and was racing against 
. The board came
. A very pretty eight on the flop was enough to see Carroll up to 15,000. Calderaro still strong on 118,000.
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and was racing against . The board came
. A very pretty eight on the flop was enough to see Carroll up to 15,000. Calderaro still strong on 118,000.
. David Rheem led out for 1,600 after both blinds checked. Everyone called, including Gazes in late position.Everyone checked the
turn to Gazes, who bet 6,000. Both of the blinds called, bringing the action back to Rheem. He stood up and started talking to himself about how Gazes had left himself 13,000 behind and how both blinds had just called. He mused that one must have a flush draw and ultimately let go of his hand.On the river
, the big blind led out for 10,000. Gazes moved the rest of his chips in (13,000 total) but nobody called. Both remaining players immediately snap-mucked."Show us," Garner said to Gazes. Gazes complied by showing
for the nut straight. He now has 53,000 in chips.
The flop came
and Goossens led out for a bet of 14,000. Habib called and the 
hit the turn. Goossens check-called Habib's bet of 15,000 and the 
hit the river.Goossens check-folded to Habib's bet of 17,000, showing
as he mucked. Habib flashed 
and he pulled in the pot.
was good the whole way against his opponent's .The
board helped neither player and Heitmann now sits on a stack of about 128,000.
. Avi Cohen instead chose to call, and found out he was up against 
and 
. Nobody improved, so Jani Vilmunen's aces took both the main pot and the side pot, knocking out John Shipley in the process and denting Cohen's chip stack to 83,000.
, Ulises Roman got all of his chips in the middle holding 
for top two pair. Unfortunately for him, he was up against Dan LaCourse's 
-- a set of jacks.The river
saved the day for Roman, though, giving him a full house. He doubles up to 36,000, while LaCourse drops back down to 36,000.
and Chris Reslock made the call. Fockenberg:
Reslock:
Turn:
River:
After the hand Fockenberg moved up to 44,500 and Reslock moved down to 35,000 chips.
"It's never easy," he says. Young has 110,000. He says that at 200K, or after dinner, whichever comes first, he's going to get the whole table to start doing shots.
Ray Romano has an interesting card protector. It says, "Hank's Locks & Things." At the Ante Up for Africa tournament, a player in an adjacent table (presumably Hank) gave it to him as a gift, and he's been using it ever since. "It's a whole process," Ray says of the good luck charms.
outdrew the of his opponent. The chips went in before the flop and Berg was freerolling on a flop of
. The 
on the turn kept things interesting but the on the river turned the probable chop into a definite scoop for Berg.He now commands a stack of about 42,000.
