Karen Nazarian jammed the K♠Q♥4♦ flop when checked to by Matthew Fergenbaum and received an instant call by the latter, as he shrugged and flipped over his A♣7♣. Fergenbaum was a huge favourite with the A♠K♦ and locked up the knockout on the 6♥ turn to make the 6♦ river a formality.
In a heads-up pot between Alex Fortin-Demers in the small blind and Shahraz Khan on the button, Fortin-Demers checked on the flop of 6♥6♣2♦ and Khan bet 5,000. Fortin-Demers check-raised to 12,500 and Khan called.
Fortin-Demers sized down to 10,500 on the 4♦ turn and Khan called. Fortin-Demers then checked on the 10♥ river and Khan checked back.
Fortin-Demers showed 5♠4♠ for a pair of fours and it was good to win the pot.
Thai Ha raised to 4,000 in the cutoff and Ren Lin three-bet to 14,000 in the big blind. Ha called and Lin joked "okay, good bye" and vaulted out of his chair. When it came 9♣6♠2♥, Lin sat back down and bet 10,000 for Ha to fold.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
One day after being accused of cheating a California home game out of millions, Tony Mars issued a statement to PokerNews denying the allegations.
Wesley Fei and Nikhil "Nik Airball" Arcot, both Hustler Casino Live regulars, claim that Mars, who also plays on HCL, brought a special UV-marked deck that allowed him to decipher face-down cards.
The alleged scandal occurred in a game at a private residence in Yorba Linda, California, a community in Orange County.
Upon completion of level nine, the 631-entry strong field has been cut into nearly half with some 360 players remaining. They are now on a 75-minute dinner break until approximately 8.35 p.m. local time and the T-100 chips will be raced off during that time as well.
Once the cards go back in the air for level ten, the late registration for the last regular heat will close.
In a heads-up pot between the blinds, Jeremy Ausmus bet 1,500 on the flop of 7♠5♠8♦ and Shahraz Khan called.
Ausmus then sized up to 4,000 on the 7♥ turn and Khan laid it down.
Isaac Haxton three-bet to 12,500 and then faced the all-in of Mitchell Foster for 68,700. A brief tank by Haxton followed and he then called with nearly the same stack.
Isaac Haxton: A♥Q♠
Mitchell Foster: J♠J♣
The K♠10♥5♦ flop gave Haxton a gutshot on top but he bricked it all on the 3♥ turn as well as 9♦ river.
Aram Oganyan opened in early position to 3,000 before the action was on Felipe Ramos in the big blind who defended.
The 10♦6♣Q♠ flop landed and the action checked to Oganyan who continued for 1,500. Ramos called.
The A♠ landed on the turn and action slowed down and checked through to an 8♥ river.
Ramos checked one more time and Oganyan wasted little time before putting out about a pot-sized bet of 7,500.
Ramos went into the tank and eventually put in one chip for a call. Oganyan tabled Q♦J♥ for second pair and Ramos mucked.
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