In an interesting recent hand, an early-position raiser made it 5,400 and Rasmussen popped it up to 18,400 to go in the hope of taking down the pot right there. However, a player on the button flat-called his raise in a sign of strength. The original raiser folded and the two players took a flop of
. Rasmussen led out with a bet of 20,000, but his opponent moved all in. Rasmussen grumbled and laid down his hand to keep his stack of 44,000 intact.However a few hands later, he was able to reclaim his chips against the same opponent, firing a 20,000 bullet on the turn on a board of
to collect the pot, much to his delight, moving back to a safe stack of around 62,000 in chips.
and Hansen facing a 20,000-chip decision from a young opponent. Hansen seemed confused and stated that he simply couldn't put his opponent on a hand before making a call. The answer was a set of deuces, which was too good for Hansen's holding.
, facing a raise from the same opponent. With only 5,300 behind once his blind was in the middle, Hansen decided to go with the hand. His opponent made a pot-committed call with 
and we were off to the races.
to all but end his hopes. The board ran out 
and Hansen was eliminated from today's field.
. The poor chap made two pair with his A-10 on the river and coudn't get away from it. 
