$1,500 + $100 + $50 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event (Re-Entry)

Blinds 400/800 Ante 100

Natasha Barbour made a minimum raise to 8K after her opponent bet 4K on the A-K-x-3-A board. Her opponent thought for a moment, called, and turned over K-Q. Barbour mucked her hand and was down to under 15K.

Andy “Cong” Pham bet 12K on a flop and after peeking back at his cards, his opponent made the call. The turn was the and now Pham took a turn looking at his cards. “All in,” he said. “I call,” his opponent said quickly, and with good reason as he had flopped a set of deuces. Pham was caught with his hand in the cookie jar as he only held / The river was the and Pham had to send almost 40K over to his opponent, leaving him with approximately 30K.

Bluffing it seems doesn’t always work. Especially when someone flops a set (or thinks you are full of it). There are 67 players remaining with 20 minutes left in Level 9.