The PokerNews Live Reporting team was just informed that Erkut Yilmaz stacked a player with a straight flush.
Yilmaz reportedly raised preflop from the cutoff, the player in the small blind three-bet to 123,000, and Yilmaz called. The flop came , and the small blind check-called a bet from Yilmaz.
The turn was the , and the small blind moved all in. Yilmaz called, and the two players tabled their hands. Yilmaz held for two pair and a ten-high flush draw, and the small blind held for a pair of nines and a jack-high flush draw.
When the fell on the river, Yilmaz hit the only diamond in the deck that kept his hand best, and this pot put him among the top chip stacks.
Tom Hall raised from under the gun to 48,000, and Patrick Chan three-bet from the button to 118,000. Hall four-bet to 648,000, Chan shoved for a total of 834,000, and Hall called to put him at risk.
Hall:
Chan:
Chan was racing for his tournament life and needed to improve to stay alive. The flop changed nothing, and neither did the on the turn. The river was exactly what Chan was looking for, though, and he doubled up.
Matt Affleck raised to 55,000 from under the gun, a player in middle position called, and the player in the cutoff moved all in for 250,000. Affleck reshoved, and after a few moments of consideration, the middle-position player folded. Affleck tabled , and his opponent showed .
The board ran out , and Affleck took the pot, putting his stack over the 2,000,000-chip mark.
Ellen Lambeth is building a nice stack and has her faithful dog beside her for company.
There was an open from under the gun, and it folded round to Lambeth, who raised and then faced a four-bet to 300,000. She clarified the bet and called.
A flop of saw it checked to Lambeth, who bet 225,000, and her opponent his hand go.
We met Ronald Lemco earlier today, and he said we'd be reporting on one of his hands sooner or later. He told us he's a writer of several novels and that we should look him up.
We arrived at Ronald Lemco's table to see the player in Seat 6 going all in preflop with his stack of 27,000 chips. The player on the button raised to 65,000, and Lemco called in the small blind.
The flop came . Lemco checked to see the button bet 60,000, which he called. The turn was the . Lemco checked again, and the button bet 150,000. Lemco called again. The river brought the . Lemco checked again, the button bet 200,000, and Lemco snap-called.
The button showed the for second-nut flush, but that could not beat the nut flush of Lemco as he showed the .
The player in Seat 6 showed his for everyone's information and walked away to get his payout.
There was an open to 50,000 from late position, and Luke Vrabel three-bet to 115,000 on the button. That wasn’t the end of it, though, as the player in the small blind four-bet jammed for 450,000. The original raiser got out of the way, and Vrabel called.
Small Blind: .
Luke Vrabel:
The flop was a fairly safe , but the turn card gave Vrabel’s opponent a double-gutter. Vrabel was out of his seat anticipating the pain to come if his opponent got there on the river.
The final card, though, was a .
“F#%k yes!” Vrabel screamed, going nuts as the chips were pushed his way. He eliminated a player to crest one million chips for the first time in the Colossus.
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, and the small blind check-called a bet from Yilmaz. 
, and the small blind moved all in. Yilmaz called, and the two players tabled their hands. Yilmaz held 
for two pair and a ten-high flush draw, and the small blind held 
for a pair of nines and a jack-high flush draw.
fell on the river, Yilmaz hit the only diamond in the deck that kept his hand best, and this pot put him among the top chip stacks.
, and Katie Lindsay bet 100,000 in the big blind. Her opponent looked puzzled, but then took out the chips and called.
for a rivered two pair, and her opponent pushed away his cards.
flop changed nothing, and neither did the 
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, and Affleck took the pot, putting his stack over the 2,000,000-chip mark.
. Lemco checked again, and the button bet 150,000. Lemco called again. The river brought the 
. Lemco checked again, the button bet 200,000, and Lemco snap-called.
for second-nut flush, but that could not beat the nut flush of Lemco as he showed the 
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, but the turn card 
gave Vrabel’s opponent a double-gutter. Vrabel was out of his seat anticipating the pain to come if his opponent got there on the river.
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