Over on the main feature table, Jeff Fenech pushed all in for his last 45,100 from middle position, and Johnny Chan made the call from the button. The blinds got out, and the players tabled their cards:
Fenech
Chan
The race was on. The flop came , and Fenech was still good. The turn then took away a couple of Chan's outs. And the river was the , giving Fenech a flush and doubling him to about 95,000.
Chan is still sporting a big stack -- over 700,000 it appears.
Action folded to Hafiz Khan in the cutoff seat and he moved all in for 28,800. The button called and then Scotty Nguyen called from the small blind.
The three players saw a flop of and Nguyen fired 25,000. The button made the call. The turn brought the and Nguyen fired 65,000. The button tanked for around ten minutes. A massive crowd had gathered around the table along with three ESPN cameras to film all the action. Eventually, he folded the .
Nguyen held the and Khan the . Nguyen first scooped the side pot before the river was dealt.
The river completed the board with the and completed the tournament for Khan. Nguyen's up to 285,000 in chips.
Fabrice Soulier doubled up a short stack when his pocket fives didn't get there against the other player's pair of sevens. A few minutes later, it was Soulier who picked up . He raised to 9,600, and a player behind him moved all in for 85,000 total. Soulier made the call and was quite pleased to see that he was in a race with . But his smile faded with an ace in the door. The board didn't work out for Soulier, and he doubled up a second short stack to sink to 255,000.
Folding the winner on the river is one of the most painful -- and expensive -- mistakes a poker player can make. We came to Jesper Hougaard's table to see the Dane involved in a big pot. There had been some pre-flop raising and a bet that was called on a flop of . Both Hougaard and his opponent checked the turn, bringing the action to the river, which paired the board. Hougaard had first action and bet 60,000. His opponent raised to 162,000.
"I had you an ace-king the whole time," said Hougaard. He agonized over his decision for several minutes before open-folding for a full house, jacks full of kings. Hougaard begged his opponent to show as well. That player obliged, but he didn't open ace-king. He showed for a very gutsy bluff.
You may have seen Matt Affleck on television. If you watched ESPN's coverage of the 2009 Main Event, there was some decent coverage of Affleck as the chip leader on Day 4.
Well, he's at it again this year; Affleck just won a pot to move up to 1,075,000, and we've got him in second place overall, just behind Duy Le by a very narrow hair.
Affleck, in his own words, blew the 'biggest shot of his life' last year, and he was eliminated on Day 6 in 81st place after two day of slipping and sliding down the board. It's not every year you get a second chance to lead the Main Event with three days left, but Affleck has that here in 2010 -- and all eyes will be on him to see what adjustments he's made over the course of the last year.
We arrived at the table of Yevgeniy Timoshenko to see him all in for his last 73,800 chips with around double that in the pot already. We could only assume it was a re-raise on a flop of against a player who had to momentarily cease buying up all of the black 100-denomination chips to give the decision some thought.
He eventually let it go as Timoshenko gave a wry smile. Timoshenko is up to 210,000.
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, Hasan Habib moved all-in and Jetten snap-called.
was up against Jetten's 
. He turned around and was about to leave when Brandon Cantu stopped him.
fell on the river, giving Habib the double up.
, and Fenech was still good. The 
turn then took away a couple of Chan's outs. And the river was the 
, giving Fenech a flush and doubling him to about 95,000.
and Nguyen fired 65,000. The button tanked for around ten minutes. A massive crowd had gathered around the table along with three ESPN cameras to film all the action. Eventually, he folded the 
. Nguyen first scooped the side pot before the river was dealt.
and completed the tournament for Khan. Nguyen's up to 285,000 in chips.
. He raised to 9,600, and a player behind him moved all in for 85,000 total. Soulier made the call and was quite pleased to see that he was in a race with 
board didn't work out for Soulier, and he doubled up a second short stack to sink to 255,000.
. Both Hougaard and his opponent checked the 
turn, bringing the action to the 
was king-less and Rho was left chip-less. Gurevich on the other hand is now up to 610,000.
board, Teltscher taking it down with 
versus 
