Lardner Hits Flush Against van den Berg's Aces to Double
Level 5
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Following a late position raise, Stephen Lardner called on the button and Thierry van den Berg reraised to 3,100 from the small blind. Lardner made the call and two players went to the flop.
The dealer turned over 
and van den Berg made a continuation bet of 2,500. Lardner shoved all in for 12,000 and van den Berg made the call.
"Aces against...?", said a neutral player at the table as players flipped over their cards.
Stephen Lardner: 
Thierry van den Berg: 
Van den Berg had pocket aces and Lardner had a flush draw and pair of fours. The turn came the 
and the river was the 
, which completed Lardner's flush and gave him a much needed double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000 | |
|
22,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
and Johnson continuation-bet for 2,800. Hartigan took one last peak at his cards before passing them to the dealer.
on 
. The rest of Hartigan's stack went in with 
for turned trips. The river was the 
. The ace on the flop gave both Marmion and Day top pair and left Mooney drawing thin. He failed to improve and was eliminated from the tournament. Marmion and Day chopped up his stack and Mooney left the table.
. It looked as though players were set for a chopped pot until Janik hit a pair of threes on the river to take the chips and eliminate Bennett-Martin from the tournament.
and Kassouf had bet 9,600 chips from the big blind into a pot of 13,100. Stephen Kehoe was in the hijack and was visibly unhappy with the situation. Kassouf declared ''Ace-king is no good'', and that seemingly convinced Kehoe to lay his hand down.
board and he doubled up to a big stack very early on.
