turn. Both players checked as a was dealt on the river. Lin decided to fire back into action, making it 2,600 to Chan. After only a short moment, Chan flung out 6,000. Lin thought for a while before letting her hand go and sending the pot to Chan.
After one player checked the board, Johnny Chan bet 2,500. The next player raised to 8,000 and the first player folded. Chan made the call, but could only muck when his opponent tabled the for the nut straight.
Team PokerStars Pro Bryan Huang fired nearly all of his chips on the board. He bet 17,850 and only had 5,000 behind. His opponent tanked and tanked before eventually making the call. Huang tabled the for a wheel and his opponent mucked.
Joe Ebanks is now sitting in front of one of the biggest stacks in the room and caught a recent hand which added to his stack.
We came to the action with a board showing and Ebanks in the pot with one opponent. At this point, Ebanks dropped a large stack of 5,000-denomination chips onto the felt - more than enough to cover his opponent. The player thought for some time before letting go of his hand and sending the pot to Ebanks.