Brown Rockets To Chip Lead
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in the big blind and raised it up to 450. Perhaps his opponents felt like he was just trying to steal the pot as five players made the call.The flop came down
and Brown led out for 625. A player in middle position made it 2,000 to go with the player in the cutoff and Brown both making the call.The turn was the
and the action checked to the MP player who fired another 3,000 into the middle. Again both opponents called.The river landed the
and again it's checked to the MP player who bet out 2,000. The cutoff folded before Brown check-raised all in for 4,100. The MP player made the call but could only table 
as Brown's aces were good to take down a massive pot and jump out to an early chip lead with 26,000 chips.
. Van Marcus checked, then called a bet of 550 from one opponent. Both players checked the river 
. Marcus turned over 
, but Marcus' opponent was one rank better, with 
. That pot dropped Marcus' stack to 9,100.
. On the river 
, Kinkade's opponent led out for 1,200, prompting a snap-muck from Kinkade.
and table 
. His opponent simply mucked.
and was eliminated from the tournament.
, bringing a bet of 675 from Griffiths. Comer quickly raised 3,000 on top to a total of 3,675. His bet was called. 
, Griffiths led into Comer again, this time for 3,000. Comer raised all in for over 10,000, and Griffiths quickly called all in for less. Comer had 
. He is down to 6,000. Griffiths has doubled to over 20,000.
flop. He checked the action to Chan, who bet 900. Wintermans check-raised to 3,000, causing Chan to tank for about a minute before making the call. Both players checked the 
, Wintermans bet 2,800. Chan again tanked for about a minute before calling with 
for two pair, tens and fours.
