and his opponent called showing pocket jacks. David was in need of help, holding 
, but he failed to find any by the river and was eliminated.
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and his opponent called showing pocket jacks. David was in need of help, holding , but he failed to find any by the river and was eliminated.
On a flop of
, Traniello bet out 1,100 into Hughes. Hughes made the call.The turn came the
and Traniello led for 3,300. Hughes called again.The river was the
and Traniello made it 5,200 to Hughes this time. Hughes made the call.Traniello rolled over
and Hughes mucked his hand.After a good start, Hughes has dropped down to 29,000. Traniello is up to 30,000.
. The big blind checked, David Singer bet 3,000 and the big blind called. The river was the 
. The big blind checked again, Singer bet 6,500 and the big blind called. Singer turned up
for the nut flush and the big blind mucked. He's now up to 38,000.
, Henry Tran bets 3,000 and Dmitri Nobles raises all in. "Ding Dong is on his way out!" says Nobles, whatever that means.Tran goes into the tank and Dmitri eventually calls the clock. Upon doing so, the cameras rush over.
"The cameras are rolling!" says Dmitri. "You know if you call, I'm going to show you a bluff."
Tran calls at the last moment and shows
to Nobles' 
. Tran is now up to 18,000 and Nobles down to 48,000.
Peter Heyneman and his opponent got all the money in the middle, and that's when Heyneman found that his 
had been outflopped by the other player's pocket tens. The left Heyneman with just one last chance at salvation, and on the river he spiked the . That two-outer gave Heyneman a 59,500 stack."You'd better write that one down," Mel Judah said, "that was ugly."
.Action was on Rizen, but he apparently didn't realize it. After about two or three minutes of inaction, he finally became aware of the delay and checked. The original raiser bet 2,200, and action came around to the third man in the hand, the player seated on the button. He apparently forgot about Rizen as well. Looking right past the unmistakable Eric Lynch, he spoke to the early-position raiser: "I'll put you all in."
Because of his verbal declaration, he was required to put 7,750 chips into the pot, as it was the amount required to put the other player all in. But action was on Lynch first, and he moved all in for about 13,000 himself. The original bettor put in the rest of his 7,750 remaining chips, while the raiser cut his losses and ducked out.
When the hands were turned over, both men had top pair with a queen kicker. The all-in player held
, while Lynch showed down . He could not lose the hand and was freerolling to the win with his draw to the nut spade flush.And he found it. The
ripped off on the turn, locking it up for Rizen and sending his opponent out into the crowd. With that win, Eric Lynch has chipped his way up to 40,000.
Tehan explained that there is a possible scenario in hold'em in which given a particular board, there are two hands where one can be ahead on the turn, but if one's opponent is holding the other hand, one cannot possibly have the lead after the river comes.
Several expressed doubt, but Tehan had the answer. The board must read 3-3-4-4 rainbow. If one has 7-2 and one's opponent has 6-5, one leads on the turn.
But every single possible river card either gives the hand to one's opponent or creates a split pot. Think about it.
to his small blind opponent's 
.There had been some action before the turn came giving us a board of
. It was at this point the rest of the chips went in the middle.Tremblay would have to sweat as the river came
to miss his opponent. He rakes in the pot and is up to 38,500.
. The river landed the and Filippi's opponent fired again, this time with a bet of 2,000.Filippi looked dejected as he flashed
for a busted nut flush draw before tossing his cards into the muck. Filippi is struggling today and is now down to only 7,500 chips.
After Gary Benson put in a raise to 1,700, Hickey reraised to 5,000 by tossing one orange chip out in the middle. Benson tried to talk to Hickey and get some information out of him, but Hickey just shot some banter right back at Benson. Benson then reraised to 13,700.
Hickey said, "I put you on ace-king suited."
Benson didn't say a word and then Hickey said, "I didn't come here to fold," as he tossed in his chips.
Benson rolled over
and Hickey held 
.Hickey stood up and said, "Why else would he put me all in?" referencing his read that Benson held ace-king.
The board ran out
and Hickey would double up to 25,000.
