The Big Teng Theory
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Well, that escalated quickly… and heavily in favor of Andrew Teng.
He started the hand with 800,000 in chips and raised, then Matt Salsberg moved all in with 
. From one seat over, Joseph Salvaggi then reshoved for more than 600,000 with 
, and Teng snapped them both off with his . The second-best starting hand in no-limit hold'em held up, and Teng now has 1.75 million as two more players hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,750,000
1,025,000
|
1,025,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
and John Racener looked him up two seats over with the 
. The flop came king-high with two clubs, pairing Racener but giving Pilgrim a flush draw. Dwyte had several outs to survive but failed to improve when the dealer roller over blanks on the turn and river.
flop hit the board. The button raised to about 190,000 and Newman shoved for 374,000. The player on the button called after about a minute of deliberation.
turn brought a mighty sweat, giving the button a flush draw, but a 
river was harmless for Newman.
. By the time the river fell, Anderson had caught a 7-high straight to double up, sucking out versus Sluzinski once again. These two faced off with jacks and kings not long ago, and Anderson hit his jack on the river in that hand as well.
versus 
in a battle button versus small blind.
flop with 
and the 
turn and 
river changed nothing.
, leaving Prasetyo bust.
and Mokedi looked at Kohlberg and slid out a 110,000 wager. Kohlberg thought for 30 seconds and called.
. Mokedi again looked at Kohlberg and this time put out 175,000. Kohlberg stared at the bet sitting in the center of the table and looked back at the four cards in the middle of the table. His eyes darted back and forth several times. Finally after a near five-minute tank, he reluctantly folded.
river delivered a flush and DeMaci hit the rail.
