Phil Laak looked down at the and raised to 85,000. JC Tran held and reraied to 285,000. Instantly, Laak shoved all in and then Tran made the call after a brief hesitation.
The flop smashed Laak once again, giving him two pair when the fell.
The turn and river were the and , respectively, and he doubled to a huge 1.8 million in chips.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko knows he has hung on long enough to lock up some good points even despite being on a short stack for a while. He just moved all in for 185,000 holding the and picked up the blinds.
On the next hand, Timoshenko shoved agian for 215,000 with the . Phil Laak called this time with the .
The flop came down and not much was there for Timoshenko. The turn card added the to the felt nd gave Timoshenko some more outs with an open-ended straight draw.
The river completed the draw when the fell and he doubled up to nearly 450,000 chips.
Phil Laak raised the button with the and then Vanessa Rousso moved all in for 220,000 from the big blind holding the . Laak made the call.
The board ran out and Laak continued to run really well, hitting one of his overcards and eliminating Rousso in fourth place. She earned six points and $12,000 for her finish.