Ryan Hughes continues to play well and to draw well. He tangled with Jonas Klausen again, and again came away with 60,000 more of Klausen's chips. Hughes brought it in with the , then raised after Klausen completed the . Klausen made the call and bet out when he picked up the on fourth street to Hughes' . Hughes called.
On fifth street, Hughes drew the for a nice low board and Klausen bricked with the . Klausen check-called Hughes' bet. Things got worse for Klausen on sixth street -- his to Hughes' . Klausen finally decided he had enough and check-folded.
Hughes showed underneath for a pair of deuces, a 7-6 low, and an open-ended straight draw. He now has over 900,000 in chips.
On third street, Thomas Hunt III raises with and Tim D'Alessandro reraises with . Hunt raises again and D'Alessandro caps it. Hunt calls.
On fourth, Hunt bets and D'Alessandro raises . Hunt calls.
On fifth, Hunt bets and D'Alessandro calls all in with .
Hunt: ()
D'Alessandro: ()
When Hunt is dealt the on sixth, he pumps his fist. "Oh yeahhh!" The full house over full house ends D'Alessandro's day. Jonas Klausen claimed he folded A-K, so there were only two outs that Hunt could have hit.
There was a strange play from Ron Long in a recent hand. After Ryan Hughes brought it in with the , Long just called with the . Alessio Isaia completed the , Hughes called, and then Long raised. Pretty much everyone in a three-county radius thought that Long was rolled up. The three players went to sixth street, where Isaia dropped out. On the river, the boards were:
Hughes: x-x /
Long: x-x /
Long checked with the better board, then called a bet from Hughes. Hughes opened in the hole for an 8-7 low and an eight-high flush. Long opened in the hole for a queen-high flush. They chopped the pot.