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Bryan Huang is slowly but steadily building up his chip stack. He raised to 1,700 from early position and was called only by Kwang Soo Lee. Huang checked to Lee on a flop of . Lee took the initiative and fired out a bet of 2,800. Action was on Huang for thirty seconds before he silently slid out a stack of blue (500) chips which the dealer cut down to a total of 9,000 chips. Lee tanked for about a minute and a half but ultimately mucked his hand -- as most tankers do!
[user80015]
Lackovic gets his legs moving
Nik Lackovic opened on the button to 2,000 and [Removed:197] moved all in from the big blind. Lackovic quickly made the call for his remaining few thousand chips and the cards were tabled.
Lackovic:
Nasr:
The window card was a sick for Lackovic, but he still had outs when the flop read . The turn gave Lackovic an even bigger sweat when it fell the . His patience would be rewarded when the river landed the to fill Lackovic with a Broadway straight.
Lackovic now moves to over 15,000 in chips as Nasr slips to around 14,000 in chips.
[user80015]
A muggy day for Sunshine
Steve 'muggylicious' Sung opened with a raise and Sunshine Samson moved all in. Sun tanked for a few minutes before making the call.
Sung:
Samson:
The board ran out to send Samson to the exit at the rivered set of Sung. Sung is now up to 25,000 chips.
[user80015]
Sent home by Huang
Bryan Huang opened with a raise from middle position and was met with a reraise from Kwang Soo Lee on his immediate left. Huang put in another raise and Lee moved all in.
Priced in to call, Huang called the remaining few thousand and tabled to be up against Lee's .
The flop came down , putting Huang in the lead. The crowd gathered around to join in the excitement. Huang and good friend Ivan Tan saw the fall on the turn followed by the on the river.
As another Poker Pack member hit the rail, Huang soared up the leaderboard to stack his chips up to over 77,000 and some change.
[user80015]
Michael Pedley opened to 1,800 from under the gun and found two callers.
The flop fell and action checked to Pedley, who led out for 4,500. Both of his opponents folded. One of them flashed and Pedley kindly obliged by showing for a seven-high bluff.
[user80015]
The remaining 72 players are now on their last 15 minute break for the evening as the tournament staff chips up all of the 25-denomination chips.