After the player UTG raised, Scott Dorin three-bet from middle position. Greg Mueller called from the small blind and the UTG player called. All three players checked the flop. The turn came the and Mueller checked to the UTG player, who bet out. Dorin called and Mueller put in a check-raise. The UTG player folded and Dorin called. Mueller bet the river when the fell and Dorin looked him up.
Mueller's was good until the final card fell, Dorin rivering top pair to wrest away the pot with . He's up to 147,000 while Mueller is growing short-stacked with 42,000 left.
Four players saw a flop for 2,300 apiece. The action checked around to Tuan Le on the button, who bet 5,400. David Baker called from the big blind and Marc Karam called from UTG. All three checked down the on the turn and the on the river.
Karam turned over for two pair and took down the pot.
Mike Matusow has been the "new" Mike Matusow for several years now, long enough that it's no longer new. But that doesn't stop Matusow from rolling out the line from time to time. Matusow limped, then called a raise to 3,600 from Eli Elezra. Matusow led a flop for 7,000, a bet which Elezra called.
The turn paired the board, . Matusow led again for 13,000. Elezra raised to 34,800 but was faced with a tough decision when Matusow shoved for 82,500.
A few moments passed while Elezra thought thinks through. "Ok, I'll lay down a full house for you," he finally said.
"Do you think I have enough balls in PLO to four-bet bluff for my tournament life?" Matusow replied. He paused, then added, "Well, maybe the Old Mike."
Cole South bet the flop, bet the turn, and bet the river of a board. Chiu raised the river and induced a crying call from South. South's flopped two pair, , was no good against Chiu's straight, . Chiu won the pot, but he's still among the short stacks with 34,000.
Getting overcoated by a board pair is not a pleasant experience, but somehow Brett Richey made it work anyway. Richey raised pre-flop, then called Justin Smith's button re-raise. Richey flopped two pair, , and check-called 7,200. The turn wasn't a great card for Richey, the , making his hand kings and eights with an ace kicker. He check-called another 16,800.
Both players checked the river. Richey's hand as enough to take down the pot.
Tom Dwan is down a healthy chunk of his stack after tangling with the WSOP record-holder for most cashes in a single WSOP -- Nikolay Evdakov. There was a pre-flop raise that Evdakov called from the cutoff. Dwan, sitting in the big blind, then re-raised to 7,200. The original raiser folded but Evdakov called again.
Dwan led for 11,300 on a flop of . Evdakov made a just-slightly-bigger-than-mini mum raise to 25,000. Dwan called.
Dwan check-called 30,000 on the turn and another 25,000 on the river. He couldn't beat Evdakov's top pair, . As a result Dwan's stack is down to 35,000 while Evdakov is up to 215,000.
It was a pretty tough break for Lyle Berman. He flopped two pair and a low draw with against Patrik Antonius' top pair and gutshot straight draw, , on a board of . The turn was a terrible card, overcoating Berman's hand, but after check-raising the flop he followed through with turn bet that Antonius called. Both players checked the river, allowing Antonius to take down the entire pot with aces and tens with a king kicker.
Joe Serock opened for 2,100 from UTG and got five callers including Phil Hellmuth and Erik Sagstrom. The flop came down and Hellmuth led out for 5,000. Only Sagstrom called. They went heads-up to the turn, which fell the . Hellmuth bet another 12,000 and Sagstrom called. When the hit the river, Hellmuth gave the table a slow knock and Sagstrom bet 16,000.
Hellmuth took off his sunglasses and stared at the board in silence. He uttered not a word about the quality of his luck, the quality of the river card, or Northern European idiots as he pondered his decision. Ultimately, he mucked without saying a word. Do we have the feng-shui expert to thank for that?
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flop. The turn came the 
and Mueller checked to the UTG player, who bet out. Dorin called and Mueller put in a check-raise. The UTG player folded and Dorin called. Mueller bet the river when the 
fell and Dorin looked him up.
was good until the final card fell, Dorin rivering top pair to wrest away the pot with 
. He's up to 147,000 while Mueller is growing short-stacked with 42,000 left.
flop for 2,300 apiece. The action checked around to Tuan Le on the button, who bet 5,400. David Baker called from the big blind and Marc Karam called from UTG. All three checked down the 
on the turn and the 
on the river.
for two pair and took down the pot.
. Matusow led again for 13,000. Elezra raised to 34,800 but was faced with a tough decision when Matusow shoved for 82,500.
board. Chiu raised the river and induced a crying call from South. South's flopped two pair, 
pre-flop, then called Justin Smith's button re-raise. Richey flopped two pair, 
, making his hand kings and eights with an ace kicker. He check-called another 16,800.
river. He couldn't beat Evdakov's top pair, 
. Hellmuth bet another 12,000 and Sagstrom called. When the