When we reached Table 372, the board read , and there was about 19,000 in the middle. Matthew Kay checked to an opponent who bet, and Kay check-raised to 20,500. His opponent tank-called, and the turn brought the . Kay led out this time, tossing in 33,000, and his opponent tank-called.
The river was the , and Kay fired 32,000, sending his opponent deep into the tank. He eventually grabbed all of his chips with trembling hands, and moved all in. Kay looked disgusted, and quickly folded.
"I have a straight," Kay said as his cards hit the muck.
His opponent said nothing, opting to silently rake in the pot.
Ryan Olisar raised to 4,400 under the gun only to have Richard "nutsinho" Lyndaker three-bet to 8,900 from middle position. Action folded back around to Olidar, and he made the call. Both players proceeded to check both the flop and turn, leading to the on the river.
Olisar checked, Lyndaker bet 5,700, and Olisar folded. Lyndaker is back up to 100,000. Meanwhile, Florent Leprovost, Dara O'kearney, and Tri Nguyen have all been eliminated from the tournament.
We walked over to Ryan D'Angelo's new table in the black section and saw that he was in a big pot with Matan Krakow. The board read , and Krakow had put out a bet of what looked to be around 40,000. D'Angelo then announced himself all in, and Krakow snap called.
Krakow:
D'Angelo:
D'Angelo turned a straight, but he was drawing dead, as Krakow had turned a flush. The meaningless river came the , and D'Angelo stood up in disgust. He began talking to himself about the hand, and we got an insight as to how the hand went down. He said that he raised under the gun, and after the button called, Krakow three bet. D'Angelo put in a reraise, and Krakow called. D'Angelo continued to comment on how poorly Krakow played, and his response was simple, and well accurate. "I had you crushed the whole time." D'Angelo still has a big stack, and we have a feeling that this won't be the last big pot these guys play.
With the board reading , we caught up to see Joseph Cheong contemplating calling a bet of 33,700 from his opponent. Cheong announced call and his opponent quickly said "Eight-high."
Members of the table were astonished to see Cheong flip over , for only a flush with the four of spades. Regardless, it was enough to win the pot and boost Cheong's stack.
The very next hand Cheong raised to 4,700 preflop and was called by the small blind. The flop came and the small blind checked. Cheong continued with a bet of 5,900 and his opponent made the call. Both players checked a turn of and the river brought the . The small blind player fired out 10,000 and Cheong folded, losing some of what he won the previous hand.
Phil Hellmuth has slid back to short-stacked status once again. Just now he found himself involved in what became a decent-sized pot versus his neighbor to the right, Chee Kian Chan.
Just before the break, Chan had shown his willingness to call down opponents in a hand versus Garry Gates when he called a river bet from Gates with ace-high to take the pot. In this instance, Chan raised before the flop from the hijack to 5,100, Hellmuth reraised to 13,000 from the cutoff, and it folded back to Chan who called.
The board would eventually run out seven-high, with both checking the flop, then Chan check-calling Hellmuth's bets on the turn and river, the pot ultimately exceeding 100,000. "You got it," said Hellmuth following Chan's river call, at which point Chan showed his and claimed the pot.
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We found Shaun Deeb heads up with an opponent on a flop of . Dee check-called 5,500 and the turn came . Both players checked to the river. Deeb fired out 12,200 and got his opponent to fold. Deeb is back up to 253,000.
, and there was about 19,000 in the middle. Matthew Kay checked to an opponent who bet, and Kay check-raised to 20,500. His opponent tank-called, and the turn brought the 
. Kay led out this time, tossing in 33,000, and his opponent tank-called.
, and Kay fired 32,000, sending his opponent deep into the tank. He eventually grabbed all of his chips with trembling hands, and moved all in. Kay looked disgusted, and quickly folded.
flop and 
turn, leading to the 
, and D'Angelo stood up in disgust. He began talking to himself about the hand, and we got an insight as to how the hand went down. He said that he raised under the gun, and after the button called, Krakow three bet. D'Angelo put in a reraise, and Krakow called. D'Angelo continued to comment on how poorly Krakow played, and his response was simple, and well accurate. "I had you crushed the whole time." D'Angelo still has a big stack, and we have a feeling that this won't be the last big pot these guys play.
, we caught up to see Joseph Cheong contemplating calling a bet of 33,700 from his opponent. Cheong announced call and his opponent quickly said "Eight-high."
, for only a flush with the four of spades. Regardless, it was enough to win the pot and boost Cheong's stack.
and the small blind checked. Cheong continued with a bet of 5,900 and his opponent made the call. Both players checked a turn of 
and the river brought the 
. The small blind player fired out 10,000 and Cheong folded, losing some of what he won the previous hand.
. Dee check-called 5,500 and the turn came 
. Both players checked to the 
