On a flop Mike Linster and an opponent got it all in.
"Do you have the nuts?" asked Linster's opponent.
"No," replied Linster. His opponent showed for a flopped straight, "Well that's unfortunate," said Linster showing .
The turn was the and the river the , though, and Linster ran down a full house to eliminate his opponent.
Another player who folded preflop told Linster that he had folded pocket sevens. Factoring this in, Linster's odds of winning the hand were less than one percent on the flop.
Jeff Hakim opened to 1,500 under the gun. The player in the cutoff called, as did the big blind.
The flop was . The big blind checked. Hakim checked, as well. The player in the cutoff bet 2,500. The big blind folded, and Hakim check-called. The turn was the and was checked around. The river completed the board, and Hakim bet 8,000. His opponent instantly folded.
According to the chip counts, both Duy Ho and Govert Metaal are up into six-figure territory. Ho has been using the MyStack app to update his chip stack, and we swung by to notice that fellow big stack Govert Metaal is also seated at his table.
Stay tuned to see where the pair end up at the end of the night.