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Kai Landry opened the betting with a raise to 35,000. Mike Leah then moved all in over the top, sending Landry into the tank.
Finally, after a minute or two, he asked, "Ace-queen?" as he open-mucked his . He wasn't getting anything from Leah though, as he slipped his cards back to the dealer and added the extra chips to his stack.
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Matt Stout
David Dao opened with a raise to 35,000. Matt Stout made the call, and it was heads up to the flop.
The dealer spread out the first three cards: . Stout led out into Dao now, betting 50,000. Dao called.
Fourth street came the , pairing the board. Stout didn't slow down, cutting out 105,000 chips and moving them into the betting area. With little delay, Dao came right along with the call.
The last card off was the . Stout paused for a moment now, then checked the action to his opponent. Dao tapped the table behind him, drawing a look of disgust from Stout. "Oh, I'm so bad," he lamented, turning over . Dao stared at the two exposed hole cards before sighing loudly and slamming his cards into the muck.
[user66118]
Matt Stout came in with a raise to 20,000. Action folded to Kai Landry, and he moved all in for a total of 121,000. When it came back to Stout, he instantly called.
Showdown:
Stout:
Landry:
The flop was no good for the all-in Landry, as it came out .
"Make it interesting," pleaded Stout. "Put the queen of spades out there!"
It wasn't the queen of spades, but the on the turn provided a little spark of life for Landry. That spark caught fire when the spiked the river, earning Landry a timely double up. He is sitting on 265,000 now.
[user42991]
There was a little controversy heading into today��s final table. A couple of players complained about the structure, especially the fact that a couple of levels were skipped. After a conversation with Tournament Director Jimmy Sommerfeld, he decided that a 12,000 �C 24,000 level would be added to the structure to accommodate the players.
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Preflop, Mike Leah raised to 25,000 from late position and Matt Stout called. David Dao also called from the big blind.
The flop fell and action was checked around to Stout, who led out for 42,000. Dao then check-raised to 100,000 total. Leah folded and then Stout tanked for a minute. He took one more look at his hand and then let it go.
[user66118]
Matt Stout opened with an under the gun raise to 20,000. Next to act was Leonard Eidson, and he opted to reraise to 60,000. The table folded back around to Stout, and he made the call.
Heads up then, the flop brought . Both men checked.
Fourth street came the . Stout grabbed a stack of gray chips and cut out a bet of 80,000. That was enough. Eidson nodded knowingly and gently placed his cards into the muck.
Stout continues to control this table, moving up to 1,300,000 on that last hand.