Young:
Opponent:
Young was in great shape and looked to pad his stack and send a player home. Unfortunately for him, the
flop didn't cooperate. He went from first to worst in a hurry and needed a ten or running cards to make a full house or a split pot. Neither came and the button doubled through Young, leaving him with 4,200.
. The big blind was the only caller and check-called Chiu on every street after the flop came king-high. At the river Chiu showed his top pair, top kicker; his opponent mucked.
, Humberto Brenes check-called a bet of 625 from his opponent. The turn came
, and Brenes checked again. This time his opponent bet 2,000. Brenes showed the
, claimed he had another seven to match it, and then folded. He made a good fold; his opponent showed pocket threes for a turned full house.
, he got his stack in preflop against an opponent holding
for Jacob and
for the big blind. Neither player paired up but when the board came with four spades, the big blind's flush was best. He doubled to 800 leaving Jacob with 3,200.
, Jon Friedberg checked from the small blind. A middle-position player bet 325 and was called by the cutoff. Friedberg raised to 1,100, folding the middle-position player. After some deliberation, the cutoff reraised all in and Friedberg called.


. Neither card helped Friedberg. He is out.