Marcio Cid raised to 32,000 on the button and Scott Clements defended his big blind.
The flop came down and Clements check-called 40,000 from Cid to see the turn. It was more of the same as Clements check-called 75,000 from Cid, landing the river which both checked.
Clements tabled for a pair of aces, but Cid took it down with for two pair.
Mickey Peteresen made it 32,000 to go from under the gun, and action folded to Ben Palmer on the button. He thought for about 45 seconds before cutting out raising chips, and put 70,000 in the middle. It got back around to Petersen, and he rechecked his hole cards, thought for about 20 seconds, and moved all in for his last 350,000. Palmer didn't take long to call, and when Petersen saw his hand, he said "you're good."
Petersen:
Palmer:
The board ran down , and since no player had a club, Palmer's kicker took down the pot. Peterson will take home over $30,00 for his efforts, while Palmer has upped his stack to just over a million.
Tuan Le had high hopes of winning the second leg of the triple crown today, as he came into play second in chips. However, he fell down to average after doubling two opponents up early, and he has just been eliminated by Eddy Sabat in brutal fashion.
Sabat open limped from the cutoff, as did Levi Berger from the button. Le made it 43,000 to go in the small blind, and when it got to Sabat, he tried the old limp reraise play, with a raise to 150,000. Berger quickly folded, and after a few moments of though, Le moved all in for his final 416,000. Sabat asked for a count, and though he didn't look thrilled about it, he slid the call in.
Sabat:
Le:
Le was well out in front, and it stayed that way on the . The came on the turn, and Le looked like he would surely double up. Well, you read the title of the post, so you know what's coming next.
River:
The whole table, including Sabat, let out a big groan at the site of the brutal river beat, and a shocked Le could only shake his head in disbelief as he headed towards the rail. After taking that huge pot, Sabat is now our chip leader with 1.36 million.
The first ten minutes of post break play have been rather uneventful. Not only has their not been a showdown at either table, we haven't even seen a river card yet. The average stack is 683,000, and with the big stack, Levi Berger, having 983,000, and the short stack, Tuan Le, holding 423,000, everyone is fairly even and content with taking small pots for the time being. Given that it's six-max, we don't expect this to last long.
and Clements check-called 40,000 from Cid to see the 
turn. It was more of the same as Clements check-called 75,000 from Cid, landing the 
river which both checked.
for a pair of aces, but Cid took it down with 
for two pair.
, and since no player had a club, Palmer's kicker took down the pot. Peterson will take home over $30,00 for his efforts, while Palmer has upped his stack to just over a million.
. The 
came on the turn, and Le looked like he would surely double up. Well, you read the title of the post, so you know what's coming next.
