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Aaron Benton opened with a raise to 55,000 from middle position and when the action reached Ernst Hermans, he kicked it up another notch to 155,000. Benton made the call and the two saw the flop come .
A pair of checks brought the action to the turn -- . Here, Benton led out with a 225,000 bet and Hermans called.
5th Street delivered the the and Benton fired again, this time making it 325,000 to play. Hermans made the call and Benton mucked straight away.
Before raking in the pot, Hermans asked Tom Grigg if he should should Benton his hand. Grigg reminded Hermans it was his choice to show if he wanted to, so Hermans did indeed reveal his cards: .
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Wayne Carlson is up to 1.3 million early on, partially due to a recent hand he played against Tom Grigg and Thomas Slifka.
Slifka opened the pot with a raise to 60,000 which was called by both Carlson and Grigg. The flop then came down and action checked around to Carlson who led out with a 100,000 bet. Grigg made the call but Slifka chose to drop out.
The fell on the turn and Grigg checked dark to Carlson who double-barrled a 200,000 bet prompting Grigg to lay down his hand.
After the hand, we counted Grigg at 1,080,000 in chips.
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Aaron Benton opened with a raise to 60,000 from the button before the action fell to Tom Grigg in the small blind who played back, kicking it up to 160,000. Ernst Hermans folded his big blind sending the action back to Benton who made the call.
The flop then came and Grigg passed the first option to Benton who fired a 250,000 bet, saying, "No shame in folding, but if you've got it, come."
Grigg made the call, ignoring Benton's banter and both bothers proceeded to check down the rest of the board, which filled out , .
At the showdown, Benton tabled which was bested by Grigg's kicker -- .
After the hand, Grigg stacked up 1.41 million in chips and Benton fell to 1,245,000.
donpeters
Ernst Hermans - 2,950,000
Thomas Slifka - 1,477,000
Tom Grigg - 1,330,000
Aaron Benton - 1,300,000
Wayne Carlson - 1,160,000
Barry Forrester - 1,148,000
Andrew Hiscox - 832,000
David Formosa - 813,000
Leo Boxell - 702,000
donpeters
On the last hand before the last break, Tom Grigg and Ernst Hermans danced a little bit. Grigg raised to 50,000 from middle position and Hermans was the only caller, seated to Grigg's immediate left. Everyone else got up from the table and exited the stage area to go on break while these two players took a flop of .
Grigg took a couple of minutes before laying out a bet of 160,000. Hermans fired back with a raise to 520,000 and Grigg insta-folded.
donpeters
Wayne Carlson limped in from middle position and Leo Boxell raised from the cutoff seat to 150,00. Carlson folded and Boxell raked in the pot.
donpeters
Thomas Slifka raised from early position to 75,000. Aaron Benton called from the button and the flop came down . Slifka fired 100,000 and won the pot.
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. Here, Benton led out with a 225,000 bet and Hermans called.
and Benton fired again, this time making it 325,000 to play. Hermans made the call and Benton mucked straight away. 
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and action checked around to Carlson who led out with a 100,000 bet. Grigg made the call but Slifka chose to drop out.
and Grigg passed the first option to Benton who fired a 250,000 bet, saying, "No shame in folding, but if you've got it, come."
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which was bested by Grigg's kicker -- 
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. Slifka fired 100,000 and won the pot.