J.J. Liu was all in again, this time with vs. Chad Brown's . The board read when the last of J.J.'s chips went in, giving her a wheel, but the river was a very unlucky , making it a split pot.
J.J. Liu raised from the small blind and Petri Pollanen called from the big blind. The flop was . Liu bet out, Pollanen raised, and Liu called all in. Pollanen showed the while Liu turned over . The turn was the , and the river was the , giving Liu a pair of eights and the pot.
Cliff Spiro raised from late position, Brandon Wong three-bet from the small blind, Spiro re-raised all in, and Wong called. Wong showed the , dominating Spiro's . on the board and Spiro was eliminated.
Our field has consolidated to two tables. Here's the new lineup, complete with chip counts:
Table 66:
1. J.J. Liu 49,000
2. Petri Pollanen 182,000
3. Alexander Borteh 84,000
4. Don Grove 75,000
5. OPEN
6. Michael Byrne 85,000
7. Serena Liu 59,000
8. Chad Brown 127,000
9. Shawn Keller 148,000
Table 72:
1. Brandon Wong 98,000
2. David Pham 145,000
3. Max Pescatori 64,000
4. Vivek Rajkumar 93,000
5. Cliff Spiro 19,000
6. Guy Kenworthy 33,000
7. Marco Johnson 140,000
8. Jonathan Tamayo 245,000
9. Matthew Kelly 70,000
Vivek Rajkumar and David "The Dragon" Pham saw a flop of and all hell broke loose. Rajkumar bet, Pham raised, Rajkumar re-raised, and Pham called. The turn was the . Rajkumar bet, Pham raised Rajkumar three-bet, and Pham called. The river was the . Rajkumar bet, Pham raised, and Rajkumar called.
Rajkumar turned over , having flopped the nut straight, but Pham tabled the for the straight flush.
"No f*$%ing way! I flopped the nuts!" moaned Rajkumar as the Dragon dragged the monster pot.
With the board reading , Jeffrey Siegal was all in for his last 4,000 on the river with , but Serena Liu called and turned over for trip aces, eliminating Siegal.
Cliff Spiro raised from UTG, Don Grove called on the button, and Greg Mueller called all in from the big blind. The flop was . Spiro and Grove both checked. The turn was the and they checked again. The river was the and they checked it down one more time. Spiro showed , Grove showed , having counterfeited Spiro's small pair on the river (eights and fours with an ace kicker), and Mueller mucked as he headed to the rail.
Don Grove raised from the cutoff with and Greg Mueller called all in from the small blind with . The tens held up on the board and Mueller doubled up to about 16,000.