Small Pot for Chan; Abou Risk Loses Some; Lech Eliminated
On a four-way flop of ![]()
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, the action checked around and Johnny Chan then bet the
turn for 1,500. One after the other, his opponents folded and Chan showed the
. One opponent said "I had an underpair," to which Chan's table neighbor replied "I had the lowest, pocket fives."
Nick Abou Risk looked up a short stack for 17,600 with ![]()
and saw his opponent turn over ![]()
. The board ran out ![]()
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and Abou Risk's ace-king ended up second best.
Last but not least, Michael Lech got his last 6,000 in from the cutoff and the big blind called with ![]()
. Lech only had ![]()
, but spiked a dream flop of ![]()
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. With the spades outs gone, Lech was in good shape to stage a comeback, only to see the board complete with the
turn and
river.
Below are further updated counts of some notables in the Pavilion room.