Rast Takes a Late Pot
Level 10
: 1,200/2,400, 0 ante
Just before the last hands of the night were announced, Brian Rast raised the pot to 6,600 on the button and defending champion James Calderaro came along from the big blind. The flop of 
was checked through and Calderaro bet the pot for 13,400 on the 
turn, which Rast called.
Both checked the 
on the river and Calderaro announced ace-high, which Rast had beat with the 
.
Yuki Ko and Jonathan Abdellatif are no longer seated and Anson Tsang almost experienced the same fate. He three-bet preflop against Xuedong Li and moved all in after a flop of 
. There were more than 50,000 up for grabs in the middle of the table and Tsang's shove was for 44,600. Li checked his cards carefully and folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000 | -167,000 |
|
290,000 | 70,000 |
|
215,000 | 127,000 |
|
100,000 | -120,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |