A hand just took place that could have been a lot bigger than it actually was, which no doubt saved Dan Shak some chips.
On a flop, Jarrod Glennon check-called a bet of 40,000 from Dan Shak, and then he check-called a bet of 75,000 on the turn. Both players checked the river. Shak then showed the for two pair with a good kicker, but it was no good as Glennon, who seemed unhappy the pot didn't get bigger, held the for a full house.
Jay Tan opened for 40,000 from the small blind and then called when [Removed:17] three-bet to 99,000 from the big. Both players then checked the flop and the dealer burned and turned the . Tan led out for 125,000, Yan called, and the completed the board on the river.
Tan slowed down with a check, and that opened the door for Yan to move all in for 345,000. It was enough to get the job done as Tan released her hand.
Dan Shak raised out of the small blind, Jarrod Glennon defended in the big blind, and the dealer fanned . Both players checked. The turn was the , Shak led out for 100,000, and Glennon raised to 225,000. Shak wasn't going anywhere, and put in a third bet, making it 500,000 to go.
Glennon opted to fold, and Shak picked up the pot.
[Removed:17] opened to 40,000 from the cutoff seat, Joseph Cabret called on the button, Ping Chan three-bet to 100,000 from the big blind, and only Cabret called.
The flop fell , and Chan checked. Cabret fired 250,000, and Chan folded.
We didn't catch the action until the flop when Damian Baldi got his remaining stack of approximately 400,000 all in on a flop of and was at risk against Dan Shak.
Baldi:
Shak:
Baldi got it in good with an overpair and the rail, which was pro-Baldi, went nuts. With that said, Shak had an up-and-down straight draw, which meant he could still win with either a seven, three or eight. The rail began to cheer when the dealer burned and turned the , but they soon realized Shak had hit the straight to leave Baldi drawing dead.
The rail's enthusiasm quickly disappeared when they realized the man from Melbourne had been eliminated in 11th place. The was run out on the river for good measure, and Sam Cohen was brought over to fill Baldi's seat.
Ping Chan just doubled and already he's putting those chips to use.
In a recent hand between him and Sam Cohen, both players took a flop of . Chan not only check-called a bet of 25,000 there, he check-called a bet of 50,000 on the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Chan took the initiative and led out for 76,000, which prompted a snap-call from Cohen. Chan rolled over for a full house, and it was good as Cohen simply mucked.