
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.

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and Tran doubled up to about 500,000.

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and that was it for Timoshenko. He battled for as long as he could, but was eliminated in third place and took home eight points and $16,000.

. After a flop of 

and then Phil Laak reraised all in with the 
and Laak improved to a pair of sevens and took the lead. The turn was the
and Tran needed an ace on the river.
and that was it. The defending champion had a great showing in his first heat back, earning 11 points and $22,000 for his finish. Laak took the very important win and locked up 16 points.