No lemons for Giang
"I don't know why he didn't just put me all in," said a puzzled Chau Giang as the dealer at his table produced a three-diamond flop of . Giang was referring to the fact that he had opened for 2,000 and was flat-called by the button despite the fact that Giang only had about 1,500 behind.
"I didn't know what these guys were going to do," said the button with a laugh and a finger at the blinds. "I guess I know what you're going to do." And sure enough Giang moved all in. His opponent called and the cards were on their backs.
Giang:
Button:
Giang asked for a pair on the turn but didn't get it with the . "Oh, I lose," said Giang, tongue-in-cheek. He didn't lose; the blank on the river actually gave him the pot and pushed him up to about 7,500.
A few all-in clashes and some table breaks have concentrated a fair number of chips on Table 11. Vivek Rajkumar and Dominico Choi Sun Young have been sitting there all day, not able to get much going. They now have to contend with three tournament-leading stacks: Don Carmona (46,000), Inwook Choi (46,000), and Rami Boukai (49,000), who was responsible for the recent elimination of Christopher Stahle.
We're at an odd point in the day for a slowdown, but that's exactly what we've hit. It's hard to imagine this type of play with 11 tables still in action but overall play today has been much slower than play yesterday. Yesterday players seemed primed to gamble; today caution is the predominant theme. Very few re-raises are being called.
JC Tran
With a raise to 1,050 from the player in the cutoff, JC Tran moved all in for his last 2,000 from the button. The blinds folded and and the cutoff made a pot-committed call.
Tran:
Opponent:
The board was all Tran when it ran out to give Tran the nuts and the double up to over 4,000.
. Giang was referring to the fact that he had opened for 2,000 and was flat-called by the button despite the fact that Giang only had about 1,500 behind.
. "Oh, I lose," said Giang, tongue-in-cheek. He didn't lose; the blank 
on the river actually gave him the pot and pushed him up to about 7,500.
but his opponent made the call with a dominant 
.
to give Tran the nuts and the double up to over 4,000.
against his opponent's 
and they held up on the 
turn and 
river.
