We stumbled upon Martin Romero's table and saw about 50,000 in the pot and a board reading . Romero had checked from the under-the-gun position and his opponent, who was in the cutoff, move all in for approximately 108,000. Romero looked torn, settling on a fold, but not before showing the .
The cutoff then revealed the , which meant even though he held a flush draw and open-ended straight draw, Romero folded the best hand.
On a flop of , Martin Romero spiked in a bet of 18,000 into a pot of about the same size. His opponent, who was sitting on a stack of about 85,000, immediately announced that he was all in and Romero snap-called.
Showdown
Romero:
Opponent:
Romero shot out of his chair and started celebrating as he headed over to his rail. During his absence, the dealer proceeded to put out the turn and river. Romero's opponent was clearly upset and made a quick exit from the tournament floor while a tournament official had a quick talk with Romero. What about, we're not quite sure, but it was most likely pertaining to his excessive celebration.
However, it is hard to blame the young man as he is up to around 260,000.
We hurried over to Team PokerStars Pro Humberto Brenes' table and found a short-stacked player in the big blind all in for about 40,000 against Brenes, who was in the small blind.
Brenes:
Big Blind:
The final board read , giving the pot to Brenes with the king kicker.
Humberto Brenes opened to 9,000 in the hijack and action folded to the player in the big blind. With about ten big blinds behind, the big blind opted to fold, showing the . Brenes chuckled as he flashed his .
. Romero had checked from the under-the-gun position and his opponent, who was in the cutoff, move all in for approximately 108,000. Romero looked torn, settling on a fold, but not before showing the 
.
, which meant even though he held a flush draw and open-ended straight draw, Romero folded the best hand.
, Martin Romero spiked in a bet of 18,000 into a pot of about the same size. His opponent, who was sitting on a stack of about 85,000, immediately announced that he was all in and Romero snap-called.
turn and 
river. Romero's opponent was clearly upset and made a quick exit from the tournament floor while a tournament official had a quick talk with Romero. What about, we're not quite sure, but it was most likely pertaining to his excessive celebration.
, Sudol won a race against 
when the board ran out 
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