Jonathan Duhamel raised to 20,000 in the cutoff, Erik Seidel defended his big blind, and the dealer fanned . Seidel checked, Duhamel continued for 25,000, and Seidel made the call.
Both players checked after the turned, and the completed the board. Seidel checked a third time, Duhamel bet 48,000, and Seidel grimaced.
The eight-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner stared at the board for a bit then finally reached into his stack, assembling enough chips to make the call. He stacked them put them next the rail, then picked them up and plopped them in front of him.
Duhamel ripped over like it was the stone-cold nuts - in reality it was just king-high - and Seidel revealed for ace-high.
The two WSOP legends shared a laugh while Seidel pulled in the pot.
Tam Truong raised to 355,000 from the button and received a call from Raymond Wu in the small blind. David Middleton, who is sporting a eye-catching red-and-blue hairdo, then three-bet all in for 213,000 from the big blind. Truong made the call and Wu quickly got out of the way.
Middleton:
Truong:
Middleton was in bad shape, but he caught some luck on this hand as the flop delivered him a jacks and the lead. After the and were run out on the turn and river respectively, Middleton pounded the table and repeatedly shouted, "Boom. Boom. Boom."
Action folded to a short-stacked Jai Gao in the small blind and he moved all in for 63,000. Rahul Rastogi called from the big blind and the cards were turned up.
Rastogi:
Gao:
Gao was ahead and successfully dodged a four as the board ran out .
Raymond Wu opened to 25,000 from early position, Khylon Hanegraaf called out of the small blind, and both players knuckled on a flop of . Hanegraaf led out for 20,000 when the turn brought the , Wu called, and the completed the board.
Hanegraaf checked, prompting Wu to fire out 25,000, and Hanegraaf tank-called. Wu showed for second pair, and Hanegraaf mucked.
From under the gun, Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier raised all in for 121,000. Chip leader Scott Seiver was in the next seat and made the call. Everyone else folded, and the hands were revealed.
Seiver tabled the for two over cards to Mercier's . The board ran out to give Mercier a flush and double him up to over 260,000 in chips. Seiver was knocked back to 1.3 million.
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Aristomenis Stavropoulos opened to 20,000 from the hijack seat, Jonathan Duhamel three-bet to 54,000 on the button, and the action folded back to Stavropoulos. He moved all in for 145,000, Duhamel called, the hands were opened.
Stavropoulos:
Duhamel:
Stavropoulos increased his lead on a flop of , and avoided quads when the turn and river bricked , respectively. He doubled to 315,000 chips, while Duhamel dropped to 350,000.
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. Seidel checked, Duhamel continued for 25,000, and Seidel made the call.
turned, and the 
completed the board. Seidel checked a third time, Duhamel bet 48,000, and Seidel grimaced.
over like it was the stone-cold nuts - in reality it was just king-high - and Seidel revealed 
for ace-high.
and 
were run out on the turn and river respectively, Middleton pounded the table and repeatedly shouted, "Boom. Boom. Boom."
, Wu called, and the 
for two over cards to Mercier's 
respectively. He doubled to 315,000 chips, while Duhamel dropped to 350,000.