Alexander Kravchenko got all of his chips in the middle on a flop. He was in pretty darn good shape with against his opponent's . Always nice to "risk your tournament life" when your opponent is drawing dead. Kravchenko is up to 94,000.
Phil Laak had limped in from the cutoff seat and Tom Dwan potted it to 13,500 from the button. The player in the big blind made the call and then Laak re-potted it to 57,500. Dwan raised and was all in for 60,000 even. The big blind folded the and Laak called.
Laak:
Dwan:
The board ran through and Dwan was able to double up.
A player in the cutoff opened for 6,500, and Abe Mosseri quickly announced his intention to raise the maximum. He made it 24,000 on the button, and from the big blind, Zarion Raymin moved all in. After the cutoff folded, it was up to Mosseri to call for around another 55,000. He acknowledged that Raymin had the best hand for sure, but he had to call.
Raymin:
Mosseri:
Raymin called for big cards, but the flop didn't quite listen. Raymin was still ahead after the turn, but the river gave Mosseri a seven-high straight. Raymin threw his cards down in frustration but was enough of a gentleman to compose himself and shake hands with Mosseri before he left. Mosseri is up to 225,000.
Vanessa Selbst and Ben Lamb wasted little time in playing a big one after the break. On the board, the two got all the money in. It was Lamb that put Selbst all in, only to have her snap call with the for tens full of eights. Lamb held the for trip eights. The river completed the board with the .
Selbst was all in for 132,500 on the turn and is now up to 325,000. Lamb dropped below that to 310,000.
Abe Mosseri raised from middle position to 5,500. Action folded over to Mike Matusow on the button and he reraised all in for 16,200. Play folded through the blinds and back to Mosseri. He called to put Matusow at risk.
Matusow held the all-red and Mosseri the all-black . The flop, turn and river ran out to finish Matusow with a flush and double him up.