Rich and Donnie break down all of the latest news from the World Series of Poker Asia Pacific, including Phil Hellmuth's deep run and George Danzer's third bracelet of the year. Chad Holloway then talks with Brandon Shack-Harris about the POY race and more.
This time it was an all in preflop for Phil Hellmuth and his was racing against the of a short stack. The board ran out and the Poker Brat lost half his stack.
Scott Davies opened for 2,500 from middle position and the player in the big blind defended to see a flop of . The big blind check-called a bet of 2,700, and then check-called one of 7,500 on the turn. When the completed the board on the river, the big blind checked for a third time and then called when Davies bet 18,000.
"Straight," Davies proclaimed and tabled the . The big blind was left shaking his head and sent his cards to the muck.
Following a raise to 2,800 and a call in the cutoff, Timo Pfutzenreuter three-bet the button to 8,000 to force the initial raiser out. The player in the cutoff made the call as the flop fell .
Pfutzenreuter bet out 6,700 once it was checked to him as his opponent called and then checked when the turn landed the .
Pfutzenreuter bet out 14,000 and his opponent folded - but not before the initial raiser announced that he folded .
Pfutzenreuter raked in the pot to send him to roughly 213,000 - good enough for the current chip lead.
Daniel Laidlaw raised to 2,000 and got called by Phil Hellmuth, Sam Higgs and Dennis Huntly in the big blind called to see the four-way flop of . The action checked to Hellmuth and he bet 2,000, which only Higgs called.
They checked the on the turn and Hellmuth bet 3,500 after the river. Higgs pushed him all in and Hellmuth snap-called, flipping over . Higgs had trips as well but the worse kicker with .
We picked up the action with approximately 11,000 in the pot on a flop of . 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Greg Merson bet 8,500 from the small blind, Brandon Shack-Harris called from the big, and the dealer burned and turned the .
Merson announced that he was all in and Shack-Harris snap-called off for 39,200.
Merson:
Shack-Harris:
Both players held an overpair to the board, but Shack-Harris' was best. The river failed to help Merson, and Shack-Harris doubled through the former champ.
Sam Cohen was down to less than one big blind not that long ago and she just doubled up twice. In the first hand she moved all in from early position for 4,000 and got called by the player in the big blind. Her was behind preflop versus but she picked up a flush draw on the . Instead of the flush, Cohen made two pair with the turn and the river.
A few hands later she moved all in from the cutoff for 6,300 chips and the player in the small blind called, Jeff Gross folded in the big blind. Cohen needed help again with versus and got exactly that on a board of .
After preflop raise, three players went to the flop of and Dean Stevenson continued with a bet of 7,700. Brian Rast raised to 25,000 and got called by the third player in the hand before Stevenson moved all in for 62,000. Rast moved all in over the top and the second opponent tank-folded.
Rast:
Stevenson:
The double up for Stevenson was guaranteed once the fell on the turn and he even made a full house with the on the river. Moments later the table was broken and they found a new home on separate tables in the upper area.
We arrived at the table just as Minh Nguyen raised to 2,200 from under the gun plus one. The player in the hijack made the call before Pakinai Lisawad bumped it up to 6,500 from the cut off. Nguyen opted to fold as the other player in the hand made the call.
The flop came down and Lisawad watched as his opponent check-called his continuation bet of 5,400. The on the turn was met with another check before Lisawad slid out 9,000 in chips. His opponent thought for almost a minute before finally folding his hand.
Lisawad then showed the before raking in the pot to move up to 52,500 in chips.
Kahle Burns opened with a raise to 2,100 and then reluctantly called the all in of a short stack for just above 10,000. The short stack flipped over and was ahead of the of Burns. However, the big stack improved on the board and the rich got richer.
Just prior to this, Rahul Rastogi busted against Eric Assadourian. Rastogi moved all in after a flop and Assadourian snap called, tabling for top set. Rastogi had two outs holding , but could not get there anymore as the board completed with the turn and the river.
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was racing against the 
of a short stack. The board ran out 
and the Poker Brat lost half his stack.
. The big blind check-called a bet of 2,700, and then check-called one of 7,500 on the 
turn. When the 
completed the board on the river, the big blind checked for a third time and then called when Davies bet 18,000.
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. The action checked to Hellmuth and he bet 2,000, which only Higgs called.
on the turn and Hellmuth bet 3,500 after the 
river. Higgs pushed him all in and Hellmuth snap-called, flipping over 
. Higgs had trips as well but the worse kicker with 
.
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was behind preflop versus 
. Instead of the flush, Cohen made two pair with the 
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of Burns. However, the big stack improved on the 
flop and Assadourian snap called, tabling 
