Nicolas Fierro squeezed out in the middle seat, and he opened to 70,000. Over in the small blind, Isaac Haxton was dealt , and he paused to consider. The last 691,000 of his chips eventually went in as he declared his intentions, and Fierro made the easy call to put Haxton in a bad spot.
The flop was a miss, but there were "a lot of interesting turn cards," as someone at the table said. The only served to flip-flop his outs, and Haxton was drawing dead to Boadway with one card to come.
Sure enough, though, the suicide dropped off the deck like a bolt of thunder, and Haxton spiked lucky to earn the come-from-behind double. It moves him back around the chip average with 1.432 million, while Fierro has been knocked all the way back to 808,000.
Isaac Haxton opened to 60,000 under the gun with and Jonathan Duhamel re-raised all in for 649,000 with on the button. Action folded back to Haxton and he called.
The flop gave Duhamel a straight-flush draw and sure enough, the turn locked up the pot for Duhamel with the straight flush. The river was merely a formality as Duhamel took down the pot.
Leonid Bilokur raised to 60,000 with , and action came to Jason Koon in the small blind. His was good enough for a three-bet to 151,000, but Isaac Haxton had the best hand in the big blind. It was , and the decision sent him deep into the tank for a couple minutes. He eventually thought better of it and folded, and Bilokur ducked out as well.
Jonathan Duhamel opened to 60,000 under the gun with and Jason Koon three-bet to 135,000 with on the button. Duhamel called, landing an flop.
Duhamel checked it to Koon who bet 93,000. After a few moments, Duhamel called to see the turn. He checked and Koon kept up the heat with a bet of 183,000. Duhamel re-raised all in, getting Koon to quickly lay it down.
Jonathan Duhamel raised to 60,000 under the gun with and Leonid Bilokur called from the big blind with .
Both checked the flop and Bilokur check-called 65,000 on the turn. The hit the river and Bilokur check-called again, this one for 106,000, losing with his inferior flush.