"Nope," said Sonstegard. "I didn't move. I'm the same guy who had ninety thousand."
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"Nope," said Sonstegard. "I didn't move. I'm the same guy who had ninety thousand."
On a flop of
, the small blind bet enough to put Torbergsen all in, about 5,000. Torbergsen made the call. His pocket tens were ahead of the small blind's pocket sevens, and held up through the river.Torbergsen now has about 23,000 in chips.
Allen Cunningham raised to 1,200 from the button and the player in the big blind called. Both checked the


flop. The turn was the
. The player in the BB bet 2,200, and Cunningham called.The river brought the
. The BB player checked, and Cunningham bet 4,500. His opponent called.Cunningham showed

for the rivered flush. His opponent turned over 
for tens full of deuces. Not too much out there that could beat that.After having been up around 60,000, Cunningham now has about 45,000.
, and Monroe ended up winning the pot with
.Bellande was less than impressed: "King-king bet 7K into a thirty-five hundred pot. Let's review the hand again."
"If you don't have an ace, what would you do? I'ma freeze you, sucka!" Teddy said. "You tryin' to get in my head, but it ain't workin'. I'm in your head."
Bellande humored him: "Ladies and gentlemen," he announced to the table, "It's official: Teddy is in my head." There was an elimination occurring at this exact moment on an adjacent table, yet ESPN's cameras remained fixed on the verbal tussle going on at this table. "I can't out-talk you. I'll let my chips and my cards do the talking."
Teddy was loving it. "Iceman needs more ice."
and his opponent showed
.Board:
After the hand, Allemann moved up to 119,000.
Schleger was in a terrible spot with pocket kings up against Smith's pocket aces.
The board ran out
, giving Smith quads and a huge boost to his stack. He is now over 130,000.
, Robert Cheung moved all in against a player in middle position, and he received a call. Cheung held
and his opponent held
. The turn fell the
and the river the
and Cheung doubled up to around 30,000 chips.
. Matt Mezdinsky, who's played (and lost) quite a few pots with Carlos today joked, "I folded kings. I just felt like you were strong."
. Postle led out for 3,000 and Hansen called. The turn was the
. Postle checked, Hansen bet 6,650 and Postle called. The river was the
. Postle checked, Hansen bet 14,425 and Postle called. Postle showed
, but Hansen had
for the wheel and dragged the 52,000 pot.
and Nunes had
. The board ran out
and it would be the river that delivered the final blow for Hayden.