and Nguyen 
. The flop was 
, the turn was the 
, and the 
spiked on the river, making Nguyen trip kings and doubling him up to 40,000. Lovelady was crippled, left with only 3,000.
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and Nguyen . The flop was , the turn was the , and the spiked on the river, making Nguyen trip kings and doubling him up to 40,000. Lovelady was crippled, left with only 3,000.
, a short-stacked Paul "Kwikfish" Wasicka got all of his chips in the middle with . 2008 WSOP Seniors No-Limit Hold'em champ and former police detective Dan LaCourse decided to take on Wasicka. LaCourse held 
for a club flush draw.The turn was the
and the river the 
, and Wasicka doubled up to 17,000. LaCourse currently has 42,000.
Pezzin:
Ashbey:
It was a race situation with Pezzin needing to improve. It was Ashbey's tournament life on the line, but Pezzin would have been crippled had he lost.
The board came
and Pezzin's rivered pair of kings took it down. He chipped up to approximately 50,000 and ended Ashbey's day in the process.
It didn't help him enough in this hand. Lubarsky limps in the small blind and a middle-position player raises to 1,500. The button calls.
The flop is
and Lubarsky checks. The MP bets 3,150 and the button calls. Lubarsky raises to 10,150 and MP reraises all in for 29,275 more. The button folds and Lubarsky goes into the tank, eventually laying it down. Lubarsky has 50,300."They don't feel like that on the Internet!" says the dealer about the tense situation.
The flop came down
. Small blind checked and Avery bet 2,000. Nguyen called and the small blind folded.The turn was the
and Avery led for 3,500. Nguyen called.The river was the
and Avery bet 6,000. Nguyen made the call once again and then mucked his hand when he saw Avery's flush with the 
.Nguyen is down to 10,000.
Spate:
Leffingwell:
The board ran out
giving Leffingwell the full house for the win. Spate's queens up were no good and he hit the rail.
to his opponent's 
. The 
brought Myung no help and the 
on the river left him hoping for a chop if the board ended up making both players a straight. But on the river Myung got the that he no longer wanted, and losing that pot dropped him to 11,600.
and Deeb fired out 2,125. The button raised to 5,725 and Deeb moved all in. The button made the call and showed for a flush draw against Deeb's K-Q. The pair of kings held up for Deeb and after the hand he's up to 28,000.
up against the of Darlene James and came up second best on the 
board.
