Chris Lindh raised to 225,000 from early position, and the only caller was Mark Newhouse on the button. The flop fell , and Lindh continued for 260,000. Newhouse called again, and the dealer turned the . Lindh checked, and Newhouse bet 460,000. Lindh called, and the hit he felt on the river. Lindh thought for a couple minutes, then pushed out a bet of 1,475,000. Newhouse quickly called, and both players showed for the nut straight, and the players split the pot.
Action folded over to James Alexander who raised to 225,000 from the small blind. Nicolas Le Floch reraised to 525,000 from the big blind, and Alexander wasted no time before moving all in. Le Floch went into the tank for a minute before calling for a total of 4,350,000.
James Alexander:
Le Floch:
The Frenchman was in front, but the flop shot Alexander into the lead. The brought some chop outs into play, but the on the river gave Alexander the winning two pair and a pot worth more than 8.7 million.
Byron Kaverman pushed all in for 745,000 after action folded to him in the cutoff. Unfortunately for him, JC Tran woke up with in the big blind. Kaverman had , and he needed help. He would find none on the board, and Tran collected all of his chips.
Bruno Kawauti is hugged by a supporter after doubling up
David Benefield raised to 200,00 from early position, and Bruno Kawauti three-bet to 550,000 from the big blind. Benefield pushed all in, and Kawauti snap-called. He turned over , and Benefield showed . The flop was , giving Benefield a runner-runner flush draw. He got one runner with the on the turn, but the river was the , and Kawauti doubled up.
Jan Nakladal raised to 200,000 from middle position, then Dan Owen called from the hijack seat. Clement Tripodi called out of the big blind, and the flop came down . Tripodi checked, and Nakladal checked. Owen fired 325,000, and Tripodi called. Nakladal folded.
The turn was the , and Tripodi led for 475,000. Owen raised all in for 2.965 million. Tripodi didn't snap-call, but he also didn't tank for too long before calling. He held the for a straight that he had flopped, and Owen had the .
The river was the and that failed to help Owen, who was looking for a ten to make Broadway. Tripodi won the pot and doubled up. He was all in for 2.365 million, and Owen was left with 600,000 in chips.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko minraised on the button, and Matthew Reed came along for the discount in the big blind. The flop came , and Reed check-called 240,000. Both players checked the , and a brought two checks again.
Reed showed for bottom pair, and Timoshenko couldn't beat it.
It folded around to Aleksejs Ponakovs in the small blind who raised to 250,000 and Danard Petit called from the big blind.
The flop came . Ponakovs bet 225,000 and Petit called.
The turn then brought the , and this time Ponakovs bet 400,000, leaving himself about 600,000 behind. Petit got a look at what Ponakovs had left and raised all in, and after thinking for a short while Ponakovs called all in.
Petit tabled his hand first, showing for a pair of aces. Then Ponakovs showed he had but for a pair of fives. Ponakovs needed to see either a king or five to survive.
The river was the , and Ponakovs has been eliminated in 33rd place.
Marc McLaughlin opened for 200,000 from under the gun, and Jason Mann reraised to 450,000. It folded to Alexander Livingston in middle position who then put in a four-bet to 980,000.
The action made its way to Danard Petit on the button who looked over the situation, then put in another reraise himself to 2.1 million. That chased the blinds, and eventually the other three players also folded one by one to give Petit the pot.
From the button, George Wong raised to 200,000. Anton Morgenstern reraised to 500,000 from the small blind, and Wong called.
On the flop, Morgenstern bet 450,000 before George Wong put in a raise to 1 million. Morgenstern called, and the turn brought the . Both players checked, and the river completed the board with the . Both checked again.
Morgenstern showed the , but lost to Wong's . With the pot, Wong increased to 6.85 million, and Morgenstern dropped to 16.92 million.
JC Tran opened for 215,000 on the button, and Maxx Coleman jacked it up to 525,000 from the small blind. Tran made the call. Coleman fired 525,000 on the flop, and Tran called again. Both players checked the and , and Coleman showed for a rivered pair of sixes after a missed combo draw. Tran had him beat, though, as he revealed for aces.
, and Lindh continued for 260,000. Newhouse called again, and the dealer turned the 
. Lindh checked, and Newhouse bet 460,000. Lindh called, and the 
hit he felt on the river. Lindh thought for a couple minutes, then pushed out a bet of 1,475,000. Newhouse quickly called, and both players showed 
for the nut straight, and the players split the pot.![[user153906]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
flop shot Alexander into the lead. The 
brought some chop outs into play, but the 
on the river gave Alexander the winning two pair and a pot worth more than 8.7 million.
in the big blind. Kaverman had 
, and he needed help. He would find none on the 
. The flop was 
on the turn, but the river was the 
, and Kawauti doubled up.
, and Tripodi led for 475,000. Owen raised all in for 2.965 million. Tripodi didn't snap-call, but he also didn't tank for too long before calling. He held the 
.
, and Reed check-called 240,000. Both players checked the 
for bottom pair, and Timoshenko couldn't beat it.
, and this time Ponakovs bet 400,000, leaving himself about 600,000 behind. Petit got a look at what Ponakovs had left and raised all in, and after thinking for a short while Ponakovs called all in.
, and Ponakovs has been eliminated in 33rd place.
. Both players checked, and the river completed the board with the 
. Both checked again.
for a rivered pair of sixes after a missed combo draw. Tran had him beat, though, as he revealed 
