Winfred Yu raised to 1,500 from the cutoff seat. Masa Kagawa reraised to 4,500. Yu came back with a four-bet to 14,500 and Kagawa called.
The flop came down and both players checked after some aggressive action preflop. The turn brought the and Yu checked before Kagawa bet 12,000. Yu made the call. The river card was the and both players checked.
Kagawa showed the , but lost to Yu's . He dropped back to 66,000 while Yu moved his stack up to 135,000 in chips.
Masa Kagawa opened to 1,500 from under the gun and Billy Jordanou made the call before Jonathan Karamalikis three-bet the button to 6,500.
Kagawa folded but Jordanou made the call the call as the flop landed as Jordanou checked and Karamalikis pushed out a continuation-bet of 8,000.
As the clock ticked down, Jordanou eventually timed out as Karamalikis was awarded the pot to move to 140,000 while Jordanou slipped to 65,000 in chips.
With the board reading, , early chip leader Sam Trickett was involved with John Juanda. Juanda checked and Trickett fired 8,000. Juanda check-raised to 35,000 and then Trickett moved all in to put the pressure on Juanda. Juanda mucked and Trickett increased his stack to 263,000 in chips. Juanda was knocked to 50,000.
With the final board reading , Tony G raised to 12,000 after a bet of 4,000 from Tom Dwan. Erik Seidel reraised to 32,000 and Dwan tanked for a bit and then called. Tony G folded.
Seidel showed the for the nut straight and Dwan mucked.
Joe Hachem fired 4,500 on the flop of . Erik Seidel called and then Tony G raised to 15,000. Hachem moved all in for an unknown amount before Seidel reraised to what looked like 100,000. Tony G folded and flashed what looked like a set of fives, claiming to fold bottom set. Seidel held middle set with the and Hachem the .
The turn was the and the river the . Seidel's nines full of kings were the winning hand and the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event winner hit the rail.
Erick Lindgren raised to 2,000 from the hijack seat and Masa Kagawa called from the button. Phil Ivey reraised to 8,000 from the small blind. Lindgren made it 23,000 and Kagawa folded. Ivey reraised to 70,000. Lindgren went all in for 85,000 and Ivey called.
Ivey:
Lindgren:
The flop, turn and river ran out to give Lindgren the double up and crush Ivey down to just 6,000 in chips.
and both players checked after some aggressive action preflop. The turn brought the 
and Yu checked before Kagawa bet 12,000. Yu made the call. The river card was the 
and both players checked.
, but lost to Yu's 
. He dropped back to 66,000 while Yu moved his stack up to 135,000 in chips.
and both players checked to see the 
hit the felt on the river. Pantling fired 5,500 and Obst called.
for a flopped straight was the winning hand and he moved to 170,000 in chips. Obst dropped to 104,000.![[user80015]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
as Jordanou checked and Karamalikis pushed out a continuation-bet of 8,000.
, early chip leader Sam Trickett was involved with John Juanda. Juanda checked and Trickett fired 8,000. Juanda check-raised to 35,000 and then Trickett moved all in to put the pressure on Juanda. Juanda mucked and Trickett increased his stack to 263,000 in chips. Juanda was knocked to 50,000.
for the nut straight and Dwan mucked.
. Erik Seidel called and then Tony G raised to 15,000. Hachem moved all in for an unknown amount before Seidel reraised to what looked like 100,000. Tony G folded and flashed what looked like a set of fives, claiming to fold bottom set. Seidel held middle set with the 
and Hachem the 
in all-in-preflop action. Ivey was the player at risk for 40,500.
