was the nuts on 
board. Van den Berg's stack is now just under the 55,000 mark.
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was the nuts on board. Van den Berg's stack is now just under the 55,000 mark.
Flop:
Lechich checked to Hudson, who bet out 12,000.
Lechich said the following as he was folding: "Queens are good."
Hudson: "How about four-five off?"
Lechich: "That would be no good."
Hudson showed
.
. Gaetano Buda bet 2,400, Patrik Antonius called, and the others got out of the way. The turn was the 
. This time Buda checked, Antonius bet 3,500, Buda check-raised to 10,500, and Antonius called.The river was the
. Buda checked, and Antonius pushed all in for 16,500. "I told myself I wasn't going to get involved in a hand with you," said Buda as he contemplated his decision. Of course, this hasn't been the first hand today in which he's run up against the Flying Finn.Buda made the call. Antonius showed
for the full house, and Buda mucked. Antonius doubled up to 64,000 on that one.Soon after, Antonius picked up another nice pot without a showdown, and after struggling for most of the day, Antonius is way up to 90,000.
The floor was called over and it was found that the player was actually just using his iPod and listening to music. The table got quite the laugh at Friedman's mistake.
, Sylvester Geoghegan moved all in against Bryan Colin and Colin called.Colin:
Sylvester:
Turn:
River:
After the hand Geoghegan moved up to 84,000 and Colin moved down to 51,000.
, but ran into the 
of another opponent.
Burns showed
, while the Bear had 
. The board ran out 
, and Greenstein picked up some chips as well as a nice round of applause from the many spectators on the rail.Greenstein now has 13,000.
flop and Renz's was good for the huge pot and the elimination of his opponent.
. Brecher check-raised to 7,500 after Iannone bet 2,500. He was called.The turn was the
and Brecher checked again. Iannone bet 7,500 and Brecher called.The river the was
and Brecher check-called all in. Iannone showed 
. Brecher showed for top two pair, but it wasn't good enough to beat the flush Iannone held.
That seems to have unleashed some momentary bad luck on Romano (like breaking a mirror). He was dealt
and raised it up to 6,000 after Christopher Bonita raised to 1,700. Bonita called, then checked a 
flop. Romano bet 10,000. Bonita moved all in for a total of about 25,000 and Romano quickly called. He was in bad shape; his cowboys were facing Bonita's 
. Nobody improved on the turn and river.Romano has just 10,000 chips left.
