Ace-High Good Enough for Demirchyan
Level 5
: 400/800, 800 ante
With a pot of roughly 3,500 in the middle and the flop of 
, Arutyun Demirchyan bet 2,000 from the button after being checked to by the small blind. His opponent called the bet.
The turn came 
and again the small blind elected to check. Demirchyan decided on a sizing of 6,000 this time and again was called.
Both players checked on the 
river and Demirchyan quickly turned over 
having only ace-high. Turns out that was good enough to scoop this pot when his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Pike checked and his opponent bet 3,200 chips. He quickly called and they were off to the turn.
fell and Pike moved his last 9,000 chips in the middle and was called.
, his queen kicker playing over the 
, Nguyen check-called an all in from his opponent for about 30,000. 
fell on the river and sent him the pot.
with 20,000 in the middle. Heads-up action was on the big blind, who bet 4,000. Mehrdad Ghiasvand called from the button.
. The big blind continued for 7,000. Ghiasvand called.
came on the river. The big blind moved all in for just over 30,000. Ghiasvand snap-called, tabling the nut flush with 
. His opponent showed 
before collecting his things and leaving the table.
did give his opponent three of a kind but he was still busted, no match for the full house of Gray.
were safe for the aces but when the 
