Bonjour Pollak!
Level 4
: 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Benjamin Pollak has made his way to the poker room after wrapping up Event #6 with a win for $416,500. Pollak has moved into second place in the overall race to be US Poker Open champion and is looking to close the gap on the leader, Stephen Chidwick.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
with the action checked to Negreanu in the cutoff. He put in a bet of 5,000 and Larry Greenberg called from the big blind. Kenney check-raised to 17,000 and was called by only Negreanu.
landed on the turn and Kenney tossed in a bet of 24,500. Negreanu pushed forward a stack of T5,000 chips for a raise to 100,000. The raise was nearly enough to cover the stack of Kenney, but he elected to fold as he gave some words of advice to Negreanu.
on the button while Schindler held 
in the small blind. The flop came 
and Hyman picked up a flush draw to go with his two overcards. The turn was the 
and Schindler was left drawing dead to the 
on the river.
. Both players tapped the table and the 
rolled off on the turn. 
and Winter was drawing to a chop with 
. The 
on the river was of no help and Winter was sent to the rail.
completed the board. The stacks were counted and it was Qutami who was the player at risk for 164,000. Green was left with under 10,000 and would go on to bust a couple of hands later.
and Smith held the two overcards with 
. The flop came 
and Peters made a set of eights to take a commanding lead. The dealer burned and turned the 
and Peters improved to quads, leaving Smith drawing dead.
