donpeters
Action folded around to Marc Goodwin in the small blind. He raised to 18,000, attacking Carter Philips in the big blind. Philips checked his cards and then methodically made the call.
The flop came down . Goodwin checked. Slowly, Philips checked behind.
The turn brought another king with the . With a pair of kings on the board, Goodwin checked over to Philips. Philips checked behind.
The river was the . Goodwin checked once more. Philips made a move towards his chips, picking up 18,500 and tossing them into the middle. Goodwin took about a minute before making the call.
"You're good." said Carter, turning over . Goodwin rolled over for ace high and scooped the pot.
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Mike "Timex" McDonald and Jan Boubli saw a flop, and Boubli open-shoved. Timex gave it some thought, but ultimately opted for the fold. Boubli thus nudges his stack up to 165,000.
Immediately following this hand the table was broken, and Timex was reseated directly on ElkY's left. That should be entertaining.
donpeters
It's off to the rail for Woodward
Matt Woodward stood from his chair and waited for the deal to run out the board and determine his fate in the tournament.
Woodward had moved all in preflop with . Chip leader Matt Lapossie made the call holding . "Hold up!" yelled Lapossie as he too stood from his chair.
The flop came down and things got darker for Woodward.
The turn brought the and the door was just about shut. When the hit the river, Lapossie clapped his hands together and then shook Woodward's hand, congratulating him on a tournament well played.
"And the rich get richer." commented one of the other players at the table while Lapossie built another couple of towers of chips.
[user46392]
Goodwin - overjoyed
We caught up with Marc Goodwin just as he was betting out 140,000 on the river of a board. Carter Phillips stared expressionlessly at the board for a while before announcing call -- and then equally expressionlessly mucked when Goodwin turned over for a full house.
Goodwin is now up to around 730,000; Phillips meanwhile drops to 425,000.
[user46392]
Back in happier days, when these two were still in the tournament.
Patrick Bueno, perhaps still steaming a little after losing a big hand moments earlier, raised from the cutoff, only for Thierry van den Berg to push from the small blind for another 100,000 or so. After some brief consideration of the matter, Bueno called.
Bueno:
van den Berg:
Board:
Thus Bueno recovers to 330,000, while we are down one more Dutchman.
donpeters
After Asa Smith raised to 15,500 from under the gun, Luis Ramon Rufas Acin moved all in for approximately 100,000 from middle position. Action folded back around to Smith and he made the call.
Acin tabled , but was dominated by Smith's . The board ran out and Acin was eliminated after Smith's flush was the winning hand.
Ciprian Cirstea questioned why Acin was eliminated, thinking that both players should chop with broadway straights. David Robinson leaned and over and said, "No, he had a flush." pointing to Smith. "Flushes beat straights in this game." he joked.
. Goodwin checked. Slowly, Philips checked behind.
. With a pair of kings on the board, Goodwin checked over to Philips. Philips checked behind.
. Goodwin checked once more. Philips made a move towards his chips, picking up 18,500 and tossing them into the middle. Goodwin took about a minute before making the call.
. Goodwin rolled over 
for ace high and scooped the pot.
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flop, and Boubli open-shoved. Timex gave it some thought, but ultimately opted for the fold. Boubli thus nudges his stack up to 165,000.
. Chip leader Matt Lapossie made the call holding 
and the door was just about shut. When the 
into Matt Lapossie's 
against 
for a full house.
but getting called by ElkY's 
and we're down another Dutchman.
