We caught the action on the flop when both Stephen Su and Chris "PiMaster" Viox checked to Greg Mueller, who put out a bet. Su proceeded to check-raise, Viox did the same, and Muller got out of the way.
Su then check-called bets on both the turn and river and tabled for an ace-high flush. Much to his dismay, Viox revealed for a full house and the win.
Stephen Su had chopped an all in against Greg Mueller, and was now under the gun with just 30,500 chips. He went for it again and raised it up to 24,000. Chip leader Joseph Couden was to his left and three-bet. The action got folded all the way back to Su who called all in. We witnessed the following showdown.
Stephen Su
Joseph Couden
The board ran out giving Su a straight and a much needed double up. Couden still had a clear chip leader over his 13 remaining competitors.
Greg Mueller completed with an and then called a raise from Johannes Holstege, who was showing . Muller then bet the turn, before calling bets on both fifth and sixth streets. Mueller called one last bet on seventh and discovered the bad news.
Muller: / /
Holstege: / /
Holstege made a 7-5-2-4-A low, which bested Mueller's 8-5-4-3-A low to lay claim to the robust pot.
Joseph Couden is unstoppable, and he just knocked out Michael Chow to increase his chip lead even more. In a blind battle between Couden and Chow we saw the following flop, .
Couden lead out for 6,500 after which Chow put in a raise to 26,500. Couden tanked for a bit before putting in a total of 76,500.
"I'm allin," Chow declared for right around 160,000 and Couden snapped him off.
"Damn, you got a deuce as well," Chow cried as we got to see the following showdown.
Michael Chow
Joseph Couden
The dealer brought out the turn and river quickly, and as we were writing down both players' hands the board got scooped up. One thing was clear, Chow didn't managed to hit a nine for a chop or a jack to double up. Chow is out in 14th while Couden has a big chip lead.
Matt Hawrilenko grew short and committed his last 7,500 with a in Razz. Both Donnacha O'Dea and Chris McHugh came along, with the former betting the next three streets and the latter calling.
On seventh, they both checked and discovered they had the same low, which was good enough to send Hawrilenko packing.
On the last hand before the break the action got folded to Johannes Holstege, who was on the button. He raised to 24,000, David Baker was in the small blind and he made it 36,000. Holstege put in a four-bet to 48,000 after which Baker capped it at 60,000.
Holstege only had 15,000 chips left behind and those chips went into the pot blind, giving us an all in showdown before the flop was dealt.
Johannese Holstege
David Baker
The board ran out knocking us down to just 11 players. Baker was excited his hand held up while Holstege was visibly disappointed with his finish.
flop when both Stephen Su and Chris "PiMaster" Viox checked to Greg Mueller, who put out a bet. Su proceeded to check-raise, Viox did the same, and Muller got out of the way.
turn and 
river and tabled 
for an ace-high flush. Much to his dismay, Viox revealed 
for a full house and the win.
giving Su a straight and a much needed double up. Couden still had a clear chip leader over his 13 remaining competitors.
and then called a raise from Johannes Holstege, who was showing 
. Muller then bet the turn, before calling bets on both fifth and sixth streets. Mueller called one last bet on seventh and discovered the bad news.
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knocking us down to just 11 players. Baker was excited his hand held up while Holstege was visibly disappointed with his finish.
