Hands #51-56: Albrinck Survives With a Chop
Hand #51: Kevin Song raised from under the gun and Robert Nehorayan three-bet, which Song called. Nehorayan bet on the flop and Song folded.
Hand #52: Oleg Chebotarev raised from middle position, Matt Russell called in the small blind, and Song called in the big blind. The flop came down , both blinds checked to Chebotarev, and he bet, which Russell called but Song folded. The turn came the , and Russell check-folded to a bet.
Hand #53: Nehorayan raised before Russell called on the button and they saw the flop. Nehorayan bet and Russell folded.
Hand #54: Chebotarev raised from early position and Terricita Gutierrez called in the cutoff. Gutierrez check-called a bet on the flop before both players checked on the turn and the river. Chebotarev turned over for a pair and won the pot.
Hand #55: Russell raised and everyone folded.
Hand #56: Brad Albrinck raised, and Jex three-bet in the cutoff, which got called. On the flop, Albrinck check-raised Jex and the latter called. On the turn, Albrinck bet 40,000, which left him with just 14,000 behind. Jex thought through his options out loud before he made the call.
Brad Albrinck:
Michael Jex:
"Oh, I'm ahead of that, I put you on ace-king," said Jex. Before the river was revealed to be the which gave both two players two pair, aces, and fours, with a king kicker for a split pot as Albrinck survived.