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.
fell.
and 
, respectively, and he doubled to a huge 1.8 million in chips.
.
and Tran doubled up to about 500,000.
Level: 8
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 0
and Phil Laak snap-called from the big blind with the 
.
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.
and Phil Laak checked in the big blind with the 
. After a flop of 
, Laak fired 50,000 and Tran folded.
and then Phil Laak reraised all in with the . Tran couldn't pass up his ace and made the call.
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.
