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Just before the last break, Evelyn Ng got in a great hand. Preflop, she limped in and the big blind checked. On a flop of , both checked. On a turn of , Ng bet 850 and her opponent reraised to 2,500. She called. On a river of , she checked and her opponent went all in for 6,200. She called with , and her opponent was busted. She's up to 42,000 on a four-handed table.
Down to his last 1,125, Mike Matusow was dealt the very playable and pushed all in. Chad Brown called, then another player reraised, pushing Brown out of the hand. Matusow was in good shape, as the reraiser showed .
The flop came , giving both players top pair. The turn was the , and now Matusow had top two.
But the river was the , giving Matusow's opponent Broadway and sending the Mouth home.
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Under the gun, a player raised to 1,050 and Patrik Antonius in the small blind reraised to 4,100. The big blind went all in and the UTG folded. Antonius called with to the of the big blind. The board came and Antonius busted his opponent, moving up to 37,000.
Shamus
Thought for a moment we were going to see another Bill Edler "chip and a chair" comeback. Down to a single 25-chip, Edler won the blinds and antes in a hand, propelling him to 350.
He moved all in again the next hand with A-Q and got one caller with K-J. But a jack flopped, no help came on the turn or river, and Edler is out.
Shamus
Rafe Furst was all in with versus Burt Boutin's . A ten flopped, giving Furst the lead, but Boutin turned a third four, and Furst was eliminated.
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An under-the-gun player raised to 1,000 preflop and Phil Laak in late position called. The flop was and the UTG bet 2,500. Laak reraised all in and the UTG called with K-K. Laak had J-J. The turn and river were and Laak was down to the starting stack of 10,000.
Shamus
Chris Vaughn raised from middle position, Phil Hellmuth called from the button, and both blinds called as well. The flop came , and all four checked. The turn was the , and all checked to Hellmuth, who bet 2,200. The small blind called and the other two folded. The river brought the and both checked.
Hellmuth showed for top pair, top kicker. His opponent showed , and Hellmuth took the pot. He's up to around 18,700 at the moment.
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Chris "Genius28" Lee raised to 2,000 in the small blind and the big blind reraised all in for 8,675. Lee called with and the opponent had . The board came and Lee was down to 1,900.
On the next hand, the under-the-gun player limped in and Lee went all in for 1,875 on the button. The small blind called and the big blind folded. Under-the-gun folded. Lee had to from the SB. The door card was the on a board, and Lee was sent packing.