DeMichele held
and his opponent held 
.Board:
After the hand, DeMichele moved up to 20,000. Right back where he started from.
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DeMichele held
and his opponent held .Board:
After the hand, DeMichele moved up to 20,000. Right back where he started from.
and Anders led out for 5,500. His opponent moved all in for 17,550 more and Anders called, showing A-K for top pair. His opponent turned over pocket queens for a flopped set, which held up. After the hand, Anders is down to 16,000.
, Men "The Master" Nguyen bet 6,000 into an 8,000-chip pot and was called by one opponent with position on him. Both players checked the 
turn and the 
river. At showdown, Nguyen's opponent opened . Nguyen mucked his hand, but not without a rant."A five," said Nguyen. "A f*ckin' five!"
Nguyen has only 8,000 in chips left in his stack.
Willie Tann led out for 3,000 from the big blind and the UTG player called. The turn was the 
. Tann bet 5,000. "Oh Willie..." sighed the UTG player, before tossing in a call.
The river was the
and Tann checked. "I check, I can't bet" said his opponent.
Tann showed king high.
"King high! I have a straight!" he cried, rolling over
. Tann is down to 35,000.
when Chris Lee bet out 10,000. Amir Vahedi raised enough to put Lee all in and Lee took a second, but then tossed in his chips.Vahedi held
and Lee held 
.The dealer wasted no time and slapped the
on the turn, giving Lee a straight. The river was the 
and Vahedi got up from his chair in disgust."What the f*** man, Jesus Christ, how do you guys do this?" ranted Vahedi.
Vahedi dropped down to 16,000.
. Grad flopped a set and turned a full house, increasing his stack to 12,000.
flop. Again Kolstad called.When the turn came
, Minieri shoved for his last 7,500. Kolstad made the call with . Minieri was ahead with and needed to dodge the river. He couldn't do it when Kolstad hit one of his "dirty" outs, the 
, to make trip tens.
Mercier:
Opponent:
When the cards were turned, David Saab bet $200 with Mercier that the short stack would double up. It wouldn't be as the board ran out
.Mercier is up to 32,000.
. Brunson had for trip sixes. Unfortunately for him, his opponent, Tom Braband, had -- the nut flush.The river was the
, and Brunson is out. Braband is up to 110,000.
