Dario Sammartino raised from the button, and Chou Chou defended his big blind.
The flop came down , and Chou check-called 4,000 from Sammartino.
The turn was the , Chou checked, Sammartino bet 18,000, Chou check-raised to 75,000, Sammartino shoved with the bigger stack, and Chou called all in for about 180,000.
Sammartino:
Chou:
The river was the , giving Sammartino a flush to win the match and advance to the Sweet 16.
As recounted by Adrian Mateos, he opened the button to 5,500. Eric Wasserson three-bet to 17,000 from the big blind, Mateos shoved, and Wasserson called all in for about 100,000 with , racing with Mateos' .
Wasserson found no help from the runout, securing the victory for Mateos.
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Erik Seidel in the Hunt for Bracelet #9
Welcome to Day 2 of coverage of Event #15: $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship.
There are 32 players remaining from a starting field of 129, each looking to capture a coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet and the first-place prize of $336,656.
Among those left in the field include eight-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Erik Seidel, five-time bracelet winner Jason Mercier, past WSOP Main Event champions Joe Cada, Ryan Riess, and Joe McKeehen, and bracelet winners Adrian Mateos, Chance Kornuth, Ryan Hughes, Taylor Paur, Jack Duong, Ryan Fee and Thiago Nishijima.
Some of the biggest names in the game without a bracelet are also still in the hunt. Dan Smith, Olivier Busquet, Dario Sammartino, Jason Les, Russell Thomas and Eric Wasserson have all come close in the past, and their first bracelet is just five heads-up match victories away.
Only 16 players make the money and by night's end, only four players will remain. The Round of 32 is set to begin at 3:00 p.m., so be sure to keep it here at PokerNews for live updates of all of the action.
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, and Chou check-called 4,000 from Sammartino.
, Chou checked, Sammartino bet 18,000, Chou check-raised to 75,000, Sammartino shoved with the bigger stack, and Chou called all in for about 180,000.
, giving Sammartino a flush to win the match and advance to the Sweet 16.
against Riess' 
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, and Luca was eliminated, sending Hughes into the money round.
