We caught up with the action on the flop, which had come down . James Carroll fired 19,000 from the small blind, and Rheem made the call from the cutoff. The turn brought the , and Carroll fired again, this time for 33,000. Rheem responded by moving all in, easily having Carroll covered. Carroll quickly called.
Carroll:
Rheem:
Carroll had flopped top set, but he still had to fade a spade or an ace on the river. That card came the , and Carroll scored the double up to 260,000. That knocked Rheem down to 360,000.
Known more for his world class seven card stud play, Jeff Lisandro is showing he can also play hold'em, making a deep run in this event. He just won a big pot to get his stack up to a shade under 200,000.
There was 14,000 in the middle of a heads up pot on a flop when we got to the table. Lisandro checked to his opponent on the button, who fired out 12,500. Lisandro check raised all in for his last 82,800, and his opponent made the call.
Lisandro:
Opponent:
Lisandro would need another pair or a diamond to win the hand, and when the hit the turn, he had his opponent drawing dead. The board completed with the , and Lisandro upped his stack to 198,000.
Action folded around to the cutoff, and he moved all in for his last 45,200. It folded to Scott Clements in the big blind, and unfortunately for the player in the cutoff, he woke up with and made the call. The board ran down , and Clements scored the knockout to boost his stack to 350,000.
Gary Pearce was heads up with another opponent when we arrived on the turn, with the board showing . His opponent fired out 7,000, and Pearce raised it up to 27,500. His opponent thought for a few moments before moving all in, and Pearce quickly called.
Pearce:
Opponent:
Both players made a straight on the turn, but Pearce's held the nuts with the queen high straight. The river was the , and Pearce took the big pot to get his stack up to 140,000.
Well here is something you won't see everyday. We missed the hand as it happened, but the players at the table called us over and told us about a hand we had to report. According to them, David Peters and Amir Lehavot were heads up on a flop that read . We don't know the amounts of the bets, but here's what we do know. Lehavot check raised the flop from the small blind, and Peters called.
Lehavot then bet the on the turn, and when the hit the river, Lehavot moved all in for his last 69,400. Peters instantly called with , but amazingly, Lehavot had that beat with ! Once the chips were counted down, Lehavot doubled his stack to 192,000, while Peters was left with just 34,500. He busted shortly after.
Scott Clements raised it up to 5,000 from the button. Roman Valerstein called in the small blind. The big blind bumped it up and made it 10,200. Both Clements and Valerstein called.
The flop came and both Valerstein and the big blind checked. Clements bet out 17,500 which only Valerstein could find a call. The two saw a turn of the and Clements bet out 23,400. Valerstein called again and they were off to the river.
The final card brought the and Clements reached into his stack and put out another bet of 53,700. This was to much for Valerstein and he finally got out of the way. The hand took a hit to Valerstein's stack but Clements stack is doing just fine as he is up to 335,000
Tom Braband faced a big bet on the turn of a board of . He knew that it was time to go with his hand and he pushed with his top pair king-high flush draw . His opponent with the goods of snap called and it was up to the river to bring a heart or Braband was going to be eliminated.
The river brought the and Braband was out. He will take home $7,126 for his efforts.
We just got served up a reminder of just how crazy a game no-limit hold'em can be. Just fifteen minutes ago, Naoya Kihara was sitting on 200,000, and was sitting on a very comfrtable stack. However, after playing three hands in ten minutes, he was gone. Here's how it started.
Nicholas Grippo made it 5,000 to go, and Chino Rheem and Kihara tagged along from the blinds. The flop came , and Rheem checked to Kihara, who fired out 7,000. Grippo folded, but Rheem threw the call in. The turn brought the , and Rheem checked again. Kihara fired out 14,000, and this time, Rheem raised it up to 32,000. Kihara called, and the hit the river.
After about 20 seconds, Rheem started to cut out a ton of chips, and eventually fired out a pot sized bet of 70,000. Kihara spent about two minutes in the tank before sliding in the call, and to the shock of Kihara, Rheem flipped over for the nut straight on the river. Kihara said "nice bluff" and slid the chips over. On the very next hand, David Fox shoved all in for his last 32,000 with , and Kihara shoved over the top to isolate. Unfortunately for him, he had , and when Fox flopped a queen, the hand was all but over.
Just two hands later, his day was done. Rheem raised to 5,000, and Kihara shoved with . Tamara Tibbles woke up with two black queens in the big blind, and raised enough to get Rheem out of there. Kihara's ace never came, and in a flash, he was gone.
Meanwhile, Tibbles and Rheem are reaping the benefits, as they are currently first and second in chips.