Brandon Cantu opened with a raise from middle position and it folded around to the player on the button who made the call. The blinds got out, and the flop came . Cantu checked, and his opponent checked as well.
The turn brought the . This time Cantu set out a bet of 11,500 -- a bit over half the pot -- and his opponent called. The river then brought the . Cantu bet 30,700 this time, and his opponent tanked for a while before finally making the call.
"Straight," said Cantu, flipping over his . His opponent tossed his cards dealerward. Cantu chips up over 350,000 on that one.
Barely recognizable through his mountain of chips, Filippo Candido dipped into his ocean to make an under-the-gun raise to 6,200. Sammy Farha called a few seats down, but Christian Harder was less hospitable and casually announced all -n from the big blind. Candido called; Farha folded.
With versus , Harder was in dominating shape, and despite seeing more paint than Picasso, the board ultimately doubled him up. As a result, the Harder has around 190,000, and avoided that awkward moment where you have to halt a massage prematurely.
There had been some action preflop that saw Frank Kassela and the player in the button take in a flop of . Kassela led out with a bet of 7,500, getting a call from the button.
The turn was the and Kassela check-called a bet of 10,000. Both players checked the on teh river and the player in the button said "two pair." Tomko replied that he also had two pair and showed . His two pair were better than his opponent's and he scooped chips to build his stack to 270,000.
Catching the action on the turn on a board of , Humberto Brenes fired a bet of 17,000 with his opponent making the call as the completed the board on the river.
Again it was checked to Brenes who fired 27,000. His opponent looked him up with a call and showed . It was too good for Brenes as he tossed his cards into the muck. Brenes slips to 78,000.
On the turn Barry Shulman checked the action over to his opponent on the button who released a bet of 36,000. The board read and Shulman committed a call before again checking the river. His opponent went with another bet of 50,000. Shulman looked him up but mucked when his opponent showed for a set of jacks.
Iconic poker television producer Mori Eskandani is in the Day 4 field with an above-average stack of 230,000. He was in the big blind for a raise to 6,000 made by Corwin Cole. Eskandani called. He and Cole checked the flop and the turn. When the river came , Eskandani worldlessly threw an orange (T5,000) chip into the pot. Cole called the bet but couldn't beat a pair of fives, .
Jonathan Karamalikis opened it up to 5,500 from early position with Bartolome Gomilaromero making the call. These two had already tangled earlier in the day so we were expecting fireworks as the two blinds also came along to see a flop of .
Play checked to Gomilaromero who bet out 11,000. The small blind called before Tyler Kenney check-raised to 31,500 from the big blind. Karamalikis folded, Gomilaromero called and the small blind got out of the way.
The turn was the and Kenney let go with another 55,600 but Gomilaromero quickly called to see the fall on the river. Both players slowed down and tapped the table.
Kenney opened for just top pair but it wasn't enough as Gomilaromero showed . Gomilaromero is up to 440,000 with Kenney back to 220,000.
Following a button raise to 4,800 and a call from the small blind, Dewey Tomko moved all-in for 85,000 from the big blind. The button folded and the small blind called.
It was a classic race, with Tomko's up against pocket eights. He got no help on the board, however, his opponent's pair holding up to send the two-time Main Event runner-up to the rail.
. Cantu checked, and his opponent checked as well.
. This time Cantu set out a bet of 11,500 -- a bit over half the pot -- and his opponent called. The river then brought the 
. Cantu bet 30,700 this time, and his opponent tanked for a while before finally making the call.
. His opponent tossed his cards dealerward. Cantu chips up over 350,000 on that one.![[user4144]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, Harder was in dominating shape, and despite seeing more paint than Picasso, the 
board ultimately doubled him up. As a result, the Harder has around 190,000, and avoided that awkward moment where you have to halt a massage prematurely.
and Kassela check-called a bet of 10,000. Both players checked the 
on teh river and the player in the button said "two pair." Tomko replied that he also had two pair and showed 
and Coimbra called a 13,100-chip bet from Shorr.
to the table and both players checked.
and Coimbra took the pot with pocket queens.
, Humberto Brenes fired a bet of 17,000 with his opponent making the call as the 
for a set of jacks.
