In the hijack seat, Jesus Cabrera raised to 50,000 straight, and Tam Ly wanted to play for more. Next door, he three-bet to 150,000 total, sending the action back around to Cabrera. He responded with a four-bet shove for 448,000, and Ly was right there with the covering stack and the call to put his man at risk. Cabrera was none too concerned:
Cabrera:
Ly:
The flop provided Ly with a few more outs as it came to give him a gutshot. The turn was a blank, though, and so was the river to lock up the double for Cabrera. And boy, did he ever love that. Cabrera shot out of his chair and exploded in celebration as he made a long lap around the room shouting.
"Yeah, baby! That's what I'm talkin' 'bout. That's the one we were looking for. That's the one! What you think I move all in with there? Huh?? Of course I have it! That's the hand, baby!"
That is indeed the hand... baby. Cabrera's big double up puts him all the way up over 900,000. He's surpassed Ly now, though the loser of that pot is still left with about 775,000 chips with which to stave off the field.
Matthew Waxman raised to 36,000 first into the pot, and Mark Sykes three-bet all in for 233,000 from the small blind. Oops. In the big blind, Dave Cubeta's response was an all-in four-bet of his own. Waxman tanked for a long while before folding, and Sykes had a big problem when showdown came:
Sykes:
Cubeta:
The flop wasn't exactly what Sykes was hoping for, but it did give him another four outs to the straight. The turn was a swing and a miss, but the river came through in the clutch. The peeled off the deck to fill in that awkward straight, good enough to double Sykes up around 520,000. Cubeta, on the other hand, has been stricken down to barely more than 100,000.
Matthew Waxman opened to 38,000 from middle position, and big blind Bill Stradley called about 25% of his stack to have a look at a flop. It came , and Stradley open-shoved the remaining ~120,000 into the middle. Waxman wasted no time calling, and he had his man in big trouble as the cards were shown down:
Waxman:
Stradley:
The turn left Stradley one card from the door, and the meant handshakes and "good luck"s all around. The stop-and-go with eight-three fails to get Stradley through the hand, and he has been sent to the payout desk in 13th place.
Matthew Waxman made it 26,000 to play from the cutoff seat, and Mark Sykes made the call from the big blind. Heads up, the two of them took a flop of , and Sykes check-called a 42,000-chip bet from Waxman. On the turn, Waxman fired another 88,000 at the pot, and Sykes check-called once again.
That led them to the river, and Waxman took his cue to move all in following the third Sykes check. It had to be at least seven minutes later that the clock was called on Sykes and he reluctantly released his hand into the muck to see his stack slip to about 345,000.
Waxman appears to be up around 840,000 with that nice little pot.
Bill Stradley was first in from the hijack seat, and he made it 30,000 to go. Next door, Trevor Savage three-bet shoved his 170,000 chips into the middle. When everyone else surrendered, Stradley made the call for half his stack to put Savage at risk. It was a race, as Savage might have surmised:
Stradley:
Savage:
The flop was money in the bank for the at-risk Savage as it came to give him a near-certain win with a set of deuces. The turn ended any potential drama, and the river forced Stradley to pay his debt. He's left with about 150,000 after those damages, while Savage doubles over 360,000.
First into the pot, Yigal Hen came in raising all in for his last 205,000 chips. Around in the small blind, Manish Patel squeezed out his cards and quickly moved all in over the top. Jesus Cabrera ducked out from the big blind, and Hen was in danger as the cards were turned up:
Hen:
Patel:
Both men stood from their chairs to sweat their fates, and lady luck would stick with Patel and his overpair this time. The flop was blank, and the turn meant that Hen traded in the counterfeit for three outs to fill in his straight with a non-spade seven. The river was the , however, and Hen could not catch up. He's knocked off in 14th place, and that pot represents a big boost to Patel's stack. He's been looking for a pot to drag, and this latest one puts him back in contention with 515,000 chips.
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to give him a gutshot. The turn 
was a blank, though, and so was the 
river to lock up the double for Cabrera. And boy, did he ever love that. Cabrera shot out of his chair and exploded in celebration as he made a long lap around the room shouting.
flop wasn't exactly what Sykes was hoping for, but it did give him another four outs to the straight. The turn 
was a swing and a miss, but the river came through in the clutch. The 
peeled off the deck to fill in that awkward straight, good enough to double Sykes up around 520,000. Cubeta, on the other hand, has been stricken down to barely more than 100,000.
, and Stradley open-shoved the remaining ~120,000 into the middle. Waxman wasted no time calling, and he had his man in big trouble as the cards were shown down:
meant handshakes and "good luck"s all around. The stop-and-go with eight-three fails to get Stradley through the hand, and he has been sent to the payout desk in 13th place.
to give him a near-certain win with a set of deuces. The turn 
ended any potential drama, and the river 
forced Stradley to pay his debt. He's left with about 150,000 after those damages, while Savage doubles over 360,000.
for three outs to fill in his straight with a non-spade seven. The river was the 
