We wish we'd seen more of this pot, but it was essentially over by the time we walked up. It involved Brian "Stinger 88" Hastings, and he had come up on the wrong end of a double-up pot against a player a few seats to his left.
The board showed 
by the time we got there, and Mr. Opponent had flopped the world with 
. Hastings' hand was already mucked when we got there, but it sounds like he was well in front when the money got in. Mr. Opponent was doing some chatting about a cold four-bet, so it sounds like he shoved his money in bad and got there against Hastings.
However it went, Stinger brushed it off as well as we've seen. "That's okay," he said. "I started the day with 20,000." That pot stole a significant chunk of his chips, but he's got 101,000 of them left to run back up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
101,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
|
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and action checked to Walsworth who bet 26,000. Valerstein popped it to 70,000, forcing folds from the other two players.
turn and checked. Valerstein bet a cool 100,000 and after about one minute in the tank, Walsworth called. The 
river fell it was the same story. Walsworth check-called 150,000 from Valerstein after a bit of time in the tank, but he was not happy to see Valerstein table 
.
turn, and the check-raiser quickly announced an all in for about 225,000. Riordan had that covered by nearly double, and he tanked for a minute or so before surrendering his cards into the muck.
flop was out on board, and Reed Zhao had 61,000 chips out in front of him. There was about 140,000 in the pot, and Ilich announced a raise. He made it 137,000 total, and Zhao went deep into the tank. He asked Ilich how much he was playing (about 380,000 behind), tanked for a bit longer, then folded.
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and Zhao fired 75,000. Valerstein came back with a raise to 175,000, only to see Zhao shove for what appeared to be upwards of 500,000. Valerstein called with his top pair + flush draw and Zhao's bluff with 
was in dire straits. He failed to recover, sending his stack over to Valerstein.
