We came to the table with a pot of about 165,000 sitting in the middle and Karim Lehoussine, the small blind, with zero chips in front of him, all of Robert Cheung's remaining chips pushed forward with the all in button among them and another player, in middle position, faced with a tough decision.
The action was relayed to us like this: the middle position player bet, Robert Cheung called the bet from the hijack and Lehoussine shoved all in. The middle position player just called the all in and Cheung moved all in for his remaining 95,000. It seemed an agonizing fold for the other player, but fold he did, eventually telling everyone he "folded two black jacks".
Cheung:
Lehoussine:
The flop was horrific for Cheung as it fell giving Lehoussine trips. Cheung was shaking his head as the turn and river came down, realizing there was nothing there for him. As Lehoussine was raking his pot, he exclaimed, "the big squeeze worked".
Three players got to the river with the board reading . Mark Teltscher bet 40,500, and Jamil Kanji announced a call. The player behind him folded. Kamji's took the pot.
Simon Lofberg raised from the button to 6,000 and the player in the small blind reraised all in for 39,400. Lofberg sat facing the all in bet for quite a while before he eventually made the call.
Lofberg:
Opponent:
King-high would win the pot as the board ran out and Lofberg's opponent would be eliminated.
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John Scaife opened to 7,000 in early position, and Jake Schindler repopped to 14,000 from the button. Scaife looked at the ceiling as if doing mental math, then came back with a two-handed reraise to 49,000. Schindler let his hand go.
We'll keep an eye on their table, as any major confrontation between these two could result in a massive chipleader.
We came to the action as the money went all in on the turn between Yasuhiro Ojiri and John Scaife. Ojiri was the all in player with 96,500. The board read with Ojiri holding for a pair of aces plus the flush draw and Scaife had for two pair. The rive came the give Ojiri the better two pair and the pot.
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giving Lehoussine trips. Cheung was shaking his head as the 
turn and 
river came down, realizing there was nothing there for him. As Lehoussine was raking his pot, he exclaimed, "the big squeeze worked".
was no good against an opponent with 
on a board of 
, and he was eliminated.
. Mark Teltscher bet 40,500, and Jamil Kanji announced a call. The player behind him folded. Kamji's 
took the pot.
against the 
of Hulin.
and Hulin immediately looked to see his opponent had the 
for a pair of aces plus the flush draw and Scaife had 
for two pair. The rive came the