"YY" Shows the Nuts
Nick Pupillo opened the action with a raise to 400 from the cutoff. The player on the button called and Yao "YY" Yin came along as well, defending his big blind to take postflop action three ways.
The flop fell 
and Yin tapped the top of a stack of chips twice to indicate a check. Pupillo made a continuation-bet of 600, which the player on the button called. Yin found action back upon him and postured for a few moments before throwing in a check-raise to 5,000. Both Pupillo and the player on the button quickly folded.
Yin turned over 
, showing that he had flopped the nuts. The dealer sent him the pot and he added some commentary as he stacked his chips.
"I didn't want you guys to see another card for free!" said Yin, laughing as he finished adding to his stack and the next hand began.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,900
1,900
|
1,900 |
|
13,300
-6,700
|
-6,700 |
|
||
and both players in the blinds checked to a player in middle position, who bet 300. Gary Herstein was in the cutoff and called. Both blinds then folded to take action heads up to the turn 
. 
. The middle-position player then checked.
and river 
to take the hand to showdown.
after checking back for ace-queen high. His opponent remarked that the second-nut-no-pair was good and sent his cards to the muck.
with heads up action between the big blind and Johanssy Joseph, who was in the cutoff. The big blind checked and Joseph bet 1,300, which was called.
and the dealer announced aces and queens with a king. His opponent sent his second-best hand face-up to the middle of the table and the dealer quickly scooped up the cards with the board and sent the pot Joseph's way.
