Rodney Decker just won a hand with four queens. The hand started when Decker limped under the gun. Another player called before Brent Ballentin raised to 1,600. Decker called the the other player folded.
Decker and Ballentin were heads up to the flop of and both checked.
The turn was the and Decker bet 2,200, Ballentin called.
The river was the and Decker bet out again, this time for 7,000. Ballentin wasted little time calling, only to see the fourth queen was in Decker's hand, . Ballentin showed the in his hand and mucked.
Patrick [Removed:349] just won a huge pot and eliminated a player in the process.
The action started when 5 players saw the flop after a Phung Ngo raise. The flop was and the action checked around to a player who bet 2,000. Malek Fehme called, Ngo folded and then it was Jinghao Xu's turn to act.
Xu raised to 7,000. The original bettor put out a call before [Removed:349] had a chance to act. [Removed:349] seemed to hestitate, but then reraised, making it 17,000 to go. The player to his left still called the 17,000 and Fehme folded.
Xu was amazed and frustratingly decided to fold. [Removed:349] and his opponent were now heads up to the turn.
As soon as Xu folded, [Removed:349] stacked his chips up and pushed them into the pot. It was unclear whether he wanted to go all in blind, or if he was just preparing for the turn. The turn was the .
"All in," he said.
His opponent called quickly and [Removed:349] turned over a straight with . His opponent was drawing dead with . He walked away from the table before the dealer could put out the inconsequential river.
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Firas Sadou opened the action by raising to 1,300 and Ken Foster reraised from the small blind to 4,250.
When the action was back on Sadou, he went all in and Foster called.
Sadou had against the of Foster. The board ran out ten high, and Foster's pocket jacks were good. Sadou was eliminated right before the start of level 8.
and both checked.
and Decker bet 2,200, Ballentin called.
and Decker bet out again, this time for 7,000. Ballentin wasted little time calling, only to see the fourth queen was in Decker's hand, 
. Ballentin showed the 
in his hand and mucked.
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and the action checked around to a player who bet 2,000. Malek Fehme called, Ngo folded and then it was Jinghao Xu's turn to act.
.
. His opponent was drawing dead with 
. He walked away from the table before the dealer could put out the inconsequential river.
and Kaplan checked again. Ermie made it 5,000, Kaplan called.
and both players checked. Kaplan turned over 
against the 
