donpeters
Wayne Carlson raised from under the ngun to 250,000 and Leo Boxell called from the button. The flop was and Carlson checked. Boxell fired 200,000 and Carlson quickly called.
The turn card was the and both checked. After the on the river, Carlson fired 500,000. Boxell called, but mucked when Carlson showed him the nut straight holding .
Carlson is up to 2.8 million and Boxell down to 1.3 million.
[user38449]
Moments ago, Leo Boxell put Aaron Benton to a major decision to the tune of about 735,000 in chips.
Benton opened the pot with a raise to 240,000 from under-the-gun and was called by both Wayne Carlson (small blind) and Boxell (big).
The flop came down and the action was checked to Benton who fired a continuation bet of 350,000. Carlson folded and Boxell made the call.
The turn brought the and both players checked, sending the action to the river -- -- where Boxell open-shoved all in for about 735,000.
Benton took of his sunglasses, smiling, and got up out of his chair.
"I've got a king, Leo!" Benton said.
After tanking for ages, Benton sat back down and attempted to get information from Boxell, whose only reply was, "You've got heaps (of chips to make the call)."
Eventually, Benton laid down his cards and Boxell told him he had king-ten, but never showed his cards.
"I feel sick," Benton said, claiming something "told him" to fold.
donpeters
Aaron Benton raised from the button to 200,000 and Ernst Hermans reraised all in from the small blind and Benton folded, showing yet another card in the .
donpeters
Ernst Hermans moved all in on the button for 1.41 million and Wayne Carlson went into the tank from the small blind. He counted out the amount of chips that would be needed to make the call and then went into the tank some more. Eventually, he made the call with pocket nines -- . Hermans held two sixes -- .
The board ran out to give Hermans the miracle double up by hitting a gutshot on the river for a straight. He's up to 2.9 million while Carlson dropped to 1.15 million.
donpeters
Ernst Hermans has been shoving a lot of his buttons and small blinds to attack when Leo Boxell and Wayne Carlson have a blind in front of them. He's doing this usually when Benton has already folded.
donpeters
There's still a good amount of people hanging around the sports theatre at Star City checking out the final table. The two big groups are railing Ernst Hermans and Aaron Benton. Up in the auditorium seats, Van Marcus, Billy "The Croc" Argyros and Sam Youssef are hanging out watching the action. Tino Lechich is also hanging out up there, but he's waiting for his next heads-up match.
[user38449]
Aaron Benton and Ernst Hermans have been going at it all day. In their most recent encounter, Benton came out unscathed, improving to 5.7 million in chips.
Hermans called Benton's 200,000 preflop raise and saw the flop come . A pair of checks sent the action to the turn -- -- where Benton fired a 200,000 bet. Hermans made the call.
The river brought the and Benton fired again, this time firing 500,000, and not without delivering a(nother) lengthy speech to Hermans, who after several painstaking minutes, laid down his cards.
Benton flashed the before raking in the pot. Hermans was left with 2.8 million in chips after the hand.
and Carlson checked. Boxell fired 200,000 and Carlson quickly called.
and both checked. After the 
on the river, Carlson fired 500,000. Boxell called, but mucked when Carlson showed him the nut straight holding 
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and both players checked, sending the action to the river -- 
-- where Boxell open-shoved all in for about 735,000.
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to give Hermans the miracle double up by hitting a gutshot on the river for a straight. He's up to 2.9 million while Carlson dropped to 1.15 million.
-- where Benton fired a 200,000 bet. Hermans made the call.
and Benton fired again, this time firing 500,000, and not without delivering a(nother) lengthy speech to Hermans, who after several painstaking minutes, laid down his cards.
before raking in the pot. Hermans was left with 2.8 million in chips after the hand.
