Hands #5-8: Richardson's Queens Cracked
Hand #5: Chul-Hyon Park opened for 115,000 with . Stefan Huber made it 350,000 in the next seat with . Park peeled to see . flop. They both checked to see the hit. Park bet 300,000 and Huber thought a bit and then folded.
Hand #6: Ben Richardson raised to 115,000 with . Espen Solaas was in the cutoff with and three-bet to 400,000. Richardson called and they saw flop.
Richardson checked and called 250,000. The turn was a . Richardson checked and faced a half-pot barrel of 725,000. The river was a . Check-check and Solaas dragged a hefty pot.
Hand #7: Mike Del Vecchio raised on the button to 100,000 with . He won the pot.
Hand #8: Solaas opened to 100,000 with . Del Vecchio called in the cutoff with . Huber peeled in big blind with and flopped a flush as hit.
Action checked through for the . Huber put in a bet of 225,000. That induced a couple of quick folds.