Stephen Chidwick tossed out a bet after the second draw, his opponent check-called, and both players stood pat on the final draw. Chidwick's opponent tossed out a bet, and the Brit tank-called.
The player ripped over , and Chidwick instantly mucked his holdings.
John Monnette, who is often referred to as "Angry John," just left the tournament area in a not-so-happy manner, and it was all thanks to one of the big stacks, Todd Bui.
Bui had raised before the final draw to get Monnette all in, and Monnette called. Both players took one card, and Monnette revealed he made an ace, but those are high in this game. Bui showed a jack, and he won the pot.
"You raised me with a straight draw?" commented Monnette. "You think you were ahead or something?" he added as he grabbed his belongings before exiting the tournament room.
Bui mentioned the comments to the rest of the table and stacked up his new chips to move to 67,500.
Joseph Cheong raised in the hijack seat, Mike Leah called on the button, a player in the small blind called, and Vasili Firsau defended his big blind.
Player
Draw 1
Draw 2
Draw 3
Cheong
2
Pat
Pat
Leah
3
2
1
Small Blind
3
1
Fold
Firsau
2
2
Fold
The action checked to Cheong after the first draw, and he tossed out a bet. All three of his opponents called, and the action checked to him once again after the second draw. He bet, Leah raised, and the other two players folded. Cheong called.
Before Leah checked his final card Cheong tossed out a bet, and Leah grimaced before committing a call. Cheong tabled , and Leah mucked.
Barry Greenstein came in for a raise, Bill Chen called in position, and Greenstein drew two cards. Chen drew one. Greenstein check-called a bet, and the exact same action took place on the second draw.
On the final draw, Greenstein pitched one and Chen stood pat. Greenstein check-folded to a bet, showing for a straight, and Chen revealed a smooth nine.
Brian Tate and an opponent both drew two cards, and Tate called a bet. Tate's opponent took two cards on the second draw, Tate called for two more, and then called another bet.
Both players took one card on the final draw, Tate called a third bet, and the player motioned that Tate was good. He showed for a very smooth ten-eight, and his opponent flashed what appeared to be a pair.
Mike Leah and Joseph Cheong were heads-up after the final draw. Leah had pat since 1st draw and bet out each round. Cheong had followed along each round and both players checked the final draw. Leah tabled and Cheong threw his cards in the muck.