Narinder Singh was all in for about 150,000 chips from the cutoff seat and Ronnie "Ronasty" Bardah made the call from the small blind. Bardah held the and was flipping with the for Singh.
The board ran out and Bardah's jacks improved to a set to win the pot. Singh was eliminated as Bardah moved to a little over 900,000 in chips. Bardah is fighting some cold and flu symptoms, but is battling through like Michael Jordan in "The Flu Game" back in Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals.
Jimmy Jordan opened to 16,000 from middle position, and Brett Richey wasn't messing around. He moved all in for 109,000. Jordan called with , wishing he were up against something other than Richey's . The flop put Richey even further ahead, and he was unbeatable after the turn. Richey doubled to 225,000 while Jordan is down to 350,000.
Joshua Weizer was recently broken to Red 375. He played a pot against Mark Dalimore that sparked quite a bit of table talk. Dalimore led out for 30,000on a flop of . Weizer, in position, raised that bet to 115,000.
After about a minute of thought, Dalimore remarked that he was leaning towards believing Weizer. He said that he intended to fold but would open fold and asked Weizer to do the same.
"No chance," Weizer replied. "My image will be ruined."
Dalimore persisted and finally Weizer relented. "Fine, but if you're going to fold do it quickly." Dalimore then folded top pair, . Weizer flashed for bottom two pair as he collected the pot.
"Showing affects nothing," Dalimore told Weizer. "A good player can use that to his advantage and I believe you're a good player."
Paolo Giovanetti was all in for 77,000 with before the flop, and he was racing for double or nothing against C.K. Hua's .
Giovanetti was thoroughly happy with the board of , good enough to double him up over 150,000. Hua had almost all of his own stack on the line as well, and he's found himself crippled all the way down to just 4,000 lonely chips.
On a flop of , Isaac Krantz moved all-in and Jesper Hougaard made the call. Hougaard turned over pocket kings for an overpair while Krantz had an open-ended straight draw with .
The on the turn filled Krantz's straight and left Hougaard drawing dead. The river was the meaningless and Krantz doubled his stack to 320,000 while Hougaard slipped to 757,000.
Brian Rast raised from early position and Greg Schaefer three-bet from middle position. Rast flatted and the two saw a flop of come down. All the money got in on the flop as Rast held the and Schaefer the . Top pair versus a flush draw it would be.
The turn was the and the river the , missing Rast's flush draw and sending him to the rail. Schaefer increased to 810,000 in chips.
Denis Pisarev opened to 15,000 from middle position, and Roger Anh called a couple seats over. Kevin Stani called from the small blind as well, and big blind C.K. Hua was also in the pot, all in for his last 3,000.
The flop came out , and Pisarev continued out with a bet of 20,000. Anh called and Stani ducked out, and there were two live players to the turn. This time, a bet of 40,000 was enough to fold Anh, and cue the showdown. Or half of it, at least. Pisarev showed , and Hua simply mucked, wishing his table luck and heading out the door before the river appeared.
Vitaly Lunkin was just now all in with his tournament life at risk. With the board showing and about 70,000 in the middle, Theo Tran checked, and Lunkin pushed all in for his last 75,000 from the button. Tran thought a moment, then let his hand go.
Lunkin survives with 145,000, while Tran is currently sitting with 211,000.
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and Bardah's jacks improved to a set to win the pot. Singh was eliminated as Bardah moved to a little over 900,000 in chips. Bardah is fighting some cold and flu symptoms, but is battling through like Michael Jordan in "The Flu Game" back in Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals.
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, wishing he were up against something other than Richey's 
flop put Richey even further ahead, and he was unbeatable after the 
turn. Richey doubled to 225,000 while Jordan is down to 350,000.
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for bottom two pair as he collected the pot.
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, good enough to double him up over 150,000. Hua had almost all of his own stack on the line as well, and he's found himself crippled all the way down to just 4,000 lonely chips.
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come down. All the money got in on the flop as Rast held the 
, and Pisarev continued out with a bet of 20,000. Anh called and Stani ducked out, and there were two live players to the 
