was cracked by 
spiking a set on the river, a short-stacked Jason Grad moved all in preflop with 
and was called by an opponent holding 
. The board ran out 
and Grad hit the rail.
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was cracked by spiking a set on the river, a short-stacked Jason Grad moved all in preflop with and was called by an opponent holding . The board ran out and Grad hit the rail.
holding 
. His opponent opened 
, which held up through the river.Then a short time later, he got all in preflop with
for about 30,000 against a different opponent who showed 
. Sonstegard couldn't find an ace anywhere on the board by the time the river came down. He now has just 30,000 in chips.
on the turn, Bernard Lee moved all in for 6,500, sending Shawn Cunix into the tank. "I know I'm behind, but I have to call" said Cunix. He turned over
for an open-ended straight draw. "I can't believe I'm in the lead!" cried Lee, tabling the
.The river was the
and Lee won the pot with only queen high. "Oh my God" he said, taking a mini-bow. "I need to give that guy a hug!" Lee made good on his promise and darted around the table to embrace Cunix.
Lee doubled up to 25,000 on the hand, but Cunix isn't hurting in the least. He's still sitting on 142,000 and is the current chip leader.
. 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.
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.
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.
. Grad flopped a set and turned a full house, increasing his stack to 12,000.
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.
