Action folded to Howard Lederer in the small blind, and he limped in. Joe Hachem checked his option in the big, and they were heads up to an flop. Lederer bet out 7,000, and Hachem called. Lederer fired another 16,000 after the turn. Once again, Hachem made the call. The river brought the , and this time, Lederer bet 45,000. Hachem took his time to contemplate such a serious bet, and the room went silent except for the sound of fireworks going off outside. Eventually, Hachem came up with a call. Lederer showed for the rivered second-nut flush to take down the pot. He's all the way up to 185,000 now, while Hachem is down to 110,000.
Joe Hachem raised to 15,000 (the standard raise, it would appear, for this level) and Huck Seed repopped it to 48,000 from the big blind. The 2005 World Champoon relinquished his hand.
Barry Greenstein raised to 15,000, and Howard Lederer called from the big blind. The flop came , and all the chips went into the middle. Greenstein was all in for 115,500 with for both straight and flush draws. Lederer showed for top pair and needed to dodge a slew of outs to knock out the Bear. The turn brought the which looked good for Lederer, but in reality, two pair only took one out from Greenstein. The river was a flash of red, and the audience murmured, but it was the , not the right card to rescue Greenstein on the river this time. He signed a copy of his book and handed it to Lederer, then left quietly for his exit interviews.
After returning from dinner as the short stack, Lederer is now the big chip leader with 340,000.
Forget a knife, you could cut the tension with a toothpick here today, and especially as the big money jumps near.
One player who won't be taking as big a piece of the pie as he'd hoped is Joe Hachem, having just been eliminated courtesy of Howard Lederer.
It was The Professor who lit the first spark, making a standard raise from the button. Hachem reraised to 49,000 from the small blind, Lederer put him all in for 88,000 total and Hachem made the call.
Lederer:
Hachem:
"Ace of spades!" commanded the Aussie contingent. "One time... Actually, another time. One more time."
On this occasion, however, there were zero times, the board coming to send the 2005 Champ hurtling towards the rail. The sugar, therefore, remained unpassed.
Howard Lederer raised from the button, Johnny Chan called from the small blind, and Huck Seed folded his big.
Both players checked the flop, but Chan was less hospitable on the turn, leading out for 16,000. Lederer called.
On the river, both players checked, allowing Chan to pick up the pot with "the nut no pair", as the T.D. called it, , although Chan was quick to point out that he had a pair of aces.
Johnny Chan folded on the button, and Huck Seed moved all for 112,000. Howard Lederer snap-called in the big blind, and it was time for a high-stakes flip.
Seed:
Lederer:
The flop missed Seed, and Chan and Lederer alternated calling for cards to give them a sweat. The wasn't one of them. And the on the river certainly wasn't what Lederer was looking for. With the timely ace-ball, Seed doubled up to 225,000. Lederer was left with 235,000.
Moments later, Johnny Chan raised to 22,000 from the button and Howard Lederer announced all-in from the big blind for 201,000 more. After a brief tank, Chan threw in his hand into the muck.
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flop. Lederer bet out 7,000, and Hachem called. Lederer fired another 16,000 after the 
turn. Once again, Hachem made the call. The river brought the 
, and this time, Lederer bet 45,000. Hachem took his time to contemplate such a serious bet, and the room went silent except for the sound of fireworks going off outside. Eventually, Hachem came up with a call. Lederer showed 
for the rivered second-nut flush to take down the pot. He's all the way up to 185,000 now, while Hachem is down to 110,000.
, and all the chips went into the middle. Greenstein was all in for 115,500 with 
for both straight and flush draws. Lederer showed 
for top pair and needed to dodge a slew of outs to knock out the Bear. The turn brought the 
which looked good for Lederer, but in reality, two pair only took one out from Greenstein. The river was a flash of red, and the audience murmured, but it was the 
, not the right card to rescue Greenstein on the river this time. He signed a copy of his book and handed it to Lederer, then left quietly for his exit interviews.
to send the 2005 Champ hurtling towards the rail. The sugar, therefore, remained unpassed.
turn, leading out for 16,000. Lederer called.
, although Chan was quick to point out that he had a pair of aces.
flop missed Seed, and Chan and Lederer alternated calling for cards to give them a sweat. The 
wasn't one of them. And the 