Green Lays Down a Royal Draw
Level 4
: 150/300, 25 ante
There was a limp from early position and Brian Green raised it up to 1,300 from the cutoff. The small blind just flat-called and the limper called as well. The dealer fanned the flop of 
and the action checked to Green.
He tossed in a continuation bet of 2,000 and the small blind shoved all in for around 12,000. With the action back on Green, he thought for a moment and folded the 
for a royal flush draw. His opponent responded by showing 
for a set of aces and Green tapped the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,500
-4,500
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-4,500 |
|
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, Brian Green was on the button and facing a bet of 10,000 from an opponent in middle position. Green splashed in all of his big chips to put his opponent all in for about 10,000 more, and that player quickly called it off.
for trips, but they were no good against 
, there were still five players alive in the hand. The action checked to Marvin Rettenmaier in middle position who bet 3,000. His opponent on his left called while the cutoff raised to 10,000. The action folded to Orlando Romero in early position who re-raised to 27,000. Rettenmaier shoved all in for around 35,000 and the cutoff also pushed all in for his remaining 23,500. Romero called having both players covered.
giving Romero the nut flush but the 
paired the board on the river. The cutoff made a full house to take the main pot of around 80,000 while Romero scooped the side pot. Rettenmaier was forced to head to the registration desk for a re-entry.
from the big blind. He checked and his opponent checked behind.
. The flop read 
on the turn nor the 
on the river were of any help. Rivas III was the player at risk for 20,300 which left Hirons with just 4,900 after the hand.