In the first hand back from the dinner break, Will Nguyen bumped it up to 140k. After a call from Mark Burford, Abraham Araya shipped it in.
"I was afraid of that," said Nguyen, who made the call for his tournament life, with Araya having him just barely covered. Burford got out of the way and the hands were revealed:
Abraham Araya:
Will Nguyen:
The gave Nguyen a ton of outs, but the turn and river didn't aid his effort and Nguyen was eliminated in 7th as Araya inched ever closer to chip leader Derek Browning.
Abraham Araya opened for 150,000 and Derek Browning called. The blinds released and the flop came . Araya bet 210,000 and Browning called to see the come on the turn. Araya check-called 350,000 and river brought the . Araya checked and Browning pushed out 500,000 fairly quickly. Araya took about five seconds to call and Browning said, "Jeez, I missed everything there," and tabled .
Araya said, "Look at this," and tabled to take a two million chip pot.
We're down to five in the WSOPC Choctaw Main Event after Abraham Araya found a creative way to crack Derek Browning's aces and send him home 6th.
The hand began with a 135k bet from Daniel Lowery. Araya called on the button, but Browning decided to make it 400k from the small blind. Both Lowery and Araya called and after the flop, Browning pushed.
Lowery quickly got out of the way, but Araya made the call with . Browning's aces were ahead, but after the gave Araya an up and down straight draw as well, Browning's demise seemed inevitable.
Sure enough, the on the river gave Araya the flush and while Browning exited 6th, Araya pushed over the 13-million chip mark.
Mark Burford open shoved on the button for just under 800,000. Abraham Araya was in the big blind and asked for a count. Araya called and the hands were tabled.
Burford:
Araya:
The board ran and Burford fell victim to Araya's steamroll heater.
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gave Nguyen a ton of outs, but the 
turn and 
river didn't aid his effort and Nguyen was eliminated in 7th as Araya inched ever closer to chip leader Derek Browning.
and Miller saved his tournament life with the ace on the river.
while Browning had two overs with 
giving Browning even more outs, but the 
turn and 
river ensured Miller would double up and carve a chunk out of the Browning chip lead.
. Araya bet 210,000 and Browning called to see the 
to take a two million chip pot.
flop, Browning pushed.
gave Araya an up and down straight draw as well, Browning's demise seemed inevitable.
and Burford fell victim to Araya's steamroll heater.