When we passed by his table, Jeff Fielder had just moved all in after a flop of . His opponent immediately called, and Fielder had been caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
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Fielder:
Opponent:
Fielder was in a world of hurt, but miraculously both the turn () and the river () were hearts, giving him a winning flush.
"Unbelievable," his opponent sighed.
"That's when you know you run bad!" a player at an adjacent table called over.
Fielder more than doubled his stack, and now sits with over 180,000 chips.
Hung Truong limped in from early position, another player called on the button, and Miguel "Zeek" Borrero squeezed, moving all in for 17,500 from the small blind. Truong made the call, and the other opponent folded.
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Truong:
Borrero:
The flop gave Truong a pair of kings, but it also gave Borrero a flush draw. The on the turn completed said flush, and the on the river completed the board. Borrero doubled to over 40,000, while Truong sunk down to around 160,000.
When we reached the table, the flop had already fallen . Dave Inselberg, Daniel Buzgon, and a third player checked. The turn was the , Inselberg checked, and Buzgon fired 6,500. Only Inselberg called.
The river was the , and Inselberg checked a third time. Buzgon tossed out 14,500, sending Inselberg into the tank.
"C'mon Dan," Inselberg pleaded. "Give me something."
Inselberg gave up on trying to get a read from Buzgon's face, so he ducked under the table to see if he was doing a happy dance. Whatever Inselberg saw must've swayed him, because he immediately called. Buzgon tabled for the nuts, and Inselberg quickly mucked.
"I can't beat that," Inselberg joked. "Little wuss can only play the nuts."
Tuan Phan opened to 7,500 on one of the first hands from break, and the action folded all the way to a gentleman in the big blind who moved all in for almost 80,000. Phan tank-called, and found himself well behind.
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Phan:
Opponent:
It didn't take long for Phan to catch up - the flop smacked him right in the face. The on the turn gave his opponent four extra outs to make a straight, but the bricked on the river. Phan eliminated his opponent in brutal fashion, while his stack ballooned back above 200,000.
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. His opponent immediately called, and Fielder had been caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
) and the river (
) were hearts, giving him a winning flush.
flop gave Truong a pair of kings, but it also gave Borrero a flush draw. The 
on the turn completed said flush, and the 
on the river completed the board. Borrero doubled to over 40,000, while Truong sunk down to around 160,000.
. Dave Inselberg, Daniel Buzgon, and a third player checked. The turn was the 
, Inselberg checked, and Buzgon fired 6,500. Only Inselberg called.
on the turn gave his opponent four extra outs to make a straight, but the 
bricked on the river. Phan eliminated his opponent in brutal fashion, while his stack ballooned back above 200,000.