Cassidy had two pair, while his opponent held a wrap. The turn was heartbreaker for Cassidy, the , leaving him drawing slim since his opponent held one of his outs. The river saved him by filling him up.
At another table, Don Nguyen busted another opponent to move to nearly 200,000 when he got top set in against top two.
Ryan Goindoo was tanking against a bet of 22,600 against Ruslan Dykshteyn on a board of . He agonized over the call, peeking at his opponent to get a read. He cut out the necessary chips, raised them up, then brought them back as if changing his mind. In the end, he did drop them in, losing to for the nuts.
Steve Billirakis bet 7,200 from the small blind, and Ted Lawson called from the button on a board of . On the river, Billirakis put Lawson in for his last 15,000 or so, and Lawson snapped with for kings full. Billirakis showed for the nut flush.
We found Ruslan Dykshteyn potting it over a bet of about 20,000 from Ryan Goindoo on an flop. Goindoo shoved all in for well over 100,000, and Dykshteyn called.
Dykshteyn:
Goindoo:
Dykshteyn had a gutter and a flush draw, but Goindoo had a set of aces and the lead. The changed nothing on the turn, but the filled Dykshteyn's straight and caused Goindoo to let out an exclamation of disappointment, having gotten it in with the nuts for a massive pot and come up short.
Chance Kornuth is making a late challenge for the chip lead, as he just busted a player on a board of . Kornuth held for nines full, good enough to send his opponent packing with .
A player opened for 2,500 in the hijack, and Matt Stout potted to 9,300 on the button. JC Tran called out of the blinds, and the opener called. On the flop, Tran checked, the hijack bet 13,500, and Stout was the only caller. An caused the hijack to pat the table, and he quickly folded when Stout potted.