after pushing his last chips in on the river with 
and finding a caller holding 
.Gallo's straight sees him jump up to 10,000.
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after pushing his last chips in on the river with and finding a caller holding .Gallo's straight sees him jump up to 10,000.
This could have been a lot more expensive for Kay
They took a flop of
and the big blind checked to Duke, who fired a 1,350 continuation bet. The late-position player folded with the big blind making the call.The turn was the
and again it was checked to Duke, who fired out 2,300. The BB then check-raised to 8,300 and Duke was forced to give up her hand.She was down to 24,500 before the following hand came up. Duke raised to 600 from the button and Duc Pham called in the big blind.
They took a flop of
and Pham checked to Duke, who fired out 700. Pham made the call. The turn was the and Pham this time led out for 2000, before Duke popped it up to 6,600. Pham called. The river was the 
. Pham checked, Duke bet out 10,000 and Pham once again called."You got it," said Duke, as Pham showed
for two pair, which was good to take down the pot. Duke is now left with less than 6,000 chips.
The flop came
. Schleger checked, and Pelton bet 1,000. Schleger paused for a bit, then check-raised to 3,100. Pelton quickly announced he was all in. "Call," said Schleger. No hesitation that time.Schleger turned over
-- he'd flopped the nut flush. Pelton showed 
. The turn was the and the river the , and Pelton was eliminated.Schleger is up to 40,000.
, Forrest Griffin bet 200 from UTG, Johnny Chan raised to 1,100 from middle position, and Griffin made the call. The turn was the . Griffin bet 1,000, Chan raised to 2,000, and Griffin called. The river was the 
. Griffin bet another 1,000, Chan raised to 5,000, and Griffin called. Chan rolled over
for two pair, while Griffin showed 
. The hand took the UFC fighter down to only 1,600. On a subsequent hand, Griffin moved all in on a flop of
and Vincent Curry made the call. Griffin showed 
while Curry tabled 
. The turn and river blanked out for Griffin and he hit the rail.
"Ali, Ali -- how does he look?"
"He looks pretty bad," responded Nejad. "We might have to pixel out his face. I asked him, 'How do you feel?' and he said 'I feel great.' I said, 'You don't look it,' and he said, 'I'll make you look worse.'"
. With the cameras rolling, the table talk commenced.Yu: "I know you don't have it."
Lederer: "Oh, I have it."
Yu: "Maybe you should bet 10,000 and I'll call."
Lederer: "OK, I bet 10,000." He reached for his chips to take some back, then smiled and left them in the middle of the table.
A minute or so passed.
Lederer: "If you knock me out, they'll probably put you on TV."
Yu: "OK, OK. I fold. But I know you don't have it. If you had bet 5,000, I would have called."
As Lederer was raking the pot, he chuckled. "I like that he claims he would have called 5,000," said Lederer to the player on his left.
The discussion continued a few hands later, with Yu still not convinced that Lederer could beat king-jack, the hand Yu claims he folded.
"You should have made the hero call then," said Lederer. "You could have told all your friends to watch you on TV." Then he turned more serious, and said, "I raised you from first position, I raised you on the flop, and I moved in on the turn. Do you really think your jack was good?"
Yu had no response.
The flop came
. Moreau checked to Yang, who bet out 2,400. The third player then moved all in for 22,000. Moreau folded and Yang went into the tank."I think we have the same hand," said Jerry. "Will you show?"
His opponent was motionless, and Yang folded
face up on the table. His opponent didn't show and Yang is now back down to 8,200.
He's currently sitting on 14,000 in chips and chatting up his table.
