Joseph Kuether opened with a raise from the button before Dan Shak three-bet to 4,000 from the small blind.
Kuether came along to see a flop fall with Shak continuing for 4,000. Kuether called, and when the landed on the turn, he moved all in for 30,000 over Shak's bet of 9,500. Shak made the call and the cards were placed on their backs.
Kuether:
Shak:
With Kuether in the lead with his top and bottom pair, the on the river would see Shak snatch a chop from his secondary ace.
We caught the last hand of what has been an incredible rush of cards for Young Phan. After three-betting to 5,000 from late position, Phan picked up a caller in Jessica Bruens, who was under-the-gun.
The dealer laid down a flop of and with nearly 20,000 already in the pot, Bruens checked it to Phan, who tapped the table as well.
The turn brought the and this time Bruens decided to push her entire stack into the pot. Phan snap-called and Bruens said, "You probably got me," while tabling the . Indeed, Phan did have her. He flipped up his .
River:
Phan eliminated Bruens from the tournament and added another tower of chips to his growing stack. As his table dispersed for a 20-minute break, Phan's fellow players remarked on his amazing run of cards. Apparently, the former WSOP Circuit winner and tournament veteran picked up pocket aces three times in the last few orbits, as well as winning with ace-king.
The Vietnamese pro stood up from the table for his break while reminding his fellow players who he was, saying, "You know me, this Young Phan."
"What you doing to your hair?" our PokerNews field reporter asked Layne Flack.
"Just felt like growing out. Trying to relive the teenage years. You know it gets to a bad length and you gotta get through it. I've been golfing everyday and wearing a hat, so I push it up and it kinda looks like a mullet!" laughed Flack.
The hair may take Flack back a few years, but it seems like his poker skills haven't taken much of a step back as he sits with roughly 82,000 in chips.
We caught up with the action just as Michael Carroll went all-in for 1,100 from middle position. The player in the small blind raised to 2,200 and the big blind folded. Carroll stood out of his seat like he was ready to leave, apparently having lost a majority of his chips a few hands earlier.
Carroll was in excellent shape, though, with his against his opponent's . The board came safely for Carroll and he doubled.
Carroll was down to just 200 chips before making his small comeback to just under 3,000. We'll be keeping an eye on him to see if the old adage, "A chip and a chair," holds true today.
Robert Lewis found himself facing a decision for his tournament life after Marios Savvides pushed all in with the board reading . Lewis made a tough call with his and found himself ahead of the held by Savvides but trailing statistically to the pair and flush draw.
Lewis was dodging 14 outs on the turn and river and both players stood while the dealer decided their fates.
Turn:
River:
Lewis dodged the deck and Savvides paced around the table while shipping 9,300 to his opponent, saying "Wow... wow, how could i miss?"
On a flop of we found Hunter Frey check-calling a 4,400-chip bet from the cutoff. After the on the turn, it went check, check.
With the dealer dropping the on the river, Frey pushed out an 11,000-chip bet only to have his opponent move all in for roughly 32,000.
Frey dived deep into the tank before finding a call and tabling his . His opponent tabled his and was forced to wave goodbye to the rail as Frey soared to 105,000 courtesy of a mammoth call.
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flop fall with Shak continuing for 4,000. Kuether called, and when the 
landed on the turn, he moved all in for 30,000 over Shak's bet of 9,500. Shak made the call and the cards were placed on their backs.
on the river would see Shak snatch a chop from his secondary ace.
and with nearly 20,000 already in the pot, Bruens checked it to Phan, who tapped the table as well.
and this time Bruens decided to push her entire stack into the pot. Phan snap-called and Bruens said, "You probably got me," while tabling the 
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was enough to see Jones forced to the rail several places shy of the money.
. The board came safely for Carroll and he doubled.
. Lewis made a tough call with his 
held by Savvides but trailing statistically to the pair and flush draw.
we found Hunter Frey check-calling a 4,400-chip bet from the cutoff. After the 
on the river, Frey pushed out an 11,000-chip bet only to have his opponent move all in for roughly 32,000.
and was forced to wave goodbye to the rail as Frey soared to 105,000 courtesy of a mammoth call.