Shamus
On a flop of , Tom Dwan made a pot-sized bet. Dan Shak then asked the dealer what the size of the pot was. Before the dealer could respond, Dwan quickly pushed a stack of chips in the middle. Not clear whether he was responding to an imagined pot-sized bet by Shak, or perhaps just signalling his intention to go all the way with his hand.
In any event Shak ended up putting the rest of his chips in, and the pair showed their hands:
Dwan
Shak
Dwan had a set of tens, and Shak a flush draw and inside straight draw. The turn was the , and Dwan was still ahead. The river brought the , giving Shak Broadway.
Shamus
Adam Hourani just knocked out Scotty Nguyen. Nguyen was all in on a board of . He had for two pair and a nut flush draw, but Hourani had for the set of fives.
The river was the , and Nguyen was done. Hourani is up to 202,500.
Shamus
After some preflop action, three players saw a flop of . J.C. Tran led out with his last 37,000 from the small blind, and John Juanda called from the button.
Tran:
Juanda:
Both had flopped trip nines, but Tran was going to need to improve to best Juanda's ace kicker. The turn was the , and that was it for Tran.
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Josh Arieh
Josh Arieh has just increased his stack to 184,000 after a very impressive call.
Andy Black bet 3,000 and Josh Arieh called. The player in the big blind then raised the pot, prompting a fold from Black. Arieh made the call and the flop came:
The unknown player bet 20,000, which Arieh called.
The turn brought the , and the player in the big blind pushed all in, having Arieh covered.
After several minutes of thinking, Josh Arieh made the call, showing for bottom two pair.
His opponent had for an inside stright draw and flush draw.
The river brought the , and Josh Arieh doubled up.
Shamus
Phil Hellmuth raised to 3,000 from late position, Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott reraised with his remaining chips from the big blind, and Hellmuth called.
Ulliott:
Hellmuth:
Hellmuth caught a trey on the flop -- . The on the turn gave him a boat. Only an ace could save Ulliott. But the river was the , and the Devilfish swam all the way home.
Shamus
Before the flop, David Benyamine bet 4,000, Andy Black and Josh Arieh both called, David Chiu raised pot to 21,000 from the small blind, and all three called. So the pot was already over 80,000 before the flop.
The flop came . Chiu pushed his last 19,000 into the middle, then Benyamine bumped it up to 100,000. Andy Black called with his last 81,000.
Josh Arieh was fit to be tied. "What do I do?" he asked. Two or three minutes passed. "It's the pot of the night," said Benyamine. Finally, Arieh folded. The three left in the hand showed their cards:
Benyamine:
Black:
Chiu:
The turn was the , momentarily putting Black in the lead. But the river was the . Black had been counterfeited.
Chiu took the main pot with his aces up, and now he is up to 137,000. Benyamine won the side pot, and he now sits at 335,000. And Black hit the rail.
, Tom Dwan made a pot-sized bet. Dan Shak then asked the dealer what the size of the pot was. Before the dealer could respond, Dwan quickly pushed a stack of chips in the middle. Not clear whether he was responding to an imagined pot-sized bet by Shak, or perhaps just signalling his intention to go all the way with his hand.
, and Dwan was still ahead. The river brought the 
, giving Shak Broadway. ![[user22113]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, Mercier was all in for his remaining chips.
for the overpair.
for bottom set.
. He had 
for two pair and a nut flush draw, but Hourani had 
for the set of fives.
, and Nguyen was done. Hourani is up to 202,500.
. J.C. Tran led out with his last 37,000 from the small blind, and John Juanda called from the button.
for bottom two pair.
on the turn gave him a boat. Only an ace could save Ulliott. But the river was the 
