Yan Chen raised to 20,000 on the button. Nick Binger was in the big blind and folded, showing . Rick Fuller chimed in, "A pat Royal should be worth all the chips." "Yeah, in any game," agreed Mike Matusow.
Derric Haynie opened to 18,000 from under the gun and Yan Chen made the call from the big blind as both players drew one.
Chen checked and after nearly sixty seconds of deliberating, Haynie fired out 30,000.
Shuffling six 5,000-denomination chips in one hand, before readjusting his chips several times while occasionally taking a sip of a coffee, Chen took three minutes before deciding on making the call.
"Jack!" announced Haynie as he rolled over his .
Chen quickly flipped over his to win with a ten-low and move to just under 600,000 as Haynie slips to 120,000 in chips.
Yan Chen was first to act and raised to 20,000. In the small blind, Nick Binger moved all in for another 36,000. Chan called. Each were drawing one to a nine.
Chen:
Binger:
Michael Binger and Mike Matusow rushed onto the stage and stood inches behind Binger's chair. "He makes it!" announced Matusow as soon as he caught a glimpse of Binger's . Chen pulled a and paid Nick. Binger is still the short stack with 92,000 now, and Chen is still on top with 530,000.
Usually when railbirds pull out cards to start their own side games, the floor comes over to break it up. Something about gaming regulations. But this Chinese game is different. Michael Binger, Mike Matusow, and Rick Fuller had been playing three-handed. Then TD Tony Spencer came over, not to break up the game, but to play the fourth hand.
Nick Binger raised to 18,000, and Yan Chen called. Chen drew two while Binger took one. When Chen checked, Binger bet 24,000 and scooped the pot.
The next hand, Binger raised to 18,000 again. In the big blind, Derric Haynie moved all in for an additional 57,000. Binger sat frozen in his favorite Thinker pose. Michael Binger even abandoned his hand of Chinese. And finally, Binger folded.
Derric Haynie raised to 18,000, and Mike Wattel called and drew one. Haynie stood pat, and when Wattel checked, Derric showed a . Wattel mucked, and Haynie added a few chips to his stack.
The next hand, Wattel raised to 22,000 from the small blind. Yan Chen in the big blind reraised to 72,000, and Wattel declined to call. Wattel has now fallen under the 300,000 mark.