Matt Waxman raised to 20,000 in early position, Matthew Hruska called out of the small blind, and the flop fell . Hruska checked, Waxman continued for 26,000, and Hruska check-raised to 77,000. Waxman tank-called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. Hruska checked again, Waxman tossed out five T25,000 chips, and Hruska called.
Waxman turned over for a king-high straight, and Hruska mucked.
"Not the best runout for my hand," Waxman said, dragging the pot.
Mukul Pahuja is playing plenty of pots at his table.
Mukul Pahuja bet 185,000 on the river in a recent pot against Jason Weber, who was under the gun on a board of . Weber tossed out a quick call, but Pahuja had for a set and dragged the hefty pot.
The next hand, Pahuja was in early position and called an under-the-gun open before seeing Michael Stembera shove all in for 170,000. The opener followed the blinds into the muck, but Pahuja snap-called, tabling . Stembera had a dominated hand: , but he found an eight on the flop. The helped Pahuja's equity with a straight draw, but the wasn't enough improvement to take the pot.
With the board reading and about 360,000 in the pot, Vladimir Bozinovic bet 165,000. Matthew Haugen called after about 20 seconds, but mucked when Bozinovic tabled for an eight-high straight.
We saw the TV cameras swarming Table 370, so we made our way over and discovered 2006 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Jeff Madsen all in for his last 195,000 or so and at risk against Hans Winzeler.
Winzeler:
Madsen:
It was a flip, and all Madsen had to do to double was hold. That didn't happen though as the flop gave Winzeler the lead with a pair of aces. Madsen sat quietly as the dealer burned and turned the . Not a ten, but still helpful as it gave him a gutshot straight draw. Madsen stared at the board and watched the peeled off.
"Yes," he whispered as he pumped his fist and shot up from his chair. He then made his way over to his supporters on the rail for a round of high fives.
"It's the beer," Madsen said with a smile as he retook the lead and was pushed the double.
Ian Simpson bet 105,000 on a board of , and Robert Park made the call after a bit of thinking. Simpson rolled over a bluff: , and Park took the pot with .
A series of raises between Matthew Haugen in middle position and Timur Margolin in the cutoff has put Haugen back into the chip lead. We arrived to see Hauden with 285,000 committed and Margolin had reraised to about 430,000. Haugen reraised all in for effective 1.98 million-ish and Margolin quickly folded, giving Haugen the pot.
. Hruska checked, Waxman continued for 26,000, and Hruska check-raised to 77,000. Waxman tank-called.
, both players checked, and the 
completed the board. Hruska checked again, Waxman tossed out five T25,000 chips, and Hruska called.
for a king-high straight, and Hruska mucked.
. Weber tossed out a quick call, but Pahuja had 
for a set and dragged the hefty pot.
. Stembera had a dominated hand: 
wasn't enough improvement to take the pot.
flop gave Winzeler the lead with a pair of aces. Madsen sat quietly as the dealer burned and turned the 
peeled off.
, and Robert Park made the call after a bit of thinking. Simpson rolled over a bluff: 
.
, and Demers was eliminated.
, and Hall was eliminated.
