Humberto Brenes
Humberto Brenes just busted another player. He raised to 3,000 and a player in middle position re-raised to 10,800. Humberto re-raised the other player all-in and the other player didn't have enough left to fold. Humberto showed the Aces and the other player could only muster the . The board didn't provide a breath of hope, and Humberto busted another player, pushing his stack up to 85K.
On a board of , Joe Sebok bet out 12,000, Greg "FBT" Mueller made it 24,000 more to go, and Sebok called. Sebok had and made his flush on the turn, but Mueller had and made a straight flush on the river to take the pot. Sebok who had around 50,000 in chips was left with 7,000 and Mueller went up to 180,000.
Humberto Brenes and Allen Cunningham both called the 4,200 raise of a middle position player and they saw a flop of . From the big blind Cunningham checked and the original raiser moved all-in for 3,900. Brenes called and showed pocket eights. The other player had pocket sevens and did not improve on the turn or river.
Just before the break, Greg "FBT" Mueller bet out 10,000 and Doyle Brunson moved all-in with his last 6,000. Brunson was looking good with his when the gave him a flush draw on the flop. However, Mueller's pocket aces were still on top. The on the turn gave Mueller a set, and the on the river dashed any hope of Brunson moving closer to an eleventh bracelet in this event.
After the big blind called his 2,000 raise preflop, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson bet for 2,500 after the flop. The BB check-raised Ferguson to 7,200 and he called. The hit on the turn and the big blind led out for 11,000 and Ferguson raised all-in to 28,000 and was called. Ferguson had for top two and the big blind had for the flush draw. The river was the , and that helped propel Ferguson's stack up to 92K.
And it cost him a bit less than half his stack. His opponent held A-K, flopped a king, picked up the nut flush draw on the turn, and then rivered a King to take the pot away.