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Bijan Zahmat bet the turn on a board of . He tossed in one T5,000 chip and announced his bet. According to the fellow Dutch players at the table, Zahmat said 4,800. Kevin Saul was the other player in the hand and thought he heard 2,800 and tossed in three T1,000 chips to call. The floor was called and after some debate on who heard what and what was really said, it was ruled that Zahmat's bet stood at 2,800.
Saul's call was in the pot already and then the river card came the . Both players checked and Zahmat tabled to win the hand.
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Markholt chucked from the bull with aces
From under the gun, Mike "The Mouth" Matusow raised to 1,800. Action folded over to Lee Markholt in the small blind and he reraised to 5,800. Matusow verified how much Markholt was playing, "You playing the same as me? About 50?" He then moved all in and Markholt quickly called.
"You got aces?" asked Matusow.
"Yep," responded Markholt.
Markholt rolled over two black aces and Matusow rolled over .
The board ran out and Matusow smacked a full house on the river.
"Oh! I've never hit a card like that in poker!" exclaimed Matusow as he sprung from his chair when the king spiked on fifth street. After a final count of the chips, Matusow had Markholt covered and jumped up to 115,000.
Mickey Doft
Alexandre Gomes raised to 1,050 in the cutoff and Hafiz Khan popped it to 2,400 from the big blind. Gomes called and the flop came down .
Khan bet 3,500 and Gomes quickly called, leading to the turn card. Both players checked, delivering the on the river. Khan checked and Gomes took a few moments before betting 5,500. Khan quickly called and turned over .
Gomes could not beat it and sent his cards to the muck, dropping to 33,000 in the process. Khan moved his stack up to 40,000.
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Sandra Naujoks
Nick Schulman raised preflop and Sandra Naujoks called out of once of the blinds. The flop came down and Naujoks checked. Schulman fired 1,600 and Naujoks called.
The turn card and river card were the and . Both players checked on each street. Naujoks showed two pair with the . Schulman held .
Naujoks won the hand and moved up to 65,000. Despite losing the hand, Schulman still has 122,000 chips.
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Joe Cada raised to 1,100 and one player flatted in middle position behind him. Action folded over to Isaac Baron in the big blind and he three-bet to 4,000. Cada folded, but the other player called.
After a flop, Baron continued his aggression with a bet of 5,000. His opponent folded and Baron scooped the pot to kick his stack up to 126,000 chips.
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Justin Bonomo bet 2,100 on the flop of . Lex Veldhuis raised to 7,000. Bonomo then reraised to 17,500 and Veldhuis stuck out a giant stack of T5,000 chips to put Bonomo all in. He made the call, having already committed himself to the hand.
Veldhuis tabled against Bonomo's flush draw holding the .
The turn was the and the river the , but just a pair of eights wasn't going to be enough for Bonomo to beat Veldhuis' trip sevens. Bonomo was sent packing while Veldhuis jumped to 185,000.
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ElkY
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier bet 1,225 on a flop of . Benny Spindler made the call and then the hit the felt on the turn. ElkY checked and Spindler fired 2,375. ElkY made the call and then the river card produced the . Both players checked and the hands were revealed.
ElkY tabled for a pair of fours and Spindler mucked.
The defending champ of this event, ElkY, is back up to 40,000. Spindler dropped to 52,000.
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On a board of , there was about 8,000 chips in the middle. Mike "The Mouth" Matusow was facing a bet of 3,800 from his opponent. After taking about a minute to think about things, Matusow said, "I don't mind if I lose this hand," and then made the call.
Both players held and chopped up the pot.
"If that game wasn't going over there, I'd probably have folded," said Matusow, referring to a juicy cash game going on in the pit.
. He tossed in one T5,000 chip and announced his bet. According to the fellow Dutch players at the table, Zahmat said 4,800. Kevin Saul was the other player in the hand and thought he heard 2,800 and tossed in three T1,000 chips to call. The floor was called and after some debate on who heard what and what was really said, it was ruled that Zahmat's bet stood at 2,800.
. Both players checked and Zahmat tabled 
to win the hand.
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and Matusow smacked a full house on the river.
turn card. Both players checked, delivering the 
on the river. Khan checked and Gomes took a few moments before betting 5,500. Khan quickly called and turned over 
.
and Naujoks checked. Schulman fired 1,600 and Naujoks called.
and 
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to Jason Mercier. Mercier bet 4,625 and Lichtenberger called.
and scooped the pot. Mercier's hand was unknown.
flop, Baron continued his aggression with a bet of 5,000. His opponent folded and Baron scooped the pot to kick his stack up to 126,000 chips.
. Lex Veldhuis raised to 7,000. Bonomo then reraised to 17,500 and Veldhuis stuck out a giant stack of T5,000 chips to put Bonomo all in. He made the call, having already committed himself to the hand.
against Bonomo's flush draw holding the 
hit the felt on the turn. ElkY checked and Spindler fired 2,375. ElkY made the call and then the river card produced the 
and chopped up the pot.