Mike Matusow opened to 4,000 and Stephen Chidwick three-bet to 14,400 from the cutoff. The blinds passed and Matusow made the call before potting when the flop came . Chidwick raised, and Matusow committed his 40,000 total in his stack..
Matusow:
Chidwick:
With Matusow having a wrap but still needing to spike to be alive to take at least half, the on the turn changed little. But it would be the on the river that would see Matusow capture the low as Chidwick's aces held up for the high.
Catching the action on the turn with the board reading and bets of 4,500 in front of both players (most likely from the flop action), Ali Eslami was faced with a bet of 10,000.
Eslami bumped it up to 22,000 and his opponent called as the river landed the . Now greeted with a check, Eslami contemplated for a few moments before checking as his opponent announced, "aces up and a 6-3 low!"
Eslami looked down at his opponent's and mucked his hand while slipping to just under 40,000 in chips.
John O'Shea opened to 4,000 and found a call on the button before Ari Engel called from the big blind.
The flop was checked round as the landed on the turn and Engel bet out 8,600. Only O'Shea called as the landed on the river and Engel slid out 20,000 which O'Shea instantly called.
Engel tabled his for the nut low and a flush while O'Shea tabled his for the same low but only a quarter of the pot.
After a bet and a call of 5,600 on the flop and a bet and a call of 12,500 on the turn, Stephen Chidwick moved all in against Zhen Cai on a board of . When we got to the table, Cai was in the tank. Chidwick had moved all in for just about 30,000 which represented about one-sixth of Cai's current stack.
Eventually Cai grabbed his cards and tossed all four into the muck, giving up the hand, and the pot to Chidwick.
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