Todd Brunson raised it up in early position, and Men "the Master" Nguyen, was the lone caller. The flop brought all diamonds, , and Brunson bet. Nguyen shot back with a raise, and Brunson called. The turn brought the , and this time, Brunson checked. Nguyen fired, and Brunson came back with a check raise. Nguyen called, and he also called when Brunson bet out on the river.
Brunson tabled for the nut high and second nut low, and Nguyen simply said "you're good", rechecked his hole cards a couple of times, then kicked his hand in. Brunson, who was down to as low about 30,000 earlier today, is back up to nearly 75,000.
We don't know the action, but we do know that an extremely short-stacked Matthew Kursar just doubled through "Detroit" Al Green. The former held the on an board while the latter had the .
It was a small hit for Green, who prefers to go by Detroit Al. "If you ever come to Detroit, I'll have a game," the jovial elder statesman explain.
We only walked up to the table on the river action, but we saw that John Monnette and his opponent were heads up on a board that read . Both players had a slew of bets in front of them, and Monnette had just fired out a bet on the river when we got there. His opponent tanked for about 20 seconds before calling, and Monnette announced "quads" and tabled . His opponent mucked, and after taking that one, Monnette is up to 113,000.
We caught up with the action on the turn on a board reading . Bill Chen had gotten the rest of his chips in and was called by Thomas Besnier.
"I've just got ace-king," Chen admitted before showing the . Besnier then tabled the for two pair, a spade draw and a made low. In other words, Chen was in trouble.
The dealer burned one last time and put out the . It made Besnier the said flush, but he didn't need it as Chen failed to improve. Chen was eliminated in 63rd place.
We caught up with the action between Maria Ho and her opponent heads up on the flop, which read . Ho fired out, and her opponent called. She was call again on the turn, which was the . The hit the river, and this time, Ho checked Her opponent did as well, and Ho announced "two pair", showing of clubs in her hand for bottom two. It was no good though, as her opponent showed for a better two pair.
, and Brunson bet. Nguyen shot back with a raise, and Brunson called. The turn brought the 
, and this time, Brunson checked. Nguyen fired, and Brunson came back with a check raise. Nguyen called, and he also called when Brunson bet out on the 
river.
for the nut high and second nut low, and Nguyen simply said "you're good", rechecked his hole cards a couple of times, then kicked his hand in. Brunson, who was down to as low about 30,000 earlier today, is back up to nearly 75,000.
on an 
board while the latter had the 
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. Besnier then tabled the 
. It made Besnier the said flush, but he didn't need it as Chen failed to improve. Chen was eliminated in 63rd place.
. Ho fired out, and her opponent called. She was call again on the turn, which was the 
of clubs in her hand for bottom two. It was no good though, as her opponent showed 
