Finally, Chad sits down with this week's guest, Billy Hayes, who is best known for his autobiographical book Midnight Express about his experiences in and escape from a Turkish prison after being convicted of smuggling hashish. He's planning to play the WSOP Main Event this year, which he talks about after sharing his incredible story with listeners. Plus he gives a glimpse into his new book Midnight Express Epilogue: Train Keeps Rolling.
Chino Rheem has been steadily growing his stack into the chip lead and he quickly extended it after the break in a hand with Shaun Deeb.
Action was discovered on the river with a 600,000+ chip pot built with the board reading . Rheem moved all in from the big blind for Deeb's final 325,000 chips and his $25,000 bounty.
In middle position, Deeb pondered his decision for over two minutes before annoyedly tossing his cards to the muck and awarding another sizable pot to Rheem.
Action folded to Dan Smith in late position who shoved his remaining 130,000 chips into the middle. No one looked him up until Alex Foxen, after some careful consideration, called out of the big blind to put Smith at risk.
Dan Smith:
Alex Foxen:
Smith was behind but did have two live cards. Unfortunately for him the board brought no help and sent his stack and the $25,000 bounty Foxen's way.
Smith wasted no time hopping back into the action and will now have a fresh set of chips to work with, while Frank Crivello was also seen firing off a second bullet after busting earlier in the day.
Nick Petrangelo raised to 25,000 from the cutoff and Frank Crivello, who had just re-entered the tournament, three-bet to 80,000 from the button. The blinds got out of the way and Petrangelo asked for a count before putting Crivello all in. Crivello snap called.
Frank Crivello:
Nick Petrangelo:
Cirvello was in good shape to double up and did so courtesy of the runout.