We caught the action with a board of and Chou Chou bet 90,000. Mark Herm made the call and the fell on the river. Chou moved all in for 256,000 and Herm went into the tank. Herm thought for several minutes, virtually convincing himself that Chou had ace-king. He couldn't make the laydown, however and eventually made the call. "Five high," said Chou, tabling .
Herm turned over and left Chou with just 5,000 in chips.
Mike Watson raised to 16,000 on the button and was facing an all-in bet of 86,000 from Tim Davie in the big blind. A few calculations later, Watson called.
Watson:
Davie:
Davie's ace-high remained the best hand on the board, but a on the river won the hand for Watson and busted Davie.
Chou Chou opened to 13,000 from the hijack and Anton Smirnov reraised to 30,000 from the button. Felix Trau made it four to go with a raise to 65,000 from the small blind. Mark Herm thought for a couple of minutes, got some counts and finally slid out a five-bet to 106,000 from the big blind.
Action folded back around to Trau who folded. Herm turned over the as he reached in to drag the pot.
Harrison Beach opened to 12,500 from under-the-gun and Dan Kelly shipped all-in from the button for 100,000. Beach called and showed , which held against Kelly's inferior . Game over for Kelly.
Xiao Peng raised to 12,000 from the button and Jared Jaffee defended his big blind. Jaffee checked the flop and Peng checked behind.
Jaffee then checked the turn, Peng bet 14,000 and Jaffee check-raised to 30,000. Peng called. Jaffee led for 40,000 on the river and Peng let her hand go.
Mark Herm raised to 12,500 from under-the-gun and Jared Jaffee three-bet to 28,000 from the button. The action folded Back to Herm, who mulled over his options for around 90-seconds. Herm finally settled on an all-in bet of 120,000. Jaffee took a look at his cards and called.
Jaffee:
Herm:
Another coinflip would determine the fate of a tournament poker player. The flop kept Jaffee's nines ahead, but gave Herm plenty of outs to win. The turn was a complete blank, but the on the river double paired the board and counterfeited Jaffee's nines, leaving Herm to win the large pot by virtue of his ace kicker.
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and Chou Chou bet 90,000. Mark Herm made the call and the 
fell on the river. Chou moved all in for 256,000 and Herm went into the tank. Herm thought for several minutes, virtually convincing himself that Chou had ace-king. He couldn't make the laydown, however and eventually made the call. "Five high," said Chou, tabling 
.
and left Chou with just 5,000 in chips.
board, but a 
on the river won the hand for Watson and busted Davie.
of Locascio versus the 
of Mcaulay, and when the board ran 
as he reached in to drag the pot.
flop and Peng checked behind.
river and Peng let her hand go.
turn was a complete blank, but the 
on the river double paired the board and counterfeited Jaffee's nines, leaving Herm to win the large pot by virtue of his ace kicker.