When we reached Table 284, the flop had already been fanned . Scott Stanko led out, Richard Lyndaker raised, and Stanko called. The turn was the , and Stanko slowed down, checking to Lyndaker who bet. Stanko then put in a check-raise to two bets, Lyndaker called, and the turn brought the . Both players checked.
Stanko opened for a jack-high flush, and Lyndaker flashed for a nine-high flush then chucked his cards angrily into the muck.
Gabriel Nassif raised out of the small blind, Matt Schreiber made it three bets out of the big, and Nassif called. Nassif check-called a bet on the flop (), and on the turn (), and both players checked on the river ().
Nassif showed for ace-high, it was good, and he shipped the pot.
Kim Nguyen is the last woman standing in our event, and she is making a strong push to become the third woman to make a final table at the 2011 WSOP. In a recent hand, Nguyen raised from the small blind and received a call from Scott Stanko in the big blind.
Nguyen, who is quick and deliberate with her bets, fired out on every street as the board ran out . Stanko called bets on the flop and turn, but he laid his hand down to the final bet on the river.
Samuel Golbuff raised from the button, Andrey Zaichenko made it three bets from the big blind, and Golbuff made the call. Golbuff called bets on every street as the board ran , and Zaichenko tabled for ace-high.
Golbuff opened for a better ace-high however, and was awarded the pot.
Alexander Kuzmin raised from the cutoff seat, Kim Nguyen defended her big blind, and the flop came down . Nguyen check-called a bet, and then both players checked after the turned.
The river was the , Nguyen led out, and Kuzmin called. Nguyen opened for a pair of kings, Kuzmin mucked, and Nguyen was pushed the pot.
Matt Schreiber raised from early position and cleared the field all the way to short-stacked Matt Matros in the big blind. He made the call and then checked the flop. Schreiber bet, Matros check-raised, and Schreiber made a hesitant call.
It proceeded to go bet-call on both the turn and river. "Set," Matros said as he flipped . Schreiber just shook his head as he tossed his cards in the muck.
Gabriel Nassif raised in the cutoff seat, Matt Schreiber made in three bets on the button, and Nassif called. The flop fell , Nassif check-raised Schreiber, and Schreiber called.
The turn was the , Nassif led, and Schreiber called. Both players checked the on the river, and Schreiber opened for a pair of aces. Nassif mucked, and Schreiber raked in the pot.
"Can't win them all if you don't win the first one," Jay Pinkussohn added.
The remaining twelve players have taken their seats, the tournament staff has given the all clear, and the cards are in the air! We're currently located in the Blue Section of the Amazon Room, but as soon as we reach the final table of six, we'll relocate to one of the two featured tables over at the ESPN Main Stage.
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when Matt Schreiber check-raised Jay Pinkussohn. Pinkussohn called, and the turn was the 
. Both players checked.
fell on the river. Schreiber bet, Pinkussohn called, and mucked when Schreiber opened 
for a pair of aces.
. Scott Stanko led out, Richard Lyndaker raised, and Stanko called. The turn was the 
for a nine-high flush then chucked his cards angrily into the muck.
), and on the turn (
), and both players checked on the river (
).
for ace-high, it was good, and he shipped the pot.
. Stanko called bets on the flop and turn, but he laid his hand down to the final bet on the river.
, and Zaichenko tabled 
for ace-high.
for a better ace-high however, and was awarded the pot.
. Nguyen check-called a bet, and then both players checked after the 
turned.
flop. Schreiber bet, Matros check-raised, and Schreiber made a hesitant call.
. Schreiber just shook his head as he tossed his cards in the muck.
, Nassif led, and Schreiber called. Both players checked the