Matthew Woodward, the first playar to act, raises to 350,000. All fold to Mikhail Tulchinskiy in the big blind. He fires back for 910,000 total. That's enough to fold Woodward, although not before one minute of thought.
Two players fold to Pieter de Korver in the small blind, who raises to 500,000. Big blind Matthew Woodward eyes de Korver's stack. He may be a bit confused by the unusual size of de Korver's raise (especially given how few chips de Korver is playing behind). Woodward finally moves in and de Korver calls.
Woodward:
de Korver:
Woodward doesn't look happy but he couldn't have expected much more than a race in this situation. It turns out that de Korver has him barely covered by about 350,000 chips.
Woodward is in trouble after a flop of . The is one card of a running combination that would stave off his elimination. A gasp goes up from the gallery as the second runner, the , hits the river to give Woodward a Broadway straight and a double-up.
Dag Mikkelsen completes the small blind after two players fold. Mikhail Tulchinskiy declines his option to raise. Mikkelsen bets 250,000 on a flop that comes down . Tulchinskiy calls.
The turn card is another baby, the . Both players quickly check. They got another pair on board with river. Mikkelsen shows down king-high, ; he loses to Tulchinskiy's ace-high, .
Woodward raises it up to 360,000, and Mikkelsen smacks him with a reraise to 950,000. Woodward pauses for some time before four-betting all in -- and a snap-fold from Mikkelsen duly follows.