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The cutoff raised to 1,100 and Nam Le called from the big blind. The flop was . Le checked, the cutoff bet 2,000 and Le called. The turn was the . Le checked, the cutoff moved all in for 5,500 and Le called. The river was the and the cutoff's was good enough to drag the pot, crippling Le.
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Each time we stroll by Joe Tehan's table, the dealer seems to be sliding another pot his way. He now has over 70,000 chips, which is currently almost double the next largest stack.
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Vanessa Selbst raised to 1,100 from late position, the big blind moved all in for 1,550, and Selbst called the additional 450. Typical of her aggressive style, Selbst showed the and the big blind tabled... . The board came Q-Q-2-A-K, and the 5 ended up playing, awarding the pot to Selbst's opponent.
"How could you raise with 5 high and no fold equity!" Selbst exclaimed after the hand. Her stack was still quite healthy though, at 46,000.
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On a board showing , an opponent checked from the small blind to Erik Seidel in the big blind, who bet 2,300; his opponent called.
The river brought the and again the action was checked to Seidel who upped the price to 6,000. His opponent called, and Seidel showed for two pair, which was good enough to take down the pot.
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The small blind raised to 1,100, Eugene Todd moved all in from the big blind for 2,600 more and the small blind called. Todd turned over while his opponent showed . The queens held and Todd hit the rail.
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The A-x-x, two diamond flop looked pretty good to Johnny Chan who held . He got his money all-in on the flop against Michael Watson, who held A-Q offsuit.
The turn and river brought two blanks and Chan was eliminated from the tournament.
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On a flop of , the big blind checked, Steve Zolotow bet 1,400 from the cutoff, and the big blind called. The turn was the . The big blind bet 3,700 and Zolotow called. The river was the . The big blind bet another 4,700 and Zolotow called. Zolotow showed A-3, having turned a pair of aces. His opponent held K-8.
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Greg Raymer moved all in for 1,225, the small blind re-raised to 4,200 to isolate, and the big blind folded. Raymer turned up and the small blind showed . The flop was , the turn was the and the river was the , eliminating Raymer.