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In a battle of the blinds William Hill set Robert Gerstenzang all-in, and Robert called with . He had Hill's dominated, and the flop didn't seem too ominous. But the on the turn opened up a diamond draw for Hill, and that's what knocked Gerstenzang out when the hit on the river.
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Sick hand here. Marco Traniello raised to 24,000 and Bill McNamara raised to 72,000. Before they could figure out if he was covered John MacCarthy announced all-in. It turned out he had exactly 1,000 less than McNamara, and once that was straightened out Traniello called. Here are the hands they showed down
Traniello: JJ
McNamara: KK
MacCarthy: A7
The flop of kept McNamara in the lead, but MacCarthy hit an Ace on the turn and that held up to give him the pot and the triple-up.
McNamara thought he only had a single yellow chip left, but it was pointed out that he'd won another yellow chip from Traniello in the side pot since his kings beat Marco's jacks. "I've got two chips, can I have two chairs?" he quipped.
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Nick Binger raised to 25,000 and Gavin Smith called in the big blind. They checked the flop, but when the hit on the turn, fireworks.
Smith bet the pot, 54,000. Binger took a long, long, LONG time deciding what to do. He separated out the amount needed to call, thought it over some more, looked at the chips he'd have left, thought it over some more, and then raised an additional...seven thousand.
Smith picked up his cards and faked tossing them in the muck, as if he'd refuse to call such a tiny raise, and turned over . Binger had A-K and when Smith didn't catch a Queen he doubled up.
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Gavin Smith raised to 20,200 and, on the button, Joe Navran moved in for 40,200. Smith called with while Navran had pocket Eights. The flop was about as bad for Navran as possible-- , giving Smith top pair and the flush draw. Navran was drawing dead to the eight of clubs, but even that faint hope was dashed when Smith made his flush on the turn.
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With the board showing Marco Traniello pushed all-in and was called by John MacCarthy. Traniello had a nine to fill in the straight while MacCarthy had top pair with Q-10. Traniello now has 402,000.
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And comes out the winner. After Lynch raised to 16,000 Friedberg re-raised to 35K. Lynch raised the pot, another 100K, leaving him with just 2,000 behind. Friedberg lined up his chips, put his hands around them and squeezed them tight like he was about to push them forward...and mucked.
"You have tens?" Lynch asked.
"You have nines?" Friedberg replied.
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After John MacCarthy limped Thomas Savitsky raised the pot and MacCarthy re-raised, putting Savitsky all-in. Savitsky called and turned over pocket tens, only to find MacCarthy had trapped with Kings. The flop came A-5-A with another five on the turn, but down to two outs, Savitsky spiked a ten to suck out and stay alive.
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One from the button Gavin Smith raised all-in to 40,000. Robert Gerstenzang called on the button and showed . Smith was behind with but he flopped a nine to take the lead and held onto it through the turn and river to double up.
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. He had Hill's 
dominated, and the 
flop didn't seem too ominous. But the 
on the turn opened up a diamond draw for Hill, and that's what knocked Gerstenzang out when the 
hit on the river.
kept McNamara in the lead, but MacCarthy hit an Ace on the turn and that held up to give him the pot and the triple-up.
flop, but when the 
hit on the turn, fireworks. 
. Binger had A-K and when Smith didn't catch a Queen he doubled up.
Marco Traniello pushed all-in and was called by John MacCarthy. Traniello had a nine to fill in the straight while MacCarthy had top pair with Q-10. Traniello now has 402,000.
. Smith was behind with 
but he flopped a nine to take the lead and held onto it through the turn and river to double up.
