Hand #53-55: Margereson Makes A Monster Laydown
Hand #53: Sang Liu raised to 750,000 from the cutoff. Timothy Miles three-bet to 1,300,000 and Liu called. Both players checked through the 
flop and the 
on the turn to the 
on the river. Liu bet 1,300,000 again and Miles called. Liu tabled 
and Miles mucked.
Hand #54: Miles raised to 750,000 from the cutoff and was called by Scott Margereson, on the button, and Roberly Felicio in the big blind. The flop came 
, Felicio checked. Miles bet 900,000 and Margereson called. Felicio got out of their way. The turn brought them the 
. Miles checked, Margereson bet 1,800,000 and Miles considered his options. After a while, Miles decided to shove for 8,275,000 in total. Margereson put his head in his hands and kept shaking his head. He looked at Miles and the board several times. After going through his options in his head, he decided to fold. He immediately got up from his chair to talk to his rail for some support.
The stream later revealed Margereson held 
and Miles 
.
Hand #55: Joel Wurtzel raised to 750,000 from the button and was called by Liu. The flop came 
, Liu bet 950,000 and Wurtzel called. The turn brought them the , Liu continued with a bet of 2,000,000 and Wurtzel called again. The river completed the board with the 
on which they both checked. Wurtzel showed 
for the flopped top pair which was enough to make Liu muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,800,000 | -500,000 |
|
14,500,000 | 1,800,000 |
|
13,900,000 | -4,700,000 |
|
12,600,000 | 4,100,000 |
|
7,600,000 | -600,000 |