Jeff Hakim was in early position and check-called 41,000 from Rob Mizrachi in late position on ![]()
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. The river was a
and Hakim checked again. Mizrachi checked back and Hakim won the showdown with ![]()
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for a flush.
Jeff Hakim was in early position and check-called 41,000 from Rob Mizrachi in late position on ![]()
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. The river was a
and Hakim checked again. Mizrachi checked back and Hakim won the showdown with ![]()
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for a flush.
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0
We catch up with actor, comedian, and of course, poker player Norm Macdonald at the 2018 World Series of Poker.
On a flop of ![]()
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, both blinds checked to the cutoff, who bet 20,500. Igor Yaroshevskyy called in the small blind before Scotty Nguyen jammed in the big. It was 84,000 more and the cutoff repotted to chase Yaroshevskyy out.
Nguyen had flopped a set with ![]()
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and was facing clubs and jacks against ![]()
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. It was a short sweat as the
turn gave Nguyen a boat and the
river kept it best.
Several minutes into Max Lehmanski's decision on the river of the ![]()
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board, another player on his table called a clock.
Lehmanski was in a tough spot, sitting on the button and facing an all-in river-bet from small blind Majid Yahyaei. There was over 100,000 in the middle and Lehmanski had 107,500 left.
He eventually made the call for all his chips and Yahyaei turned up ![]()
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for a nut straight. Lehmanski, however, rolled over ![]()
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for sixes full and raked in the massive pot.
Danny Wong bet 38,500 on ![]()
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and Andre Nyffeler was in the tank. Finally, he decided to jam for about 110,000 but Wong beat him into the pot with ![]()
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for top set. Nyffeler didn't have an out in the deck with ![]()
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on the felt, Will Failla bet 15,000 from under the gun, about the size of the pot. Carol Fuchs called in the big blind. The river was the
and Fuchs checked. Failla bet 30,000 and Fuchs thought about 30 seconds and called.
Failla knuckled the table and Fuchs showed ![]()
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for a low flush.
Loren Klein made it 8,000 in the middle position and Eric Wasserson raised to 31,000 in the hijack. Klein called and they saw the ![]()
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hit the felt. Klein let Wasserson continue for 15,000 and then check-raised to 34,000.
Wasserson spent over a minute thinking and then slid in a pile of chips, covering Klein's remaining stack. Klein called right away.
Both players had ace-king in their hands and the
and
river changed nothing so they chopped the pot.
Connor Drinan was in the big blind and he stuffed all his 74,500 chips into the middle preflop, facing off against Eric Rabl who was in an early position.
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The dealer spread out a board of ![]()
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, giving Drinan two pair. Rabl had a flush draw on the turn but he couldn't get there and Drinan doubled up.