Sam Trickett open-raised for his last 54,000 from middle position and found one caller in Ryan Laplante, who called from the big.
Trickett:
Laplante:
The flop gave Laplante trips, but left Trickett with a little hope to draw to a full-house. However, the turn and river bricked for Trickett, who will leave here tonight $8,936 richer.
Hoai Pham and His Pocket Aces In Better Days (Event # 1, 2010 WSOP)
Hoai Pham, last year's Casino Employees event champion, raised to 17,000 from middle position and watched Orson Young shove all-in for his last 93,500. The bracelet winner, who reminded us that he is "a champion" after catching quads earlier in Day 2, then went into the tank.
Pham appeared to be deliberating over a tough decision and he asked the dealer to count out Young's bet. Upon hearing the exact figure, Pham finally made the call and tabled his hand: . After the lengthy delay in calling, the rest of the table was shocked to see that Pham was holding a monster all along. Young made no commentary on Pham's unusual play and simply turned over his , waiting for the dealer to do him justice.
Flop:
When the queen appeared right on the flop, Young's tablemates shot knowing glances at each other, evidently pleased that Pham's proverbial slowroll had been appropriately punished. After the and arrived on the turn and river, Young's retribution was complete and he doubled up to just over 190,000.
With the final board reading and over 70,000 chips already up for grabs, Metin Soze watched Tad Jurgens slide a bet of 60,000 forward.
Soze began to think things over and at one point he asked Jurgens for a chip count. With Jurgens appearing to wither under the pressure, his hand at his face in a display of nervousness, Kose decided to make the call. Jurgens' facade was dropped immediately and he proclaimed "full house!" while turning over his . Kose shook his head in frustration and watched as a large portion of his stack was shipped in Jurgens' direction.
Andrew Tai has just made an epic hero call to move up to more than 230,000 after doubling through James Kerr.
Kerr raised to 5,500 from UTG +1 and the action folded around to Tai who called from the big blind before the dealer spread the flop of .
Tai checked to Kerr who led out for 10,500, only to quickly check-raise to 25,000. Kerr snap-shoved and Tai jumped out of his chair.
"Wow!" Tai moaned. "Do you have Broadway?" Tai then stood there, staring at the board for almost two minutes, hands on head and grimacing as he processed the situation. Finally, he shrugged his shoulders and announced, "What the hell ... I call."
Kerr:
Tai:
Tai pumped his fist, thrilled to learn that he had caught Kerr out. It ended up paying off, as the turn and river blanked out , . With Tai's double-up, Kerr is now down to less than 110,000.
Robert Chueng pushed all-in for his last 64,000 after Sandeep Pulusani raised in front of him. Pulusani appeared reluctant to call, but he was getting the right price and committed the chips holding .
Chueng revealed his and stood as the dealer prepared to decide his fate. The final board rolled out and with no aces or eights to be seen, Cheung's hand held up.
flop gave Laplante trips, but left Trickett with a little hope to draw to a full-house. However, the 
turn and 
river bricked for Trickett, who will leave here tonight $8,936 richer.
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board kept Pham in the lead and he doubled to just under 90,000.
, waiting for the dealer to do him justice.
and 
arrived on the turn and river, Young's retribution was complete and he doubled up to just over 190,000.
and over 70,000 chips already up for grabs, Metin Soze watched Tad Jurgens slide a bet of 60,000 forward.
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