No. 3 Isaac Hagerling Advances to the Semi-Finals
Isaac Hagerling limped in on the button, Yevgeniy Timoshenko checked, and the flop fell 
. Timoshenko checked, Hagerling fired out 25,000, and Timoshenko check-raised to 70,000. Hagerling called.
The turn was the 
, both players checked, and the river was the 
. Timoshenko tanked for nearly two minutes then moved all in for 388,000, prompting Hagerling to break a smile. After a minute, Hagerling asked for a count, and one minute later he called.
Timoshenko rolled over 
for ten-high, which Hagerling had beat with 
for trip nines.
"You played really good," Hagerling told Timoshenko. "I just made hand after hand."
"Really?" Timoshenko asked, genuinely surprised. "I thought you kept bluffing me. I couldn't make a pair."
Hagerling is going to take a quick 30-minute break, then return to play Jeremy Ausmus.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,346,500
470,000
|
470,000 |
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Busted | |