Medesan Pushes Out Zarlenga
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
There was about 40,000 in the pot from preflop action on a flop of 
and Alain Medesan had a bet of 35,000 out in front of him. Action was on Jason Zarlenga, who was on the button and in the tank.
Over a minute later, Zarlenga folded and Medesan took down the pot. Zarlenga asked Medesan what he had and Medesan remarked quietly in a manner that seemed cryptic, leading to some chuckles from their side of the table.
Zarlenga remarked back, saying he folded two queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
137,500 | 137,500 |
|
92,000 | -57,500 |
to leave his ace kicker to the board's pair of threes best.
, giving him a full house to top his opponent's aces up. The newly-eliminated player got up and wished everybody at the table good luck as the pot was sent Engelbrecht's way.
, leaving Nguyen's aces on top between the two hands in contention. The dealer counted out his 54,600 to confirm the total and Shen sent that amount Nguyen's way.
and Thomas, first to act, led out for 3,000. The big blind folded and Mader put in chips to call after a few moments.
to take the hand to showdown.
for top pair and Mader sent his cards to the muck, earning Thomas the pot.
and saw both players check. 
and the small blind put out a bet of 3,500. Mader grabbed two T5,000 chips and put them in for a raise, announcing what sounded like seven thousand. His opponent immediately flung his cards to the muck and Mader took down the pot.
