The action was folded to Dominik Nitsche on the button who raised to 15,000. Phil Hellmuth three-bet to 45,000 from the big blind and Nitsche made the call. The flop came and Hellmuth led out for 42,000. Nitsche called and the fell on the turn.
Hellmuth checked and Nitsche checked behind. The landed on the river and both players checked again. Hellmuth tabled and Nitsche showed . "I win!" Nitsche said after he rivered a pair of kings.
"You guys play good," Hellmuth said to the table who were all giggling to themselves. Five minutes later and Hellmuth is continuing on a rant about the same hand.
Bryn Kenney raised to 12,000 from under the gun and Scott Seiver called from the hijack along with Christian Christner in the big blind. The flop came and the action was checked to Seiver who bet 25,000. Christner folded and Kenney called to see the on the turn.
Kenney checked again and Seiver fired 50,000 this time. Kenney called and the completed the board. Kenney checked for the third time and Seiver checked behind him. Kenney tabled and Seiver mucked his hand.
The action was folded to Adrian Mateos in the small blind who pushed all-in. Cary Katz was in the big blind and had just 68,000 remaining. Once he looked down at his cards, his chips were in the middle.
Mateos:
Katz:
The board ran out and Mateos made a straight on the river. Katz was eliminated and we are down to three tables.
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and Hellmuth led out for 42,000. Nitsche called and the 
fell on the turn.
landed on the river and both players checked again. Hellmuth tabled 
and Nitsche showed 
. "I win!" Nitsche said after he rivered a pair of kings. 
and Haxton was unable to spike his set and was consequently eliminated while Mateos surged to roughly half a million in chips.
and Koon was eliminated when he failed to improve.
on the turn.
for a bluff while scooping the pot to move to over 400,000 in chips.
and Mateos made a straight on the river. Katz was eliminated and we are down to three tables.
