Jon Turner opened to 3,200 from the button and only Scott Baumstein (big blind) stuck around and called.
The pair shared a draw-heavy flop reading . Baumstein led for 3,300 and Turner wasted no time in calling. Both players checked the arrival of the , but Baumstein led again, for 2,200, on the river and Turner snap-called.
Turner: for two pair eights and fives.
Baumstein: for complete air.
John Juanda Just Went Runner-Runner to Down Big Slick
John Juanda called an all-in bet from a short-stacked Matt Perrins with his , but found that he was dominated by the .
When the flop fell the hand appeared to favor Perrins' big slick, but a on the turn suddenly provided Juanda with additional options. He now needed any spade to make the nut flush, or any jack to make the Broadway straight.
River:
Poker can be a cruel game, and Perrins found this out in the worst way, losing to a runner-runner flush after the flop made him a 92% to win the hand.
Minutes after Antonio Lafosse tilted him a bit with a delayed call holding two pair, Scott Baumstein has hit the rail, with none other than Lafosse doing the deed.
Earlier, we witnessed Lafosse tank-call Baumstein's river bet with two pair, and this seemed suspiciously like a slowroll to Baumstein, who was visibly upset by his opponent's actions.
Just a few hands later, Baumstein moved all in before the flop with his , and it was Lafosse who looked him up with . A clean run out of later, and a still heated Baumstein was headed for the payout desk, his stack already being collected by his nemesis.
Wow! What a river card! David Pham may not agree, but Jamie Rosen certainly will.
We joined the action on the where Rosen and Pham entered a raising war that resulted in Rosen being all in and at risk of elimination. Rosen showed for tip aces, but was crushed by the of Pham who had turned a boat.
"Nice hand," said a deflated Rosen as he rose from his chair and started to gather his belongings.
However, he had to sit back down because the river was the , improving Rosen to a bigger full house and leaving Pham to hand over all but 46,000 of his stack. Ouch!
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Alex Givotovsky's tournament is over thanks to the hot-running John Juanda.
Juanda raised preflop and then called when Givotovsky made a move and three-bet all in with what turned out to be . Juanda's hand was and although neither player improved on the board, Juanda won the pot courtesy of his ace-kicker.
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