Celina Lin and Bill Perkins both flopped a pair on this hand. Perkins flopped top pair, holding an ace. Lin flopped a pair of eights.
The board ran out and Perkins led the river for 5,200. Lin made it 22,220 and Perkins called quickly. Lin won the hand with trip eights and took an early lead in the third game of this best-of-seven series.
Celina Lin beat Bill Perkins during both players first trip into the GPL cube. Lin doubled up Perkins with jack-high one hand before she got pocket aces against the ace-jack of Perkins.
Lin put her team in the lead with game #4 coming up shortly.
Guo Dong and Brian Rast return to the GPL cube for a rematch. Rast took the first one to put the Bears up 1-0, but this time Dong comes in with a 2-1 lead and is looking to extend his team's lead.
Guo Dong three-bet preflop with and Brian Rast called. The flop came and Dong bet 19,400. Rast called and Dong turned a straight flush. Dong bet 19,400 again on the turn and Rast folded.
Guo Dong shoved with against a short-stacked Brian Rast. Rast had and his an ace on the flop. He stayed ahead to double up and give Rast the chip lead.
Then Dong shoved with and was at risk against the of Rast. Dong flopped a queen and doubled up, and now he has the chip lead again.
With the series tied 2-2, Randy Lew enters the GPL cube to face Sorel Mizzi again. So far for the Berlin Bears, Brian Rast is the only player to win a game for them.
Randy Lew and Sorel Mizzi have made it through 20 hands and both have close to the same chip stack. The two players are joking back and forth as they jockey for position and try to give their team the series lead.