Brian Meinders was on the turn with his opponent and the board read He held . He decided to push all 27,000 of his remaining chips in and his opponent looked him up. His opponent revealed . His opponent would need to catch another king to knock out Mienders.
The river came the and Meinders doubled. He now sits with 73,400
We caught up with the action with Steven Kelly heads up out of position on a flop. Kelly fired out 16,500 and he was called. The turn brought the , and both players checked to see the come down on the river. Kelly put the pressure on his opponent with a bet of 46,000. The player spent about three minutes in the tank before someone else at the table called the clock, and he ended up folding with one second left on the countdown.
After scooping that pot, Kelly is now up to 308,000.
As we were following another hand, we saw Simon Charette get up from his table and head to the payout desk. We didn't get a chance to catch any details on the hand, but he did tweet this about his elimination.
We came up to the table as Chino Rheem's opponent had re-raised Rheem's original raise from under the gun. Rheem decided to re-raise again and he made it 23,000 to go. His opponent called and they saw a flop of .
Rheem bet out 18,000 and his opponent called. Next came the and Rheem fired out 42,000. His opponent was not ready to fold and made the call. The river came down the and Rheem pushed all in. His opponent took some time but begrudgingly folded.
Tuan Le raised it up to 4,500 from the cutoff, and Eddie Sabat shipped it from the small blind for his last 57,200. It got back around to Le, and he made the call.
Le:
Sabat:
Sabat was in great shape, and that lead grew exponetially when the flop came giving him middle set. Le would need runner runner but the on the turn ended it. The meaningless river was the , and after that pot, Sabat is up to 117,000, while Le dropped to 65,000.
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He held 
. He decided to push all 27,000 of his remaining chips in and his opponent looked him up. His opponent revealed 
. His opponent would need to catch another king to knock out Mienders.
and Meinders doubled. He now sits with 73,400
flop. Kelly fired out 16,500 and he was called. The turn brought the 
, and both players checked to see the 
come down on the river. Kelly put the pressure on his opponent with a bet of 46,000. The player spent about three minutes in the tank before someone else at the table called the clock, and he ended up folding with one second left on the countdown.
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and Rheem fired out 42,000. His opponent was not ready to fold and made the call. The river came down the 
and Rheem pushed all in. His opponent took some time but begrudgingly folded.
giving him middle set. Le would need runner runner but the 
