We missed the elimination of Nick Wong, but the man who vanquished him, recent WSOP APAC bracelet winner Sam Higgs, was kind enough to fill us in on what happened.
According to Higgs, he check-raised the turn when Wong bet, and then the two got it all in on the river. Wong had made two pair with , but it was no good as Higgs had turned a wheel.
Action folded to Brian Rast in the small blind and he raised to 2,600. Reigning World Series of Poker Main Event champ Ryan Riess responded by moving all in for roughly 25,000 from the big blind, and Rast called him.
Rast:
Riess:
Riess was drawing to just one over, and he was left wanting as the board ran out a dry .
Mike Leah check-called a bet of 2,100 on the flop against Jonathan Karamalikis before seeing the land on the turn. Leah checked, and Karamalikis checked. Then, after the completed the board on the river, both players checked again.
After a raise by Michael Egan and a three-bet by Brian Rast to 6,100, Geoffrey Mooney called from the small blind and Egan called as well to see the flop of . Mooney check-raised all in after the continuation bet by Rast and Egan got out of the way with Rast tossing in the chips for the call.
Rast:
Mooney:
The over pair for Mooney had to dodge a lot of outs and did so successfully as the board completed with the turn and the river.
Jason Mo checked the flop, and Daniel Neilson bet 3,000. Mo called, and the turn was the . Mo checked, and Neilson upped his bet to 5,700. Mo folded, and Neilson won the pot.