Oliver Price and Ryan Riess checked on a flop of . David Stephens fired out 50,000, and while Price was in the process of check-raising all in for 276,000, Stephens left the table momentarily. He returned to his seat as Riess entered the tank, and eventually Riess folded.
Stephens snap-called.
Stephens:
Price:
Stephens was in great shape to score the knockout, until the turn and river came , respectively to give Price a straight. He more than doubled to 600,000 chips, while Price fell to 1.125 million.
Evandro Vitoy de Queiroz opened to 25,000 in early position and Grayson Ramage thee-bet to 55,000 from the next seat over. Action folded back to de Queiroz who called to see a flop. De Queiroz checked to Ramage who bet 48,000, resulting in a fold from de Queiroz.
Raul Paez, shown here in a Razz tournament earlier this summer, tried to help translate.
Poker's an international game, but sometimes it's not an international language.
Olaoluwa Okelola shoved all in against an opponent on a flop of . Someone called the clock while the player was tanking, and the tournament director was having quite a time trying to let the player know he his time had run out.
"Can anyone interpret in Italian?" the supervisor asked with exasperation.
Swedish player Fredrik Halling and Spanish player Raul Paez did their best to get the point across to the man that he had 20 seconds to act on his hand. Finally, Halling began counting down on his fingers. The player evidently got the point, as he stood up and folded his hand.
Bevery Lange opened with a raise to 24,000 from early position, then watched as four players called her, including Hoa Luong playing from the big blind.
The flop came , and when checked to Lange pushed out a bet of 50,000, causing all to fold except for Luong. The turn was the . Luong checked, and Lange bet 60,000 this time. Luong thought a half-minute, the called.
Both then checked the river. "I have an eight," said Luong, at which Lange tabled her and the dealer pushed the pot her way.
"I hate that hand," said Lange afterwards, despite earning a boost to her stack with it.
Jean-Yves Malherbe opened with a raise only to be three-bet by Martin Tonnesen. The action returned to Malherbe and he moved all in for 403,000 with Tonnesen making the call.
Malherbe:
Tonnesen:
With Malherbe at risk, the flop fell to give Tonnesen a further four outs, but when the turn and river landed the and , Malherbe doubled through to roughly 825,000 in chips.
We heard a loud roar from one of the feature tables, so we ran over to discover that Seaver Kyaw had won a pot worth nearly 2 million. And the way he did it was nothing short of amazing.
Kyaw was all in for 964,000 preflop with against Nikolai Sears, who had . The flop came down , giving Sears top set, although you'd never know it because we didn't hear a peep from the table. The turn was the , and Kyaw picked up outs to a straight. The river: the , and Kyaw shot out of his seat and over to his rail, who joined in with his loud celebration. After the stacks were counted down, Sears was left shaking his head with just 555,000 to work with, and Kyaw was sitting on nearly 2 million.
Steve Gee raised to 37,000 under the gun and was called by Evandro Vitoy de Queiroz on the button and Greg Merson in the big blind.
The flop fell and action checked to de Queiroz who bet 37,000. Only Merson called to see the turn and both checked. The river completed the board and Merson bet 50,000. A call from de Queiroz revealed pocket nines for both. Merson tabled , while de Queiroz showed .
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. David Stephens fired out 50,000, and while Price was in the process of check-raising all in for 276,000, Stephens left the table momentarily. He returned to his seat as Riess entered the tank, and eventually Riess folded.
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respectively to give Price a straight. He more than doubled to 600,000 chips, while Price fell to 1.125 million.
, and folded kings preflop on Day 3 only to be shown two aces.
flop. De Queiroz checked to Ramage who bet 48,000, resulting in a fold from de Queiroz.
, and when checked to Lange pushed out a bet of 50,000, causing all to fold except for Luong. The turn was the 
. Luong checked, and Lange bet 60,000 this time. Luong thought a half-minute, the called.
river. "I have an eight," said Luong, at which Lange tabled her 
to give Tonnesen a further four outs, but when the turn and river landed the 
and 
, Malherbe doubled through to roughly 825,000 in chips.
, giving Sears top set, although you'd never know it because we didn't hear a peep from the table. The turn was the 
, and Kyaw picked up outs to a straight. The river: the 
, and Kyaw shot out of his seat and over to his rail, who joined in with his loud celebration. After the stacks were counted down, Sears was left shaking his head with just 555,000 to work with, and Kyaw was sitting on nearly 2 million.
and action checked to de Queiroz who bet 37,000. Only Merson called to see the 
