Even after staying alive with deuces the previous hand, Mark Dube was forced all in from the small blind with 9♥4♥ but ran into the K♥K♦ once again, this time them belonging to John Henry Gordon.
No miracles happened on the 9♦10♦10♥K♣A♦ runout and Gordon was awarded the pot with kings full while Dube was sent to the payout desk in fifth place.
Mark Dube raised in the cutoff to 1,000,000 with Q♠Q♦ and Steve Yea Three-bet to 2,700,000 with K♠K♣.
Dube four-bet to 8,650,000 all in and Yea made the call.
The board ran out as 6♦9♠8♠3♦3♥ and Yea won a monster pot.
Dube had a chip and a chair and was eliminated just a few hands later.
Level: 35
Blinds: 250,000/500,000
Ante: 500,000
Players are on a short 15-minute break with five players still remaining.
Chih Fan raised from the button to 850,000 with J♦J♣ and Simeon Spasov three-bet to 1,900,000 from the small blind with A♦6♦. Fan made the call.
The flop came out as K♥8♥6♥, and Fan checked. Spasov bet 800,000, and Fan made the call.
The turn brought the 4♣ which received a check from Fan and a check from Spasov.
The river A♠ saw a check from Spasov and a bet from Fan for 4,000,000. Spasov called and saw the good news that his two pairs were good for the win.
Chih Fan limps from the small blind with A♠3♠ and Simeon Spasov checks from the big blind with K♣6♣. The action checks through on the flop of 3♦8♦J♣ and they go to the turn A♥ which gave Fan aces-up.
Fan bet 400,000 with his checkmark and Spasov called with just king-high to see the river fall the Q♦.
Fan then fired for 3,000,000 and Spasov went into the tank, seriously considering a call. After several minutes in the tank, Spasov decided to put in the chips but is shown the bad news by Fan as he is awarded the pot.
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John Henry Gordon limped from the small blind with 9♦7♣ and Steve Yea checked it down with J♠10♠.
The flop came out with 7♠3♦10♥ when Yea bet out for 700,000, and Gordon put in a three-bet to 2,400,000. Yea, the cash game specialist put in the four-bet all in for 4,500,000. Gordon called.
The turn was the 5♠, and the river was the Q♥, and Yea won a nice pot with his pair of tens.
Level: 34
Blinds: 200,000/400,000
Ante: 400,000
Steve Yea moved all in with 8♠8♥ for 1,700,000 and was called by Simeon Spasov with 10♣8♣.
Yea was ahead with his pocket pair, and the runout of 6♦A♦4♣A♠K♠ kept it that way to secure him the double-up.
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