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After a raise to 2,500 and a call, Peter Hong three-bet to 6,200 out of the small blind. The initial raiser grabbed his bigger domination chips and four-bet to 24,300 before calling the all in shove from Hong. Hong had by far more chips and also the better hand in , whereas the opponent turned over the .
"I run so bad," the opponent whispered after the board completed with .
A player raised to 2,700 from the cutoff and Tony Cousineau three-bet to 15,000 from the small blind. The original raiser moved all in for just a bit more and Cousineau called with . His opponent tabled and the board ran out .
Humberto Brenes raised and then tanked after two short stacks had moved all in. He asked the dealer for a count and as it was about 10,000 to go, Brenes made the call with . He faced and , the board ran out and the short stacked opponent tripled up.
It was a break even play for Brenes though, as he knocked out the other player and has a well-above average stack.