HomeGeorges Chehade moved all in and Kim Enriquez decided to make the call for around 21K of his chips. Chehade had 10♦ 10♣ and Enrizuez had A♠ 3♥. The board ran K♠ K♦ J♠ 6♦ K♥, and with that, Chehade had a full house and doubled up to over 40k chips.
Gerald Casey finds a nice double up in a hand against Ha Duong that had players stumped at the table. During the hand, Ferlyn Cabaling raised to 3800, was called by Casey, but when action swung to Duong, he re-raised to 11K. Cabaling opted to fold and Casey flat-called. At the flop of 10♥ Q♥ 10♠, Duong bet 20K, and Casey called. At the turn of 2♦, Duong checked and Casey went all in for around 60k chips. This sent Duong tanking for quite a long time until he eventually called.
Duong showed A♥ 6♦ pair with ace kicker against Casey’s K♠ Q♠ top two pair. This seemed to be a strange call. With the river of 8♥, Casey doubled up.
One of the day’s chip leaders, Raphael Gall has just been eliminated by Antonio Angeles. But before the bust out, we have to back track on how he was initially chunked down.
According to eye witnesses, Gall and Christian Ortanez were all in on the flop of A♣ J♣ 6♣. Ortanez had 10♣ 8♣ for a flush, and Gall had A♥ J♥ for top two pair. With the river offering no help to Gall, Gall lost around 50K chips to Ortanez.
Not long after, Gall was against Angeles in a hand that started with a 3200 raise by Gall. Angeles three-bet to 6600, and Gall shoved with around 70K behind. Angeles made the crying call and their cards were revealed.
Gall: A♦ 8♦
Angeles: Q♥ Q♦
With the board running 4♣ 5♥ 9♦ 3♠ 10♦, Gall was booted and Angeles climbed to around 185K chips.
Lots of crazy pre flop action in one table which began with Geoffrey Mooney raising to 3K, three-bet to 7K by Charles Richards, answered back with a 28K shove by Mooney, then a match by Richards. At the showdown:
Richards: A♣ K♥
Mooney: K♦ K♣
The board ran 4♦ 9♠ 2♠ Q♣ Q♥, and with that, kings held up and Richards was eliminated. Mooney now has around 120K chips.
Catching the action on a turn board of 10♦ 9♣ Q♥ A♠, Jester Intia bet 9k and Nguyen Tran shoved wit around 40K chips. Intia called and they opened up their cards.
Tran: A♥ 8♣ top pair
Intia: 9♥ 9♠ set
With the river of A♦, Tran improved to trips but Intia also improved to better hand, a full house. Intia scooped the pot while railing Tran in the process.
On a board showing 10♦ 2♦ A♠ 5♣, Angelo Felix bet 9000 and Alex Lee called. On the river of K♠, Felix checked to Lee who banged out 16,200 chips. Felix folds and shows A-Q. Lee didn’t show.
Despite having a decent run yesterday, Johnson Tan could not get any further when he shoved all in with his 20,800 chips and found a caller in initial raiser Tien Pham (he tanked for a while before calling).
Pham: 6♣ 6♥
Tan: K♣ K♥
The board ran 9♠ 2♠ A♠ 6♠, giving Pham a set, and with the river of 9♦ the board did not land a spade instead Pham improved to a full house and Tan’s kings were crushed. Tan bowed out of the Main Event.
Georges Chehade started the round with a raise to 2600 and was answered with a re-raise to 6200 by Kim Enriquez. Chehade called and they went to see a flop land K♥ 4♥ 5♣.Chehade checked, Enriquez continued with a 6100 bet, Chehade shoved, and Enriquez called.
Chehade: K♣ J♣
Enriquez: 10♥ 10♣
With the turn of J♠, Chehade landed two pair, and with the river of J♠, Chehade improved to a full house and doubled up.
Kenji Kurashina and John Beveridge faced a board of 7♦ 6♦ A♠, Kurashina bet but immediately, Beveridge pushed him all in. Knowing he was covered, Kurashina still called and at the showdown, Kurashina had 9♦ 9♠ slightly ahead of Beveridge’s K♦ 5♦. The board was gave Beveridge one of his outs when it turned a K♠, and with the river of 4♣, Kurashina was sent packing.