Tang Waits Until the River
Niveau 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Nicholas Petitti opened to 40,000 from middle position and Daniel Tang three-bet to 127,000 on the button. The action was back on Petitti who made the call.
The flop came 
and both players checked to the 
on the turn. Both players chose to see a free river card which was the 
. Petitti checked for the third time and Tang announced all in, putting Petitti to the test for his remaining 430,000 chips. He thought for a minute but eventually let his hand go.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
3,080,000
179,000
|
179,000 |
|
||
|
430,000
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
. The 
flop brought a straight draw for De Graaff but no further help emerged on the 
turn or 
which kept Botticello in the lead with his queens and the 
on the turn was safe as well. The river was the 
though and that would earn Levy the pot as he made a pair of kings to double up to almost 900,000 chips.
and that meant the kings of Kim were the strongest hand. After a second count, it was confirmed that Fedorkevich had fewer chips than Kim and he was sent to the cashier.
.
, safe for Haro to score the elimination.
and Geyer's pocket kings held up to earn the doubled knockout and chip up to over a million.
, and both players checked again. 
and Do suddenly had a lot more outs after that flop. The turn was the 
so Geilich needed to hit a seven, but the river was the 