Shamus
David Benefield
Kara Scott raised to 24,000 from early position, Eric Tom called from middle position, and David Benefield called from the small blind.
The flop came . Benefield and Scott checked, and Tom bet 100,000. Benefield called, and Scott got out of the way.
The turn was the . Benefield checkd, Tom pushed all in, and Benefield quickly called. Tom showed , but Benefield had -- he'd flopped a straight.
The river was the , and Tom's day was done. Benefield is now up to 1.4 million
Shamus
Soren Petersen just went all in for about 200,000 with , and was up against Marc Podell's . Podell had Petersen covered, but not by much.
The flop came . Petersen was still in the lead, and now had a heart draw as well. But the turn was the , stealing the lead away from Petersen. The river was the , and Petersen is out.
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Kido Pham - Day 2a
Kido Pham played a routine pot which he took down on the turn with a bet. After Pham's two opponents folded, the dealer dropped and spread the deck as they usually do. Pham's eyes perked up and he looked closely at the deck.
In a very sincere tone, he pointed out a possible marked card in the deck. The dealer retrieved a few cards from the muck, but eventually Pham grabbed the card in question and checked it out. It was the and Pham tossed it back into the pile.
After some mild confustion, it quickly become obvious that there was no marked card, and this was merely a ploy by Pham to see the would-be river card. It worked quite well.
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Alexander Kostritsyn
Marc Fineman opened with a raise to 27,000 from the hijack position before Alexander Kostritsyn popped it up to 77,000 from the cutoff. The action folded around and Fineman made the call.
They took a flop of and Fineman led out with a bet of 125,000. Kostritsyn made the call.
The turn was the and Fineman moved all of his stack into the middle. Kostritsyn snap-called with for top set as Fineman found himself drawing dead with his .
A meaningless fell on the river to eliminate Fineman as Kostritsyn, who won the Aussie Millions earlier this year, is now looking dangerous with 1.45 million chips!
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Stephen Kenna's heart must have sunk through the floor of the Amazon Room. On back-to-back hands, he found himself involved in a big pot holding a big pocket pair that was smaller than his opponent's. First, holding pocket jacks, he called the 178,000-chip preflop all-in of Edward Zane, who showed pocket queens. The board came to give each player an overpair, but Zane's was the better of the two. That hand dropped Kenna to 370,000 and doubled Zane up to 400,000.
The very next hand, Kenna was dealt . After some heavy preflop action, Kenna called an all-in from Leo Fernandez for roughly 260,000 in chips. Again he was behind -- Fernandez tabled -- but this time Kenna managed to flop a set, . The board bricked out , allowing him to build his stack back up to about 640,000. Fernandez was eliminated.
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Bluffer Extraordionaire Brandon Cantu
Brandon Cantu raised to 27,000 from the button, Jens Klaning reraised to 79,000 from the small blind and Cantu called. The flop was . Klaning bet 125,000 and Cantu called. The turn was the . Klaning checked, Cantu bet 125,000, and Klaning raised to 275,000, prompting Cantu to stand up from his seat and move all in for an additional 300,000. After several minutes in the tank, Klaning folded.
Cantu said something along the lines of, "Oh my God, check out this sick bluff," as he showed .
Klaning was so tilted he took a short walk to cool off.
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Tino Lechich Eliminated
Jon Turner opened the action with a raise to 21,000 from middle position, with T6 Poker pro Tino Lechich calling in position and Felix Osterland calling from the big blind.
The three players took a flop of and the action passed to Lechich who led out with a bet of 40,000. Osterland made the call and Turner stepped aside.
The turn brought the and Osterland checked once again to Lechich who moved all in for his last 145,000 chips. Osterland snap-called and tabled for a turned gutshot straight for the stone-cold nuts. Lechich cringed as he flipped for a smaller straight.
The river was the and Lechich is eliminated in devastating fashion as Osterland moves to 600,000 chips.
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Brent Sheirbon
Brent Sheirbon raised to 22,000 from late position and got a call from both blinds including Nikolay Losev in the big blind.
The flop came and all three players checked. When the hit the turn, the small blind checked, Losev bet 30,000 and only Sheirbon called.
The river was the and Losev led out for 40,000. Sheirbon raised to 140,000 and Losev, who had Sheirbon covered, moved all in. Sheirbon called all in for about 320,000 more and the players showed:
Sheirbon:
Losev:
Sheirbon's full house was best and he doubled up to about 780,000 and left Losev with roughly 600,000.
. Benefield and Scott checked, and Tom bet 100,000. Benefield called, and Scott got out of the way. 
. Benefield checkd, Tom pushed all in, and Benefield quickly called. Tom showed 
, but Benefield had 
-- he'd flopped a straight.
, and Tom's day was done. Benefield is now up to 1.4 million
, and was up against Marc Podell's 
, stealing the lead away from Petersen. The river was the 
, and Petersen is out.![[user67765]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
to be in a race with the 
of Steve Billirakis.
to give Billirakis a pair of aces to send Marcon to the payout desk.
and Pham tossed it back into the pile. 
and Fineman led out with a bet of 125,000. Kostritsyn made the call.
and Fineman moved all of his stack into the middle. Kostritsyn snap-called with 
, and Hoy 
. The flop came 
, putting Hoy in the lead. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, and Nguyen is out. Hoy is up to 760,000.
to give each player an overpair, but Zane's was the better of the two. That hand dropped Kenna to 370,000 and doubled Zane up to 400,000.
. The board bricked out 
for a turned gutshot straight for the stone-cold nuts. Lechich cringed as he flipped 
and Lechich is eliminated in devastating fashion as Osterland moves to 600,000 chips.
