Drew Dumanski was short on chips from the previous hand and moved all in preflop for around 260,000. Daniel Lowery raised behind him to 560,000 to isolate Dumanski. Jack Miller was in the big blind and thought long and hard about a call, but folded after a moment.
Lowery:
Dumanski:
The board ran and Lowery's ace-high flush eliminated Dumanski.
Will Nguyen limped in from under the gun and the blinds came along - Derek Browning and Justin Gardenhire. The flop came and action checked to Nguyen - who bet 80,000. Browning called and Gardenhire folded. The turn came and Browning check-called 135,000. The river brought the and Browning check-called 350,000.
Nguyen turned up and Browning tabled . Nguyen took the pot and Browning said, "You're lucky that ten came."
Abraham Araya just found a way to stop Derek Browning: Outflop him.
After Jack Miller opened up the pot with a 125k raise under the gun, Araya shipped it in from the cutoff for 1.485 million.
Browning counted out a call and after a few minutes deep in thought, made one. Miller mucked and yet another race was on with Araya's needing some help against Browning's .
Help came on the flop and the turn and river didn't hurt, knocking Browning from his five-million chip perch and putting Araya up near the top of the counts.
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Derek Browning just made a big call for his tournament life and is up and over the six-million chip mark as a result.
The hand started with a 115k opening raise from Daniel Lowery. Browning flatted, but Will Nguyen bumped it up another 375,000.
Lowery got out of the way, but Browning made the call and the dealer peeled off a flop. Nguyen continued with another 375k bet, and again, Browning flatted. But when the turn was revealed, Nguyen shoved.
Browning was faced with a call for his last 2 million in chips and he tanked for a good three minutes before making it with just . Nguyen was on a naked bluff holding , but had outs with one card to come.
That card was the and Browning fell to his knees and doubled up massively once it hit the felt.