A short-stacked Alexander "Postflopaction" Kostritsyn moved all in for his last 5,400 from the hijack and Alex Bilokur called him from the button. The small blind folded, and then Allen Kessler three-bet to 25,000. Bilokur folded and Kostritsyn discovered the bad news.
Kostritsyn:
Kessler:
The flop left Kostritsyn drawing to either running queens or jacks, but that possibility disappeared when the appeared on the turn. The meaningless was put out on the river for good measure, and then Kostritsyn wished the table luck before exiting the tournament floor.
From the button Keith Lehr raised to 5,100 and John Monnette three-bet to 14,000 from the small blind. Lehr made the call and the flop brought out . Monnette bet 4,000 on the flop and Lehr made the call.
The turn brought the and Lehr folded when Monnette bet 19,000 chips.
After a series of bets and raises on a flop of , Roland Israelashvili was all in and at risk against Lyle Berman for 168,300 holding . Berman had an inferior two pair with .
Neither the turn () nor the river () changed anything, and Israelashvili doubled to 360,000 chips. Berman plummeted to 197,000.
Josh Arieh brought it in with the , Steicke completed, and Elezra made it two bets. Only Steicke called.
Both players checked on fourth street, and Elezra check-called a bet on fifth. He check-called two more on sixth and seventh, and Steicke showed for two pair and a low.
Elezra turned over for a pair of kings, and pealed his last card to see if he could win the high. He could not with the , and Steicke scooped the pot.
Joe Hachem showed up to the WSOP last week, and he's been freezing ever since. He talks about that, the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship, and where he'd rather win a bracelet — Vegas or Australia.
We caught the action on fourth street with three-handed action between Chris Klodnicki, Ben Yu and Joe Hachem. Yu had bet, Hachem called and Klodnicki put in the call as well. On fourth street, Yu bet again after Hachem and Klodnicki had checked. Both called.
On fifth street, Klodnicki paired his board and he bet; Yu and Hachem called. On sixth, the same thing happened and on seventh, Klodnicki bet once more. Yu raised it up to 16,000, Hachem folded and Klodnicki three-bet.
Klodnicki: / /
Yu: / /
Hachem: / /
Yu made the call on seventh street and Klodnicki announced he had made a full house, showing .
"Oh, really," Hachem sighed as Yu mucked his hand, and Klodnicki took down the whole pot.
Doyle Brunson limped under the gun only to have Alexandre Luneau three-bet to 9,000 from the cutoff. The button and blinds all folded, and Brunson pushed back with a four-bet to 30,000. Luneau five-bet shoved for 75,500 and Brunson made the call.
Brunson:
Luneau:
The flop kept Luneau in the lead, as did the turn. The river gave both players a full house, but of course Luneau's was best and he doubled through.
flop left Kostritsyn drawing to either running queens or jacks, but that possibility disappeared when the 
appeared on the turn. The meaningless 
was put out on the river for good measure, and then Kostritsyn wished the table luck before exiting the tournament floor.
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and Lehr folded when Monnette bet 19,000 chips.
, Roland Israelashvili was all in and at risk against Lyle Berman for 168,300 holding 
. Berman had an inferior two pair with 
) nor the river (
) changed anything, and Israelashvili doubled to 360,000 chips. Berman plummeted to 197,000.
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, Steicke completed, and Elezra made it two bets. Only Steicke called.
for two pair and a low.
.
flop kept Luneau in the lead, as did the 
turn. The 
