Donnie Peters
Defending champ, Thang Luu, still going strong!
Thang Luu has just stormed back up the leaderboard in the past few minutes. On a recent hand, the board read and Luu bet into Jordan Rich. The pot was very large and after tanking for a few moments, Rich made the call. Luu showed Rich the nut full house with two kings in his hand and moved up to a whopping 270,000 after just recently having below the 100,000-chip mark.
Can Luu repeat his performance from last year? Can he go wire to wire for a second gold bracelet? Only time will tell.
Donnie Peters
Annie Duke was all in preflop against a few other players that were still active in the hand. She began the hand with 8,000 chips.
The flop came down and Morten Holm bet. Two players folded before Sven Amtzen made the call.
The turn was the and both active remaining players checked. The was the river card and both players checked again.
Holm showed , Amtzen showed , and Duke showed .
The side pot was split between Holm and Amtzen. Holm won the high half with two pair, queens and sevens. Amtzen won the low half.
Duke then scooped the low half of the main pot with the nut low, while Holm took the high half of the main with his two pair. Duke is now up to 20,000 chips.
Annie Duke - 30th Place
On the last hand before break Annie Duke was all in before the flop facing two opponents in Sven Amtzen and Jon Nakatani(also all in).
The board came .
Nakatani took 3/4 of the pot with and Amtzen showed for a shared low.
Duke mucked her hand and exited the tournament area in 30th place.
and Luu bet into Jordan Rich. The pot was very large and after tanking for a few moments, Rich made the call. Luu showed Rich the nut full house with two kings in his hand and moved up to a whopping 270,000 after just recently having below the 100,000-chip mark.
and Morten Holm bet. Two players folded before Sven Amtzen made the call.
and both active remaining players checked. The 
, Amtzen showed 
, and Duke showed 
.
to give Duke a full house. Neither player held a low and Annie moved up to 50,000 chips. Price dropped to 193,000.
of Annie Duke.
for a shared low.
