Dan Shak folded his button, and that was probably a very good idea. Viktor Blom raised to 150,000 in the small blind, and Galen Hall went ahead and shoved all in for 1.54 million from the big. Snap-call! Cards up.
Showdown
Blom:
Hall: a big sigh... then
"Those nines do hit though, don't they?" Hall asked rhetorically, hoping to conjure up a set. He could not. The board ran out , and that's that.
It's hard to say enough about Galen Hall's efforts here at the PCA. He won $2.3 million by binking the Main Event last time around, and this time, he was just two places from hoisting the Super High Roller trophy. He'll have to settle for a third-place consolation prize worth nearly a half-million dollars for now, but he'll be taking his seat in the Main again tomorrow with an eye on a repeat.
The two gents are back in their chairs, and one of them is sporting some new gear. Viktor Blom has shown up for the duel in a pair of rose-tinted, white-rimmed sunglasses.
"Oh, we're goin' dark glasses now?" Shak noticed. "Okay." With that, he slipped his own pair of shades over his eyes. "Except I can't see with these on," he laughed, sliding them back on top of his head.
Viktor Blom raised to 120,000 on the button and Dan Shak called from the big blind, landing a flop to the board.
Shak check-called 130,000 from Blom which brought the on the turn. Both checked quickly and the hit the river. Both checked again and Shak tabled for trips, taking down the pot.
After receiving a walk the previous hand, Viktor Blom opened to 120,000 on the button. Dan Shak three-bet to 430,000 from the big blind. Blom folded and Shak took it down.
Dan Shak opened to 165,000 from the button, and Viktor Blom flatted from his big blind to proceed. The flop came down , and it check-checked to the turn. Blom led out with 180,000 now, and Shak made the call, and the put two pair on board on fifth street. Shak paid off another bet from Blom — 275,000 this time — but his hand was second best.
Blom tabled , and Shak rainbow-mucked. As the dealer pushed the pot away from him, Shak spoke up.
"You might have been able to win it all there," he admitted. "I had a big ace. I'm not sure I would have folded it preflop."
Viktor Blom raised to 120,000 on the button and Dan Shak called from the big blind.
The flop came down and Shak checked. Blom bet 130,000, but Shak popped it to 330,000. A call from Blom delivered the turn and Shak bet a cool 500,000. Blom stuck around yet again to see the hit the river. Shak kept up the heat with a bet of 700,000, but wasn't happy to hear Blom call immediately.
We didn't catch the suits, but Blom tabled for a set to win the pot.
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, and that's that.
flop to the board.
on the turn. Both checked quickly and the 
hit the river. Both checked again and Shak tabled 
for trips, taking down the pot.
turn. Blom led out with 180,000 now, and Shak made the call, and the 
put two pair on board on fifth street. Shak paid off another bet from Blom — 275,000 this time — but his hand was second best.
and Shak checked. Blom bet 130,000, but Shak popped it to 330,000. A call from Blom delivered the 
turn and Shak bet a cool 500,000. Blom stuck around yet again to see the 
turn and 
river. Blom showed 
, besting Shak's holdings to win the pot.