Matthew Ashton raised on the button, Mike Gorodinsky reraised from the small blind, and Kristopher Tong called from the big blind. Ashton then called, and the flop came down . Gorodinsky bet, Tong called, and Ashton folded.
The turn was the , and Gorodinsky check-called a bet from Tong to see the land on the river. Both players checked.
Kristopher Tong raised from the button, and Matthew Ashton put in a reraise from the small blind. Tong called, and the dealer fanned out a flop of . Ashton bet out, and Tong made the call. The turn brought the , and the two players got in a raising war that saw all of Ashton's chips get in the middle.
Tong:
Ashton:
Tong had caught an inside straight draw to get the better of Ashton, who was looking for a jack and a jack only to survive. Unfortuantely for him, the river was the , knocking the Brit out in third place, and getting us to our heads up battle!
From the button, Mike Gorodinsky raised. Kristopher Tong made the call from the big blind, and the flop came down . Tong checked, Gorodinsky bet, Tong raised, and Gorodinsky called.
The turn was the , and Tong fired a bet. Gorodinsky called.
The river was the , and Tong bet. Gorodinsky called.
Tong showed the , and Gorodinsky showed the . The two players chopped up the pot.
Mike Gorodinsky raised from the button, and Kristopher Tong defended his big blind. The flop came down , and Tong fired right out. Gorodinsky came in for a raise, and Tong made the call. The hit the turn, and Tong led out yet again. This time, Gorodinsky just called, and the same thing happened when the scary looking hit the river.
Tong tabled for a queen high flush and eight low, but neither was good, as Gorodinsky rolled over for a better flush and low. After winning that cooler, Gorodinsky is back up to 1.2 million, and is closing the gap on Tong.
From the button, Mike Gorodinsky raised. Kristopher Tong reraised from the big blind, and Gorodinsky called. On the flop, Tong checked, and Gorodinsky fired a bet. Tong folded, showing , and Gorodinsky won the pot.
The players started the action a few minutes early from break, so we barely caught the action of what turned out to be a huge pot on the first hand back. Both players had a few big bets in front of them as the dealer finished out a board. We saw Mike Gorodinsky bet out, and Tong shook his head as he put the call in. However, he ended up being good as he tabled for eights full, giving a 1.7 million to 1.1 million chip advantage.
. Gorodinsky bet, Tong called, and Ashton folded.
, and Gorodinsky check-called a bet from Tong to see the 
land on the river. Both players checked.
, and Tong mucked his hand.
, and the two players got in a raising war that saw all of Ashton's chips get in the middle.
. Tong checked, Gorodinsky bet, Tong raised, and Gorodinsky called.
, and Gorodinsky showed the 
, and Tong fired right out. Gorodinsky came in for a raise, and Tong made the call. The 
hit the turn, and Tong led out yet again. This time, Gorodinsky just called, and the same thing happened when the scary looking 
for a queen high flush and eight low, but neither was good, as Gorodinsky rolled over 
for a better flush and low. After winning that cooler, Gorodinsky is back up to 1.2 million, and is closing the gap on Tong.
, and Gorodinsky won the pot.
for eights full, giving a 1.7 million to 1.1 million chip advantage.