From middle position, Ryan Hart raised to 65,000, and Anh Van Nguyen three-bet it up to 130,000 from the button. Hart called, and the flop came out . Without wasting much time, Hart moved all in for 371,00, and Nguyen quickly called, turning over . Hart tabled , and someone at the table said they had folded a seven, just to make the news worse.
Not to worry though, Mr. Hart. Like a thunderbolt, the struck the turn, vaulting Ryan into a big lead. The river was not an ace, and the marks a double up for Hart. He's back to 1,150,000, while Nugyen has taken another slide down to 660,000.
Hieu Luu, wearing a t-shirt that says "I'm a Lucky Donk", has been playing so many pots on Table 36 that it's becoming impossible to put him on a hand. There were already roughly 1 million chips in the middle of the table and a flop on board of when we heard the familiar cry of "All in and call". Zackey, the chip leader not so long ago, was in very rough shape. He showed down for middle pair against Luu's , set of queens.
"You don't want to see a king or a ten," said one other player. The river was a complete brick, the , giving Luu a lock on the hand. The river completed the board and set the dealer to work counting down Luu's 884,000 remaining chips. Combined with the pot, the double-up puts Luu back at 2.7 million. Zackey has fallen all the way down to about 2.6 million.
On a flop of , the action was checked to Noah Boeken, who fired out 100,000. Pham raised to 575,000, a middle position player got out of the way, and Boeken called. The came on the turn and Pham moved all in for 1.6 million. Boeken went into a long tank.
"I know you have two nines. I should have folded on the flop," Boeken bemoaned.
After a few more minutes of thought, Boeken showed and folded. Pham showed the ... then the .
Boeken is down to 1.68 million while Pham is up to 2.8 million.
Donnie Peters
Some crazy action just went down over on one of the tables between Joe Luht, Eric Cloutier, and Wesley Ismay.
The flop was when all the money went in. Luht held top pair with , but was way behind both of his opponents with flopped flushes. Cloutier flopped a flush with , but Ismay flopped the higher flush with .
The turn brought the and the river the . Ismay's flush was good enough to win the hand and eliminate both Cloutier and Luht.
There was 270,000 in the middle when the flop came . Tom Schneider, in the big blind, fired out 160,000, and Antoine Saout raised to 525,000 from the button. Schneider called.
Both players then checked the turn and the river. Schneider showed for top pair, but was out-kicked by Saout's .
Saout is up to 3.815 million, while Schneider slips to 3.02 million.
J.C. Tran was on the button, and he limped in after the action folded around the table. Joe Hachem completed the small blind, and Peter Eastgate made it 80,000 straight from the big blind. Tran called while Hachem ducked out.
Heads up then, the flop came , and Eastgate check-called a bet of 65,000 from Tran. The turn was the and the river the , with the two players check-checking it down. Eastgate tabled , and it was good enough to earn him that little pot.
Elky Grospellier
A very short-stacked Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier never fully recovered from that three-way pot where Scott Cook "just couldn't do it". He got his last chips in preflop with the same hand he held in the three-way pot, . This time Scott Sitron woke up with . Grospellier couldn't find an ace on a board of . Neither could the dealer, so he pushed to the pot to Sitron, leaving Grospellier busto.
George Caragiorgas got the rest of his chips in before the flop and Brian Powell looked him up. It was for Powell up against the of Caragiorgas, the board running out to double Caragiorgas to 1,670,000. Powell was left with 540,000.
Three players saw a flop, Rifat Palevic bet 175,000, and only Tian Shou called. The turn was the , and Palevic promptly shoved all in for about 800,000, sending Shou into the tank.
"I need Poker Stove," exhaled Shou wearily. "I have a massive, massive hand, but I fold."
Shou showed the he was folding -- eights and a diamond draw. Then Palevic turned over his cards somewhat emphatically -- !
Palevic is up to 2.35 million, while Shou slips to 2.47 million.
. Without wasting much time, Hart moved all in for 371,00, and Nguyen quickly called, turning over 
. Hart tabled 
, and someone at the table said they had folded a seven, just to make the news worse.
struck the turn, vaulting Ryan into a big lead. The river was not an ace, and the 
marks a double up for Hart. He's back to 1,150,000, while Nugyen has taken another slide down to 660,000.
when we heard the familiar cry of "All in and call". Zackey, the chip leader not so long ago, was in very rough shape. He showed down 
for middle pair against Luu's 
, set of queens.
, giving Luu a lock on the hand. The river 
completed the board and set the dealer to work counting down Luu's 884,000 remaining chips. Combined with the pot, the double-up puts Luu back at 2.7 million. Zackey has fallen all the way down to about 2.6 million.
, the action was checked to Noah Boeken, who fired out 100,000. Pham raised to 575,000, a middle position player got out of the way, and Boeken called. The 
came on the turn and Pham moved all in for 1.6 million. Boeken went into a long tank. 
... then the 
. 
when all the money went in. Luht held top pair with 
, but was way behind both of his opponents with flopped flushes. Cloutier flopped a flush with 
, but Ismay flopped the higher flush with 
and the river the 
. Ismay's flush was good enough to win the hand and eliminate both Cloutier and Luht.
, and Eastgate check-called a bet of 65,000 from Tran. The turn was the 
, with the two players check-checking it down. Eastgate tabled 
, and Stoykov's nines were still good. But the turn brought the 
for Powell up against the 
to double Caragiorgas to 1,670,000. Powell was left with 540,000.
flop, Rifat Palevic bet 175,000, and only Tian Shou called. The turn was the 
, and Palevic promptly shoved all in for about 800,000, sending Shou into the tank.
