Nível 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Shortly after winning that hand versus Christopher Whitall, J.C. Tran was back at it again, this time tangling with Bob Buckenmayer
In the hand Buckenmayer raised to 18,000 from middle position and Tran called from a seat over. It folded around to the big blind who came along as well, and the flop came 
. It checked to Buckenmayer who bet 33,000. Tran called and the big blind stepped aside.
The turn was the 
, and Buckenmayer didn't hesitate before setting out three short stacks of orange chips as a bet of 45,000. Tran sat for about 15 seconds, then slid his cards to the dealer.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
444,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
||
|
382,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
, and Schwarmann checked, and Yu bet 18,000. The turn was the 
, and Schwarmann checked again. Yu continued for 46,000. Schwarmann again called, and the 
completed the board on the river. Schwarmann checked again, and Yu tossed out a messy bet of what looked like 80,000. Schwarmann quickly folded, and Yu took the pot. Yu, who started the day short enough to 
.
giving no help to Woodin on any street and no sweat to Timoshenko either. With that pot he moved over the 1 million chip mark.
, and Whitall check-called a bet of 16,000 from Tran. The turn brought the 
, and this time, Whitall led out for 22,000. Tran tossed in the call, and the river was the 
on the turn with Williams tossing in a single 25,000-denomination chip. The small blind folded but Crisostomo called as the 
completed the board on the river.
and Ha led out with a bet of 13,000. Timoshenko called.
and Ha put out a bet of 200,000. Timoshenko went deep into the tank. He cut out two stacks of 20 T5,000 orange chips and put them in front of him. He motioned like he was going to put them in the pot, took his hands off, then he put his hands back and pushed the chips out for a call.
for king high, but Timoshenko had made the right call with 
hit the board though, and Pollock, who claimed a bracelet earlier this summer in a PLO event, has announced himself as a contender with well over a million in chips.
