and was up against Thor Hansen's 
. The flop was
, and Romero was still in the lead. But the 
fell on the turn, and Romero went from way ahead to way behind.The river was the
, and Romero is out. Hansen now has 134,000.
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and was up against Thor Hansen's . The flop was
, and Romero was still in the lead. But the fell on the turn, and Romero went from way ahead to way behind.The river was the
, and Romero is out. Hansen now has 134,000.
, David Rheem bet 7,000. Garner called. The turn was another baby, the 
, bringing a bet of 12,000 from Rheem. Garner called that one, too.On the river
, Rheem checked. Garner fired out a bet of 25,000, sending Rheem into the tank for at least three minutes."I know you have ace-king," said Rheem. "I know it." He did finally make the call. Garner turned over
, which could not beat Rheem's 
made a pair of fours to take the pot.The very next hand, Garner raised to 2,300 preflop and was reraised all in by an opponent for a total of 11,000. Garner made the call with
and was up against 
. A board of 
made Garner's opponent the winner.After those hands, Garner has 118,000. Rheem is up to 225,000.
They saw a flop of
and Boxell led for 6,000. Rousso then grabbed a handful of chips and dumped them into the middle. It ended up being 50,000 worth. Klecz and Boxell both folded.Soon after, Boxell tried again with a raise to 2,400 from under the gun. Rousso called, as did the small blind, before the big blind moved all in for 18,500 in total. The squeeze play worked as all three opponents were forced to fold.
Boxell is back down to 23,200 chips.
and Maya fired 4,400 into the middle. Her opponent called and the turn brought the 
. Maya bet 6,000 and her opponent called. Both players checked the 
on the river and Maya's opponent mucked after she showed pocket sixes.After the hand, Maya is up to 105,000.
. Vimy Ha made the call.The turn was the
and both players checked.The river was the
and Voulgaris bet 18,000. Ha moved all in and Voulgaris called.Ha turned over
for a set of nines and Voulgaris mucked aces in disgust. He is now crippled to 4,200.
Dan:
Opponent:
Board:
Lu doubles up to 85,000.
Nehorayan showed
, while Boyer had . The flop brought a king, and the turn and river didn't change things. Nehoryan is out, and Boyer now up to 80,000.
with 4,000 in the pot. Rheem bet 2,000, only to see Garner check-raise to 6,000. The player in-between the two of them called, but Rheem folded.Garner bet 11,000 on the
turn and was called. When the river fell , he bet 100,000, which was finally enough to fold his opponent. Garner flashed as he raked the pot.Garner now has 168,000.
"The best substitute for a brain is silence."
, Toto Leonidas bet 5,000, his opponent moved all in for 30,000 and Leonidas made the call. Leonidas' 
was well ahead of his opponent's and held up on the turn and the river. Leonidas is now up to 119,000.
