From the hijack seat, Joe Hachem raised to 42,000. David Paredes made the call from the button and everyone else folded. The flop came down and Hachem continued with a bet of 83,000. Paredes made the call.
The was added to the board on the turn and Hachem thought for a couple minutes before making a wager of 173,000. Almost immediately Paredes moved all in to put the pressure on the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event champion. Hachem tanked and tanked. He thought for several long minutes before spiking a stack of chips in the middle and announcing the call.
Hachem:
Paredes:
Hachem had made the right decision and was ahead, although he couldn't stand to watch the river card and covered up his eyes. The dealer dealt the on the river, which paired the board and kept Hachem with the best hand.
"Trust your gut!" he yelled out, referencing a moment yesterday in the tournament where he failed to go with his read. Hachem was all in for 583,000 total on the turn, having 410,000 in chips behind after he bet.
Hachem's now up to 1.46 million in chips while Paredes was knocked down to 790,000.
Victor Ramdin opened to 65,000 from the hijack seat, and James Dowdy called next door in the cutoff. Ramdin checked the flop, then called a bet of 65,000 from Dowdy. Both players checked the {6d] turn, and the river brought the to put two pair on board. Ramdin now loaded up his gun with 210,000 chips and fired them into the pot, and Dowdy could not call, sending the pot to Ramdin.
Two hands later, Ramdin opened to 46,000 from the button, and Wade Townsend three-bet to 105,000. Not missing a beat, Ramdin came right back over the top with a four-bet to 296,000, and Townsend reluctantly folded. Ramdin flashed his .
On the next hand, Santiago Nadal opened to 43,000, and Wade Townsend three-bet to 105,000. Not to be out-done, Victor Ramdin announced another reraise from the small blind, and he made it 215,000 total. That folded Nadal rather quickly, but Townsend has clearly begun to get a bit bothered by Ramdin. He counted down the 476,000 chips he had left before shaking his head and returning his cards to the dealer face-down.
Action folded to Wade Townsend in the small blind and he moved all in for 425,000. David Peters was in the big blind, sitting on a stack of about 370,000, and insta-called:
Townsend:
Peters:
Townsend had been caught with his hand in the cookie jar so to speak, but that quickly changed when the flop came down . Peters' face dropped as Townsend paired his jack to take the lead. When the hit the turn, Peters got out of his seat and headed for the payout desk, not even waiting for the river, which was the . With that, Townsend increased his stack to 800,000 while Peters was eliminated from The Big Event in 13th place.
Victor Ramdin raised to 42,000 from late position only to have Santiago Nadal reraise to 95,000 from the blinds. Ramdin responded by making it 222,000 and Nadal pushed right back by moving all in for 355,000 more. Ramdin tanked for a few minutes before flicking his cards in the muck.
Ramdin is still healthy with about 2.35 million while Nadal chipped up to 800,000 or so.
Alex Kamberis opened the pot with a raise before Jose de Noronha three-bet all in for 299,000 total. Govert Metaal toyed with the idea of calling with pocket eights, but he folded, and Kamberis did the calling to put de Noronha at risk.
Kamberis tabled his , and de Noronha tapped the felt with an open palm as he stood from his chair. Kamberis no doubt thought he was good, but de Noronha tabled the surprise to put him five cards from the double.
"Tap means I'm good," Kamberis instructed his opponent. The board ran out , and Metaal just about had a fit that he'd folded his eights. It was the correct fold preflop though, and it allows de Noronha to double his way back into contention with about 340,000.
Except he didn't realize it initially. Without a word, de Noronha walked away from the table and out towards the exit, mistakenly thinking he had been eliminated by a set on the river. From zero chips to 340,000, de Noronha was called back to stack the pot and play on.
Taylor von Kriegenbergh bet 55,000 on the flop of . Jeremy Ausmus made the call and the turn brought the . Both players checked and saw the fall on the river. After von Kriegenbergh checked, Ausmus bet a small 30,000. Von Kriegenbergh made the call.
Ausmus held the and von Kriegenbergh the . The two players chopped up the pot.
From the button, Taylor von Kriegenbergh raised to 45,000. Victor Ramdin called from the big blind and the flop came down . Ramdin checked and von Kriegenbergh bet 55,000. Ramdin responded with a check-raise to 126,000 and that won the pot right there.
Bryan Leskowitz check-called a bet on the board of from David Paredes before the fell on the river. Leskowitz checked the river and Paredes bet 155,000. Leskowitz tanked for some time and then folded, but he was sure to use his "show pass" to see Paredes' cards. Paredes tabled the and Leskowitz gave the nod for a nice hand.
James Dowdy checked the board of to Victor Ramdin. Ramdin bet 50,000 and Dowdy called. The river completed the board with the and Dowdy checked again. Ramdin bet 240,000 and after a minute in the tank, Dowdy called. Ramdin showed the for a straight and Dowdy mucked.
Dowdy dropped to 400,000 while Ramdin moved to 2.85 million.
and Hachem continued with a bet of 83,000. Paredes made the call.
was added to the board on the turn and Hachem thought for a couple minutes before making a wager of 173,000. Almost immediately Paredes moved all in to put the pressure on the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event champion. Hachem tanked and tanked. He thought for several long minutes before spiking a stack of chips in the middle and announcing the call.
on the river, which paired the board and kept Hachem with the best hand.![[user66118]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
flop, then called a bet of 65,000 from Dowdy. Both players checked the {6d] turn, and the river brought the 
to put two pair on board. Ramdin now loaded up his gun with 210,000 chips and fired them into the pot, and Dowdy could not call, sending the pot to Ramdin.
hit the turn, Peters got out of his seat and headed for the payout desk, not even waiting for the river, which was the 
. With that, Townsend increased his stack to 800,000 while Peters was eliminated from The Big Event in 13th place.
, and de Noronha tapped the felt with an open palm as he stood from his chair. Kamberis no doubt thought he was good, but de Noronha tabled the surprise 
fall on the river. After von Kriegenbergh checked, Ausmus bet a small 30,000. Von Kriegenbergh made the call.
. The two players chopped up the pot.
. Ramdin checked and von Kriegenbergh bet 55,000. Ramdin responded with a check-raise to 126,000 and that won the pot right there.
fell on the river. Leskowitz checked the river and Paredes bet 155,000. Leskowitz tanked for some time and then folded, but he was sure to use his "show pass" to see Paredes' cards. Paredes tabled the 
to Victor Ramdin. Ramdin bet 50,000 and Dowdy called. The river completed the board with the 
for a straight and Dowdy mucked.