No Love for Mercier's Queens
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Kyle Cheong opened to 1,000, Jason Mercier three-bet to 2,250 from the small blind, and Cheong made the call.
The flop fell 
, Mercier led out for 1,650, and Cheong called.
The turn was the 
, both players checked, and the 
completed the board. The two players checked again. Mercier rolled over 
for a pair of queens, but Cheong had that beat with 
for a pair of aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,000 | -4,000 |
|
50,000 | 17,000 |
, he and his opponent checked, and the 
completed the board. Rockowitz's opponent fired 3,225, and the 2010 World Series of Poker bracelet winner folded his hand.
hit and this time Dawood checked. Reinkemeier took control and fired out 4,800. Dawood tanked for a bit and made the call.
and Dawood decided to lead for 6,500. This bet threw Reinkemeier off as he went into the tank for about a minute. The German pro seemed to be talking to himself a bit as he tried to analyze the hand. Eventually he decided to fold leaving himself with 26,000 chips. Dawood is up to around 130,000 and he's the chip leader right now.
. Kenny Tran led out for 7,000 into a pot of around 10,000, and his opponent, Matt Ginn, went into the tank.
.
spiked on the river, giving Ginn a flush.
, Tran checked, and the original raiser tossed out 1,000. Only Boyaciyan called.
, the player tossed out another T1,000 chip, and Boyaciyan made the call.
completed the board, and both players checked. The player turned over 
for a busted flush draw, and Boyaciyan showed 
and Lim bet 5,300, his opponent called.
hit and Lim fired out 8,800. Once again his opponent called.