Phil Laak raised to 77,000 with the . JC Tran picked up two jacks -- -- and reraised to 277,000. Laak moved all in and Tran made the call.
The flop came down and Tran stayed in the lead. The turn card brought the worst possible card for Tran when the fell. Not only to Laak take the lead, but he also killed Tran's as an out.
The river was the and Laak was able to eliminate Tran from the tournament. Just like that, Tran went from being the big chip leader to being out of the tournament. Laak assumes the top of the leaderboard with over 1.5 million chips and closer to locking up his second win already!
Phil Laak raised to 78,000 with the . JC Tran looked at the and moved all in to put Laak all in. After several minutes of deliberating, Laak called off his stack of 399,000.
The flop came down and Tran picked up two pair to stay in the lead. It wasn't over though as Laak held a straight draw to broadway.
The turn was the and Laak still needed a ten on the river. The river was the and Laak did it again, continuing to run good against Tran and making his straight to double through.
Phil Laak was on the button with the and raised to 78,000. David Benyamine called holding the from the big blind.
The flop came down and both players checked.
The turn was the and gave Benyamine an open-ended straight flush draw. He checked and Laak fired a big 175,000. Benyamine winced at the bet sizing and let his hand go.
The players rabbit hunted and a jack came off on the river, completing the straight for Benyamine, but he didn't make it that far.
Roland De Wolfe raised to 80,000 with the and JC Tran reraised with the to 235,000. De Wolfe folded the best hand and Tran picked up the pot, winning with the worst of it.
JC Tran was on the button with the and raised to 65,000. David Benyamine was in the small blind with the and tanked over his decision. Eventually, he folded his hand in a spot where a lot will argue he could have moved in. Roland De Wolfe folded in the big blind his and Tran scooped the pot.
Roland De Wolfe moved all in for 434,000 with the . JC Tran was in the big blind and looked at the . He thought about his hand for a minute and then let it go.
There hasn't been too many hands this level involving the remaining players. A couple hands were limped preflop and then taking down with a bet on the flop and the others have been raise-and-take-it preflop pots. There's only a few hands left in the level and then the action should really pick up with the blinds moving up. The one good thing about quick hands is that with this structure, the blinds increase by the amount of hands rather than time. The faster the players play hands and the more hands they see, the higher the blinds get to force the action.