After Matthew Kirk raised to 12,000 from early position, Cliff Lee reraised to 27,000 from the big blind. Kirk made the call and the flop came down . Lee fired 21,000 and Kirk called.
The turn card was the and Lee bet out 27,000. KIrk folded and dropped back to 475,000. Lee increased to 270,000.
[Removed:248] raised to 13,000 from under the gun and was called in four spots. Elliot Smith and David Gorr called him him while James Keys called from the small blind and Mike Sowers from the big blind.
The five-handed flop was and action checked through to Smith. He bet 21,000 and Gorr folded. Keys called, Sowers called and Freymann folded.
With two players lost, the turn was the . Keys checked and Sowers bet 78,000. Smith folded and then Keys moved all in for 315,000. Sowers called and was all in for 278,000.
Sowers:
Keys:
Sowers had turned a diamond flush draw on Keys' set of fours, but the river paired the board with the and gave Keys the winner. Sowers was the shorter stack of the two and was eliminated while Keys boomed to 729,000.
Action folded to Michael Newman in the cutoff seat and he raised to 15,000. From the small blind, Hiren Patel reraised from the small blind to 38,000. After the big blind folded, Newman paused for a few moments and then moved all in for right around 270,000. Patel made the call and tabled the . Newman held the and had walked into a monster.
The flop came down and give a little hope to Newman, but after the fell on the turn, he was up and out of his chair before the paired the board on the river. Patel won the pot with aces full and moved to 590,000 in chips.