Drinan Wins With a Straight
After losing a couple of pots to start the day, chip leader Connor "blanconegro" Drinan won a few small pots to chip back up to 12 million, around where he started the day. He saw action fold to him on the button and opened to 324,000, receiving a call from Joao "Naza114" Vieira in the big blind.
The flop came ![]()
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and Vieira checked. Drinan made a continuation-bet of 233,600 and Vieira called, bringing the turn
. Vieira checked again and Drinan kept his foot on the gas pedal, betting another 388,000. Vieira stuck around.
The river fell
and Vieira checked for a third and final time. Drinan checked behind to take the hand to showdown.
Vieira showed ![]()
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for two pair, tens and fives, and Drinan showed ![]()
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, good to earn him the pot with a seven-high straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,042,272
2,467,394
|
2,467,394 |
|
|
7,392,010
945,482
|
945,482 |