$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship (Event #73)

Dragos Trofimov was in a hand with Neal Liptak just now and action was on the turn with      out and 7,500 in the middle.

Liptak checked to Trofimov who bet 7,000 and the pot-sized bet gave the American something to think about. He went into the tank and it looked like he was close to making a call, counting out the chips needed but in the end he thought better of it and laid it down.

Dragos Trofimov	90,000	5,500
Neal Liptak	45,500

Kenny Hallaert raised to 800 in middle position before the button three-bet to 1,600.

Hallaert called, and then both players checked the     flop.

The turn fell the   and Hallaert led out for 2,000 and the button called.

The river was the   and Hallaert bet 1,500 and his opponent elected to fold.

Kenny Hallaert

146,900

7,300

Chris "The Armenian Express" Grigorian opened to 1,000 in middle position and John Riordan defended from the big blind. The flop fell     and Riordan check-called a bet of 1,400 from Grigorian, amidst a flurry of table chatter.

The turn was the   and Grigorian was out of his seat at this point. Riordan checked again and Grigorian checked it back, stating "Too much distraction. I have to check."

The river brought the   and Riordan checked for the third time. Grigorian made a small bet of 1,000. "Let's see if you have a club," he said. Riordan responded with a big check-raise to 20,000 and Grigorian got his answer. "Ahh, you do have a club. Too big of a raise. A little smaller and I would have called." Grigorian sent his cards to the muck and Riordan moved over 200,000 chips.

John Riordan	210,000	15,000
Chris Grigorian	49,400	-10,600

Zachary Efland:   
Vincent Gourlaouen:   

The deatils leading up to this showdown are unclear, but Zachary Efland doubled up through Vincent Gourlaouen on a       board, with the flopped two pair holding up through the river.

Gourlaouen was on the button, with Efland on the small blind, and the double gets Efland back up over the 60,000 chip mark as Level 3 winds down.

Vincent Gourlaouen	93,000	93,000
Zachary Efland	63,000	-24,500

Hugo Pingray raised it up from the hijack and Anson Tsang three-bet to 3,400 from the big blind. Pingray just called and the dealer fanned the flop of    . Tsang continued for 4,000 and Pingray thought for a minute before calling.

The turn brought the   and both players checked to the   on the river. Tsang checked once more and Pingray quickly checked it back. Tsang flipped over    for just queen-high and Pingray won the pot with   .

Keith Carter raised under-the-gun to 1,200, the action folded around to the cutoff who called and button and blinds mucked.

The flop came    , Carter continued for 2,000 and got called quickly. The   fell on the turn and Carter fired out 3,500 and his opponent folded.

Phillip Hui opened to 1,000 in position and both Jacob Toole in the cutoff, and the player in the big blind called.

The flop landed     and the big blind checked to Hui who continued for 1,500. Toole folded, but the big blind called as the turn landed the  .

The big blind checked, Hui bet 3,700, and the big blind folded.

Phillip Hui

61,300

-500

The cards of Dhesikan Ananchaperumal were already scooped up while Fabio Freitas dragged in the pot, as he had rivered a full house with    on a board of      . Ananchaperumal vaulted out of his seat, went on to explain that he was all in with kings for around 30,000 and saw his fortune run out on the river.

"Good game man," Dylan Linde said in table chat. The same table now also features Scott Baumstein with a big stack, while Bas de Laat and Darryll Fish had been seated there from the beginning.

Scott Baumstein	175,000	80,000
Bas De Laat	100,000	11,000
Fabio Freitas	80,000
Darryll Fish	79,000	7,000
Dylan Linde	68,000	-1,000
Dhesikan Ananchaperumal	0