"YES FINALLY," came the unmistakable bellow of Men Nguyen. He's not a big man, stature-wise, but boy has he got some lungs on him. "All you can eat baby," he continued happily.
We scuttled over and found that the cause of celebration was that he'd just doubled through Chris Bjorin with against ; the board came down raggy to double Nguyen to a 280,000 big stack. Bjorin was left with less than 70,000.
"Hey, can you make him keep quiet?" asked tablemate Zvi Groysman of a passing TD, only half joking to our minds. "That's a bad beat for the whole table that he's got the chips."
What with all these pay jumps and color ups and whatnot, it feels like we've spent a good chunk of today on break. Nevertheless, this one is scheduled, so players have been duly ejected from the tournament area.
Joe Carr-Hill raised preflop and Jae Hwang made the call to see an flop. The action went like so:
Hwang - check
Carr-Hill - bet
Hwang - raise
Carr-Hill - shove
Hwang - call all in
Carr-Hill turned over a premium - but Hwang turned over for a set. Carr-Hill failed to improve on the turn or river, and dropped to 70,000. Hwang doubled to 220,000.
Drew Crawford raised, and then everything went nuts around him.
The player two seats to his left shoved. To his immediate left, Horst Eilers re-shoved. A couple seats down, another player called all in. Crawford did the decent thing and folded.
So, on their backs.
Initial Shover:
Eiler:
Caller:
Board: a spiky
Eiler was the biggest stack at the start of that, and he had the best hand by the end of it. Both his opponents were eliminated, and Eiler increased his stack to 195,000.
Men "The Master" Nguyen doubled after racing an opponent at his table.
A player in early position raised and Nguyen re-raised all in. His opponent quickly called when folded to, and the hands were opened:
Nguyen:
Opponent:
A king flopped, but so too did a queen: . The on the turn ended the hand, but a rivered out of necessity. The Master was shipped the pot, doubling to 90,000 chips.
Joe Carr-Hill traveled all the way from Brighton, England to play in the World Series of Poker, and he knows a little bit of luck is necessary to win one of these.
Carr-Hill open shoved for 55,000 from middle position, and a player to his left re-shoved for 109,000. Another player called, and all the hands were tabled.
Carr-Hill:
Mr. Re-Shove:
Mr. Call:
The flop was huge: .
"F***** hell!" someone at the table shouted.
The turn and river were the same cards but they weren't queens, rather they were eights. Carr-Hill pulled in the 170,000 chip pot and gave a mini-speech for the surrounding players and spectators.
"They say you need luck to win these tournaments," he told them. "I only needed one seven!"
The player under the gun open-shoved for 51,500, and to his immediate left Dan Lu re-shoved for 75,000. Irving Rice in the big blind also announced all in when the action folded around to him, but since he had both players covered, let us term it a call, and proceed to the important bit - the showdown.
Under-the-gun shover:
Lu:
Rice:
The board ran out , meaning that the under-the-gun shover rivered a set to triple up. Another player at the table revealed afterwards that he had folded a seven, making it all the more unlikely. Rice and his aces took the side pot to put him up to 200,000, and Lu hit the rail.
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; the board came down raggy to double Nguyen to a 280,000 big stack. Bjorin was left with less than 70,000.
at Table 327.
and the board ran 
to double Kay to 175,000 chips.
flop. The action went like so:
- but Hwang turned over 
for a set. Carr-Hill failed to improve on the turn or river, and dropped to 70,000. Hwang doubled to 220,000.
against an opponent's 
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