Action folded to Matthew Wheat on the button. He raised to 100,000. Trevor Uyesugi was in the big blind and made the call.
The two players saw a flop come and Uyesugi checked to the preflop aggressor. Wheat fired a pot-sized bet of 220,000. Uyesugi raised and Wheat made the call for all of his chips.
Uyesugi held the , having flopped top set with a flush draw. Wheat held the for top pair, a gutshot straight draw and a worse diamond draw.
The turn brought the and the river the . Uyesugi's trip queens held up as the best hand and Wheat was eliminated in ninth place. He took home over $65,000 in prize money for his finish.
Daniel Alaei raised to 90,000 to open the pot, and Miguel Proulx called in the next seat over. When it came to the big blind, Ville Mattila announced, "Pot." That folded Alaei, but Proulx reraised enough to get Mattila all in for 530,000 total. Cards up, gents:
Proulx:
Mattila:
Mattila was in bad shape, but the news would soon improve. The flop came down to give him a handy two pair and put him in a good spot to double. The turn left Proulx drawing dead to two outs, and the river locked up the pot and the double up for Mattila.
He's back to about 1.2 million now, while Proulx slides to 2.475 million.
Trevor Uyesugi opened to 110,000 from middle position, and he found calls from Dmitry Stelmak (cutoff) and Ludovic Lacay (button) to go three-handed to the flop.
It came , and Uyesugi moved all in for 290,000. That folded both of his opponent, giving him a nice boost to his stack without a showdown. He's back up to 680,000 now.
Ville Mattila raised to 100,000 from the hijack seat before Stephen Pierson reraised the pot from the small blind to 340,000. Mattila reraised to put Pierson all in for his last 20,000 and Pierson called.
Pierson held the and Mattila the .
The board ran out and Pierson doubled to 760,000 in chips. Mattila was left with 550,000.
Ludovic Lacay raised preflop, and Daniel Alaei called to go heads up with him to the board.
The flop came out , and Lacay continued out with a bet of 75,000. Alaei stared him down and made the eventual call to see the on fourth street. Lacay fired again, 185,000 this time, and Alaei paused again for a stare before sliding in the matching chips.
Both men checked the river, and Lacay showed to take the pot with his flush.
Dmitry Stelmak has been involved in the last five pots, and he's lost each of them. There's a bit of a scowl on his face now, and Stelmak's stack is showing some signs of distress as well; he's down to exactly 800,000 right now.
and Uyesugi checked to the preflop aggressor. Wheat fired a pot-sized bet of 220,000. Uyesugi raised and Wheat made the call for all of his chips.
, having flopped top set with a flush draw. Wheat held the 
for top pair, a gutshot straight draw and a worse diamond draw.
and the river the 
. Uyesugi's trip queens held up as the best hand and Wheat was eliminated in ninth place. He took home over $65,000 in prize money for his finish.![[user66118]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
left Proulx drawing dead to two outs, and the river 
locked up the pot and the double up for Mattila.
and Mattila the 
.
and Pierson doubled to 760,000 in chips. Mattila was left with 550,000.
on fourth street. Lacay fired again, 185,000 this time, and Alaei paused again for a stare before sliding in the matching chips.
river, and Lacay showed 
. Lacay was first up and fired 225,000. Proulx called and Wheat folded.
