Luke Schwartz Eliminated in 5th Place ($8,000)
for 320,000, or 16 big blinds. JC Tran woke up with two black queens in the big blind and quickly called.Schwartz cheered for his hand to hit and then smacked the flop when it came
. He slapped his hands together and went from feeling bad to feeling on top of the world."It has to be red to lose, right? It has to be red," said Schwartz, waiting for the turn card. And then, the dealer dealt the
on the turn and all of Schwartz's hopes were dashed. He was drawing dead as the river came the 
.Tran eliminated Schwartz on the hand, who took home four points and $8,000.
and then Vanessa Rousso moved all in for 220,000 from the big blind holding the 
. Laak made the call.
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.
. Phil Laak called this time with the 
.
and not much was there for Timoshenko. The turn card added the 
. JC Tran reraised to 200,000 holding the 
. Laak took his time, but eventually folded.
and Phil Laak called with the 
from the big blind. The flop came down 
and both players checked.
and Laak fired 175,000 on a bluff. Tran put in the call and won the hand, taking over the chip lead from Laak.
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