Ethans Chipping Up; Aguilera Under 1 Million

Hand #35: Jesse Capps had the button, and there was a dead small blind. Capps raised to 140,000 with the , and Eric Ethans reraised from the big lind to 320,000 with the . Capps folded, and Ethans won the pot.

Ethans showed the ace.

Hand #36: There was a dead button on this hand. Ethans raised out of the small blind to 130,000 with the . Nick Aguilera had the in the big blind, and he reraised to 575,000. Ethans folded, and Aguilera won the pot.

Hand #37: Ethans had the button and was first to act. He folded. Aguilera called with the from the small blind, and Capps checked his option in the big blind with the . The flop was , and both players checked to see the pair the board on the turn. Both players checked, and the river was the . Both checked again, and Capps' jack high won the pot.

Hand #38: Aguilera had the button the the . He raised to 160,000. Ethans called from the big blind with the , and the flop came down . Both players checked.

The turn was the , and Ethans bet 200,000. Aguilera called, and the landed on the river. Both players checked, and Ethans won the pot with two pair.

Hand #39: The button was on Capps to start this hand. He had the and raised to 125,000. Ethans was in the small blind with the and called. Aguilera folded from the big blind, and the flop rolled out. Ethans checked, Capps bet 95,000, and Ethans called.

The turn was the after Ethans had checked in the dark. Capps checked behind, and the river was the . Both players checked again, and it was Ethans' eights that gave him the pot.