Dario Minieri limped in the cutoff for 400, the button made it 1,500 to go, and Anton Wigg four-bet to 3,700. Minieri responded with a five-bet to 7,100, which folded out the button, and Wigg set Minieri all-in for his 25,500 chips. Minieri called.
Minieri: 
Wigg: 
An ace on the flop of the 
board was enough to win the pot for Minieri and Wigg handed over a chunk of his stack.
Yung Hwang raised to 1,000 from early position and was called by Jonathan little on the button, Martin Finger in the small blind, and Simon Higgins in the big blind.
Both blinds checked on the 
flop, Hwang bet 2,500, Little folded, but Finger and Higgins called. The turn was the 
, again both blinds checked, Hwang fired a bet of 5,200 and only Higgins called. On the 
river, Higgins moved all-in for 7,575 and Hwang instantly called, showing 
for two pair, much stronger than the 
of Higgins.
Spain's Adrian Mateos is up to 120,000 chips and that spells bad news for anyone having to face him.
Part of his stack was won in a fortunate manner, his 
cracking an opponent's 
with all the chips going in on a ten-high board, only for Mateos to catch a straight on the river.
We missed the elimination of Mustapha Kanit, but Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier, who had been seated at the same table, was kind enough to fill us in on the details.
As he told it, Kanit was sitting with around 10,000 when he opened and was met by a three-bet from France's Anthony Picault in the big blind. Kanit called, the flop came down 
, and Picault continued for 2,200. Kanit ripped it and Picault snap-called.
Picault: 
Kanit:
Kanit had flopped top pair, but he was way behind the overpair of Picault. A on the turn actually left Kanit drawing dead, meaning the river that gave him two pair was a moot point.
Argentina's Ivan Luca, who won a World Series of Poker gold bracelet this past summer, opened for 800 from the cutoff and Team PokerStars Pro Martin Hruby defended from the big blind. Hruby then check-called bets of 700 on the 
flop and 1,625 on the 
turn before checking a third time on the 
river.
Luca bet again, this time 2,000, and Hruby tossed in a single chip to signify a call. Luca simply mucked, and Hruby showed the 
to claim the pot.
On a flop reading 
and with 19,000 already in the pot, Uri Gilboa bet 11,000 from the cutoff. McDonald, giving Gilboa his trademark "Timex Stare," reached for chips and moved all-in for 21,250. Gilboa tanked for close to two minutes before deciding that his hand wasn't good enough to call. McDonald showed the 
as he raked in the pot.
Ole Schemion, in the big blind, checked on the 
flop, and Mike Watson checked behind from his seat in the cutoff. The turn brought the to table, and Schemion welcomed it with a 1,700 bet. Watson called. The river was the , pairing the board and putting a possible flush out there. Schemion moved all-in for 10,250 and Watson folded after around 90-seconds of deliberation.
Rich Ryan and Donnie Peters discuss Wednesday's RAWA hearing and the latest PokerStars press release, and Daniel Weinman joins the program to talk about his first big win, OFC with Michael Jordan and John Smoltz, and much more.
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