Carlos Mortensen and John Juanda were heads up with the the board reading . Mortensen check-called a bet from Juanda, and the turn brought the . Mortensen led out, and Juanda called.
The river was the , and Mortensen led out again. Juanda called. Mortensen showed a , but Juanda tabled for Broadway, and scooped the pot.
Under the gun, Men "The Master" Nguyen opened with a raise, and he found calls from nearly everyone, including Dan Kelly right next door. The flop drew a continuation bet from Nguyen, and Kelly raised to make it two bets. Nguyen called, and he check-called a big bet on the turn. The river filled out the board, and Kelly made one last bet. Nguyen stared down painfully at his cards, then tossed in the calling chip. As he did, he held his cards over the muck, waiting to see the hand that beat him.
Kelly showed , and it was the winner. He moves up to about 50,000 now, while Nguyen takes a little step back to about 43,000.
When we walked up to the table, the board read , and Allen Kessler and Jean-Robert Bellande were heads up. We're not certain exactly what the action was, but we know that Bellande was faced with a bet when he tossed enough chips in to make the call. There was a pause.
"Is that a raise?" Kessler questioned.
Bellande said nothing.
"Dealer," Andrew Brown piped up. "Is that a raise?"
"I don't know," he answered sheepishly.
Bellande stared into space silently. Eventually the dealer decided it was just a call, and dealt the river; the . Bellande checked, Kessler bet, and Bellande tank-folded. While Kessler was stacking his new chips, Bellande finally spoke.
"How long have you been playing poker, Allen?" he said bitterly. "That was clearly a call."
"I looked away," Kessler protested. "Thats why I asked."
The two continued to bicker, but it's Kessler who's a few thousand chips richer at the moment.
Freddy Deeb and Lex Veldhuis were heads up with the board reading . Deeb bet, and Veldhuis called. The river was the , and Veldhuis called another bet from Deeb. Deeb tabled , Veldhuis mucked, and Deeb scooped the pot.
With 202 runners for this thing, the final 27 players will earn paychecks this week. The bottom cash is worth $16,329, and the final five players left standing will all earn six figures. The top two spots will guarantee you more than a quarter-million dollars, and the lucky man or woman who scoops the last pot will take home the bracelet and $465,216.
Tom "durrrr" Dwan led out from the small blind on every street as the board ran . His opponent looked up him all three times, then mucked when Dwan tabled for trip aces.