Harrison Beach opened to 12,500 from under-the-gun and Dan Kelly shipped all-in from the button for 100,000. Beach called and showed , which held against Kelly's inferior . Game over for Kelly.
Chou Chou opened to 13,000 from the hijack and Anton Smirnov reraised to 30,000 from the button. Felix Trau made it four to go with a raise to 65,000 from the small blind. Mark Herm thought for a couple of minutes, got some counts and finally slid out a five-bet to 106,000 from the big blind.
Action folded back around to Trau who folded. Herm turned over the as he reached in to drag the pot.
Mike Watson raised to 16,000 on the button and was facing an all-in bet of 86,000 from Tim Davie in the big blind. A few calculations later, Watson called.
Watson:
Davie:
Davie's ace-high remained the best hand on the board, but a on the river won the hand for Watson and busted Davie.
We caught the action with a board of and Chou Chou bet 90,000. Mark Herm made the call and the fell on the river. Chou moved all in for 256,000 and Herm went into the tank. Herm thought for several minutes, virtually convincing himself that Chou had ace-king. He couldn't make the laydown, however and eventually made the call. "Five high," said Chou, tabling .
Herm turned over and left Chou with just 5,000 in chips.