Tran Three-bets After Laak Flats
. Phil Laak flat-called holding the 
. JC Tran reraised to 82,000 holding 
. Schwartz folded rather painfully and then Laak folded, allowing Tran to pick up the money preflop.
PartyPoker Premier League IV
PartyPoker Premier League IV
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
PartyPoker Premier League IV
Buy-in
$100,000
Entries
6
Level
7
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0
. Phil Laak flat-called holding the . JC Tran reraised to 82,000 holding . Schwartz folded rather painfully and then Laak folded, allowing Tran to pick up the money preflop.
Rousso Can't Connect
from middle position. Vanessa Rousso called holding the 
on the button.After a flop of
, Laak fired a continuation bet of 32,000 and took down the pot.
Tran Reads the Situation
. JC Tran called in the big blind with 
.The flop came down
and Tran checked. Schwartz fired 28,000 and Tran folded."Yes! I beat him in a pot," said Schwartz.
"Ace high beats king high," said Tran without ever having seen the cards.
Blind vs. Blind
. Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised from the big blind to 30,000 with the . Rousso called.After a flop of
, Rousso check-folded to a bet of 38,000 from Timoshenko.
Rousso Drops to the Bottom
holding the following hands.Tran:
Rousso:
After Tran checked, Rousso bet 30,000 with her straight and flush draw. Tran made the call.
The turn was the
and Tran checked. Rousso didn't fire this time, opting to check behind.The river was the
and Tran fired 45,000. Rousso tanked and then made the call. She dropped to 215,000 while Tran moved up to 310,000. She's now the shortest stack at the table.
Dinner Break
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Cards Back in the Air
Phil Laak - 893,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko - 511,000
Luke Schwartz - 471,000
JC Tran - 310,000
Vanessa Rousso - 215,000
Level: 5
Blinds: 7,000/15,000
Ante: 0
Laak Showing Hands and Making Money
. Phil Laak was in the big blind holding and made the call.The flop came down
and Laak flopped another set. Schwartz fired 20,000 and Laak called.The turn was the
and Schwartz checked. Laak fired 45,000 and Schwartz tanked before folding his hand. Laak offered to show his hand for $200 from Schwartz. Schwartz happily paid it and the set of sevens were revealed.
Tran Moving Up
and Tran held .The flop came down
and Tran checked his top pair of queens. Timoshenko fired a continuation bet of 42,000 and then Tran raised to pick up the pot. He moved up to 434,000 chips and now sits in second place.