A couple of hands involving Will Failla. Well, one involving Failla, the other including some commentary from "The Thrill."
The first saw Failla pushing all in with from under the gun for his last 19,000 and getting called by a player with 15,000. Failla had pocket queens, his opponent pocket eights, and the queens held. That one took Failla to about 36,000.
Then came a hand in which Stacy Matuson-Taylor pushed all in from early position with and was called by Xinyu Yang from late position who held . The board went , and Matuson-Taylor doubled to 35,000.
Failla congratulated Matuson-Taylor on the hand afterward, adding that in his opinion, she was "the best looking player at the table."
Failla's prospects aren't looking too good, however, as he's all in and behind. Hand coming.
Kenny Shih just pushed all in for his last 20,000 from early position, then Francois Bennahmias reraised all in from the cutoff for 24,000. The others folded, and Shih showed to Bennahmias' .
The community cards came , and Bennahmias' eights were best. Shih is out, and Bennehmias moves to 46,000.
Aurelien Guiglini opened the pot with a 2,600-chip raise from the small blind, and next to speak, Mikhail Petrov popped it to 5,600. Guiglini moved all in for about 30,000 chips and Petrov snap called.
Showdown
Giuglini:
Petrov:
The gave Giuglini a full double up, is now up to 65,000 chips. Petrov slipped for 95,000.
Jonathan Jaffe moved all in in late position for about 13,200 chips, and next to speak Matthew Ara moved all in too (17,000). In the small blind, David Hickman called.
Showdown
Jaffe:
Ara:
Hickman:
The board ran out and Hickman sent Jaffe and Ara to the rail, is now up to 79,000 chips.
Shaun Hart open-raised all in from middle position with his last 11,000, and it folded around to Owen Crowe who called from the small blind. Hart tabled , and was drawing live versus Crowe's
The board came , and Hart is out. "I was card dead," he shrugged as he made his way to the cashier's cage. Crowe now is up to 120,000.