Hands #11-15: Talebi Doubles
Hand #11: Kong Li opened to 160,000 from early position and Chris Drake reraised to 450,000. Rodeen Talebi moved all in for 695,000 and Li folded. Drake made the easy call with 
and had Talebi's 
dominated. The flop was 
to keep Drake in the lead but the turn was the 
to give Talebi a set of queens. The river was the 
and Talebi scored the double up to 1.75 million while Drake fell to 2.0 million in chips.
Hand #12:Khoa Nguyen opened to 190,000, Kevin Eyster called from the cutoff and Jason Helder called out of the big blind. The flop came 
and Helder checked. Nguyen bet 325,000 and was called by Eyster. Helder check-raised to 805,000 which was enough to get the other two to fold.
Hand #13: Travis Rice opened to 175,000 from the cutoff and Helder made it 450,000 to go from the small blind. Rice called. The flop came 
and a 300,000 bet from Helder would be enough to get Rice to fold.
Hand #14: Rice opened again to 175,000 and Nguyen called from the big blind. The flop came 
and both checked. The turn was the 
and Nguyen made a smallish bet of 200,000 that was called by Rice. The river was the 
and both players checked. Nguyen showed 
for sevens and fours and Rice mucked his hand.
Hand #15: Drake received a walk in his big blind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,000,000
505,000
|
505,000 |
|
1,750,000
1,025,000
|
1,025,000 |