With the board reading on the turn, Olson check-called a bet from Barry Greenstein. The river was the and Olson checked again, then called one more bet.
Greenstein showed for a full house and Olson mucked. He's down to only 3,000 in chips while Greenstein climbed to 56,000.
Matt Glantz was just spotted making his way out the door, and a quick check by his table tells us that he has run out of chips, and has thus been eliminated from our event.
A middle position player opened for a raise, Steve Chanthabouasy called from the cutoff and both Michael Casella and Andre Akkari called from the blinds.
The flop was . Casella and Akkari checked to the initial raiser and he bet out. Casella raised and all three of his opponents called. The turn was the and this time Casella led out from the small blind. Akkari called, the middle position player folded and Chanthabouasy called all-in. The river was the . Casella bet and Akkari called.
Casella turned over for the third-nut flush, Akkari showed for the second-nut flush and Chanthabouasy tabled for the nut flush! Chanthabouasy is up to 41,300, Akkari is down to 53,500 and Casella is on 28,300.
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Vitaly Lunkin raised in early position, and David Benyamine called from the button.
The two of them went to a flop of , and Benyamine got the rest of his very short stack into the pot with a meager . Lunkin looked him up with , and Benyamine was drawing dead by the time the hit fourth street. The river ushered him out the door, and Lunkin picks his way up to about 72,000.
Todd and Doyle Brunson have just been broken onto the same table again, for the second day in a row. They weren't very happy about it yesterday, and they're not particularly thrilled today either.
Still, the table breaks are random, and for now we get the watch the Brunson Duo playing together again.
Christoph Kwan raised from early position, and Phil Ivey was the lone caller, matching the extra bet from the big blind to see a flop.
It came out , and Ivey check-raised a Kwan bet. Kwan called, and the turn came the . Ivey fired out the full bet, Kwan raised to two bets, and Ivey called. Mr. Ivey check-called one last bet on the river.
Kwan showed up for the overpair, and it was good. Ivey rechecked his cards, then checked them again and flung them high into the air and straight onto the muck. That slip moves him back to 50,400.