With about 100,000 in the pot, J.C. Tran and Mike Lovelace saw a flop of . Tran led out with a bet of 55,000, and Lovelace moved all in for 565,000 total. That sent Tran spiraling into the tank, and he was clearly confused about the decision upon him. "This is so sick," he said. "Why would you go all in?" After another few minutes of deliberation, he added, "I'll let you bluff me this time, 'cause I know next time I'll be ready." With that, Tran showed and released his cards into the muck. Lovelace flashed his , breathing a big sigh of relief as he stacked some new chips.
"How could you lay that down?" someone asked Tran after the hand. Tran snapped his head around to answer, "Because I value my tournament life a lot." Tran is down to 600,000, but still alive and well here in the Main.
Theo Tran opened for 18,000 from under the gun and was called by two players. On a flop of , Tran's 30,000-chip bet was called by only the button. Both players checked the turn and the river, with Tran's taking down the pot with a full house.
Catching the action on the turn with the board reading Ed Perry checked to Nick Schulman who fired 40,000. Perry made the call, and then check-called the bet of 75,000 on the river.
Schulman tabled for the king-high flush to collect the pot. He's up to 780,000 with Perry back to 250,000.
It may have been "double up or go home" time for Carter King. He was short-stacked in the big blind and got all of his chips in the middle on a flop of . King's opponent was the small blind, who had flopped top two pair with and made the call. King turned up and never improved.
Before the flop, Abraham Mourshaki raised to 22,000 from early position, and Phil Hellmuth flat-called from late position. Jose Manuel Gomez Rebenaque then called from the cutoff, Kenny Hsiung called from the button, and Kevin Jenkins also called from the big blind.
No report if Hellmuth uttered "et tu" or anything similar after all of the callers.
The flop came . Jenkins pushed all in for 83,000, Mourshaki folded, then Hellmuth reraised all in with his last 110,000. Gomez folded, and Hsiung called.
Jenkins
Hellmuth
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Jenkins had an open-ended straight draw, Hellmuth the overpair, and Hsiung two pair.
The turn was the , giving Jenkins the straight. The river was the . Jenkins won the main pot, Hsiung the side pot, and Hellmuth has been eliminated.
Tom Lutz and Raul Mestre just collided in a huge pot on a flop of .
Lutz held top two with his as Mestre was drawing to a flush with his .
The on the turn gave Mestre even more outs with a straight draw, but the river bricked the . Mestre hits the rail as Lutz now sits behind a very healthy 1.6 million chips.
We just caught the tail end of a hand, but it was at least worth mentioning. J.C. Tran was involved again, and on fourth street, the board showed . It was a battle of the blinds, and Tran's opponent made a bet of 60,000 which he called. The river brought the , and the small blind moved all in. Tran thought for just a bit before sending his cards back to the muck, and the small blind couldn't resist flashing his offsuit as he pulled in the pot.
That's the second time the table has bluffed J.C. Tran in the last few minutes. Chances are good that the third person who tries to do that will be making a mistake.
Kelly Kim was down to a mere 46,000 chips when he moved all in with . Jake Abdalla called with , a hand that held on a board of . Kim's gone with just a few minutes left in the day.