"All In" Says Fang
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Jaime Kaplan and Yi Fang were just battling over a hand that had reached the flop with the board showing 
. After preflop action had already built a sizable pot, Fang had pushed out a big flop bet and Kaplan called, then the turn brought the 
.
"My best English is... all in!" said Fang, who has been quite animated all day over at Table 453. Kaplan laughed a bit at Fang's antics, saying "the board could not be any worse." Finally Kaplan folded, flashing his 
to Fang and alluding to his earlier references to loving "the ladies."
With much theatrics, Fang eventually showed one of his cards — the 
— then claimed he'd had top set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,570,000 | 493,000 |
|
485,000 | -516,000 |
, and Cianelli fired out a huge bet of 250,000. Fair once again made the call, and the 
hit the river. Cianelli moved all in for 446,000, and Fair immediately shot up out of his chair, which fell over in the process.
for a set of fours, and Fair shook his head and mucked his hand. Because it was an all-in situation, his hand had to be tabled: 
for a flopped open ended straight draw that turned into running two pair. Fair shipped most of his chips over to Cianelli, dropping him to 190,000. Meanwhile, Cianelli has catapulted into the top five chip counts, as he now has 1.75 million.
turn, which both players checked. They opted to do the same following the 
river and Merson tabled 
for queens and tens.
to take down the pot.
against the 
flop changed little, but the turn was the 
, giving Hendren a pair of aces. He released a hearty fist pump.
, and Immekus picked up a wheel draw. The turn was the 
wasn't what Immekus needed, and he was eliminated. Lane scooped the pot and moved to 2.7 million in chips. That's good enough for the current chip lead.
and Timoshenko led for 27,000. Obrestad called the bet and the two headed to the turn which was the 
on the river where both players checked again. Obrestad showed a seven and that was good enough to take the pot down from Timoshenko who mucked his hand.
. The board ran out 
, then 
, and Kawauti doubled up.
