Eric Rivkin opened from the button before Bill Rosen moved all in from the small blind. Baruch Thaler folded his big blind and Eric snap called, tabling [Qs][Qd]. It was a classic race as the rail pointed out as Bill held [Ac][Ks]. The board ran out a pure [8c][Th][5c][3h][7d] to earn Eric a double up to 702,000, good for the chip lead
A few hands later, queens appeared again. This time Baruch Thaler had [Qs][Qd] and he had Eric allin with his [Ac][9c]. The [Kh][2c][3s] flop was no help to Eric, but the [3c] hit the turn to give him a flush draw. The [7c] river gave Eric the winning flush, doubling him up to 510,000.
Baruch got his stack in a few hands later on a [7s][Ac][Tc] flop holding [Ah][Qs]. Bill held [Jd][Jc] for an underpair, so Baruch had to dodge two outs to survive. The turn and river fell [4d][Qc] to put Baruch back at 500,000 and knock Bill back down to 290,000.
A few hands later, queens appeared again. This time Baruch Thaler had [Qs][Qd] and he had Eric allin with his [Ac][9c]. The [Kh][2c][3s] flop was no help to Eric, but the [3c] hit the turn to give him a flush draw. The [7c] river gave Eric the winning flush, doubling him up to 510,000.
Baruch got his stack in a few hands later on a [7s][Ac][Tc] flop holding [Ah][Qs]. Bill held [Jd][Jc] for an underpair, so Baruch had to dodge two outs to survive. The turn and river fell [4d][Qc] to put Baruch back at 500,000 and knock Bill back down to 290,000.
