Hand #175: John Hennigan raised to 300,000 on the button and Don Nguyen defended from the big blind. The flop saw Nguyen check and Hennigan bet 150,000. Nguyen woke up with a check-raise to 300,000, Hennigan called and the dealer burned and turned the .
Nguyen bet, Hennigan called and the action repeated itself on the river. Nguyen tabled the and it was good for both the high and low as Hennigan mucked.
Hand #177: John Hennigan raised out of the small blind, Matthew Ashton defended his big blind, and the flop fell . Hennigan led out, Ashton called, and the turn brought the . Hennigan slowed down, check-calling a bet, and the completed the board.
Hennigan checked, Ashton bet, and Hennigan put in a check-raise. Ashton called, only to muck when Johnny World tabled for a straight.
Matthew Ashton completed and then called when Don Nguyen raised. Ashton check-called a bet on fourth before leading out on fifth. Nguyen called and both players checked sixth. Nguyen then check-called a bet on seventh only to muck when Ashton showed for a 7-5-4-2-A low.
Hand #186:
Nguyen: / /
John Hennigan: / /
Nguyen completed and then called when Hennigan raised. Nguyen then bet fourth, Hennigan called and the action reversed itself of fifth. Hennigan checked sixth, Nguyen bet and "Johnny World" woke up with a check-raise. Nguyen called and then folded to a bet on seventh.
Hand #189: Matthew Ashton raised to 240,000 out of the small blind, Don Nguyen called out of the big blind, and the dealer fanned . Ashton led out for 270,000, Nguyen called, and the turn brought the . Ashton fired out another 720,000, Nguyen min-raised to 1.44 million, and Ashton called.
Both players knuckled when the completed the board, and Ashton took down the pot with for the nut-flush.
Hand #192: Matthew Ashton raised to 160,000 on the button and John Hennigan called from the big blind. Hennigan then check-called a bet of 160,000 on the flop and the appeared on the turn. Again Hennigan check-called a bet, this time 480,000, and then the completed the board on the river.
Hennigan checked for a third time and Ashton fired out a healthy 980,000. Hennigan called only to muck when Ashton rolled over the for a full house.
Hand #193: Don Nguyen raised to 160,000 on the button, Matthew Ashton called in the big blind, and the flop fell . Ashton check-called a bet of 210,000, then check-called another 410,000 when the turned. The two checked after the completed the board, and Ashton showed for a flush.
Hand #195: Matthew Ashton raised from the button and then called when John Hennigan three-bet from the big blind. Hennigan then bet dark before the flop came out and Ashton called. Both players then checked the turn and the completed the board on the river. Hennigan bet and Ashton called.
"Made it," Hennigan said and showed . Ashton then showed the for the same straight.
"Well that worked out famously," Hennigan said as the dealer chopped the pot.
Hand #198: Matthew Ashton raised on the button, John Hennigan called in the big blind, and the dealer spread . Hennigan checked, Ashton bet, and Hennigan check-raised. Ashton called.
Hennigan led out when the turned, Ashton called, and both players checked on the river (). Hennigan showed for kings and fours, winning the hand.