On the flop, Phil Hellmuth and [Removed:17] checked over to Brian Roberts. Roberts bet 45,000, and Hellmuth called. Yan folded, and the turn was the . After both players checked, the landed on the river. Hellmuth bet 26,000, and Roberts tank-folded.
Let's have ourselves 15 minutes off. Nothing special happened in the last few hands. First Sam Khouiss moved all in over the top of a raise by [Removed:17] to force a fold, and Sam Higgs won the blinds and antes after moving all in for 126,000 chips. Finally, Phil Hellmuth won the blinds and antes with a cutoff raise to 25,000.
[Removed:17] raised to 34,000 from the hijack and Sam Higgs responded by moving all in for 100,000 more from the small blind. Yan hit the tank debating what to do, and that inspired Higgs, who indicated he thought he'd get a call, to start chuckling.
"I'll show you if you fold. Does that help?" Higgs offered. "Take the mystery out of it."
Yan must have liked the sound of that as he did folded his hand. True to his word, Higgs showed the .
Mike Leah opened with a raise from the cutoff and Phil Hellmuth defended from the big blind. Hellmuth then checked the flop, Leah bet 33,000, and Hellmuth snap-called. Both players then checked the turn as well as the river.
Hellmuth flashed the , but it was no good as Leah had flopped a pair with the .
Mike Leah raised to 32,000 and Phil hellmuth called out of the small blind. They both checked through the flop and Hellmuth then bet 30,000 after the fell on the turn. Leah called and the dynamic duo saw the complete the board. Hellmuth made it 38,000 to go with 195,000 behind and Leah rather quickly raised to 103,000.
As soon as the "Poker Brat" noticed the raise, he threw his hands up in the air to vent some frustration. The usual small talk began and after some consideration, Hellmuth made the call. Leah showed first, but ace high was only second best to the of Hellmuth.
Brian Roberts raided to 35,000 and found one caller in Sam Khouiss on the button. Both checked the flop and Roberts took down the pot with a bet of 54,000 after the on the turn.
[Removed:17] raised to 34,000 from the hijack and Mike Leah called in the cutoff. The flop got checked through and Yan bet 35,000 on the turn. Leah didn't go anywhere and called before taking down the pot on the river with a bet of 50,000 when "MissOracle" check-folded.
Then Jonathan Duhamel opened the action with a raise to 37,000 and Leah asked for his stack size before making the call, Phil Hellmuth called out of the big blind as well. The flop got checked to Leah and his bet of 50,000 shut down all further action.
One hand later, Andrew Hinrichsen raised to 32,000 and then folded when Sam Higgs moved all in from the cutoff for 156,000.
[Removed:17] raised to 35,000 from the button and Mike Leah called from the small blind to see a flop of . Leah check-called a bet of 38,000, and then check-called one of 58,000 on the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Leah checked for a third time and Yan bet 128,000.
Leah made a quick call and Yan rolled over the for nine and fives. It was no good though as Leah had the for tens and fives.