Brown Avoids a Cooler To Double

Stephen Brown shoved for 148,000 under the gun and action folded around to Kareem Marshall in the cutoff, who shoved over the top for 785,000. Rick Lee thought for a hard while on the button and eventually let his hand go, prompting two quick folds behind from the players in the blinds.

Stephen Brown:
Kareem Marshall:

After hands were tabled, Lee was asked what he folded and he said ace-king. Brown slid back from his chair and stood up, beginning to gather his belongings as the dealer brought the flop . The turn gave Brown four new backdoor outs, and just as he was about to zip up his backpack, the river completed the runout.

"Ooh!" he exclaimed slightly as he saw he had improved to a straight, and sat down once more to with newly-found life. Four other eliminations have also occurred through the opening 20 minutes of play, and 56 now remain with Table 9 currently in the process of breaking.