Ed De Haas pushed all-in and Brian Miller called. De Haas had and Miller had . The board came , De Haas won the pot and was up to 490,000. Miller was left with a single chip worth 1,000.
On the next hand, Brian Miller pushed all-in for his last 1,000. De Haas and Kelly Jo McGlothlin called. De Haas and McGlothlin checked down the board of , De Haas had Q-7, took the pot, and eliminated Miller.
King limped from early position with pocket Jacks and got what he was looking for--a raise to 20K. Esfandiar Dara then moved all-in on an attempted squeeze play, and when King called with the last of his 135,000 he found that he was ahead of Dara's Q-8. But the on the flop gave Dara a pair and the on the turn gave him trips and the lead. The on the river didn't help King and he was eliminated.
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Tor Helness is all in preflop with against Ryan Lawrence's . The flop comes , and Helness picks up a flush draw to go with his overcard. But the last two cards are , and Lawrence's pocket queens hold up to win the pot, increasing his stack to 1,325,000.
Keith Ogren moved all in and Humberto Brenes called.
Ogren:
Brenes:
The flop was and Brenes jumped up when he flopped a set. The turn was the and the river was the . Brenes increased his stack to 330,000. Ogren headed to the rail.
Diego Cordovez limps under the gun for 8,000, Gus Hansen raises, Josh Evans calls from the cutoff, Elie Said calls from the big blind, and Cordovez calls. There are four players to the flop.
The flop comes , and everyone checks to Evans who bets 65,000, Said calls, Cordovez folds, and Hansen folds. It's now Josh Evans vs. Elie Said.
The turn card is the , Said moves all in, and Evans calls with for a set of deuces. Said shows for a heart flush draw with a gutshot straight draw, and he needs to improve to survive.
The river card is the , and Evans wins the pot with his set of deuces, increasing his stack to about 1,895,000.
Thomas Barnard picked the wrong time to bluff at a pot. He moved all in on a flop of . Allan King quickly called with a set of Queens. Barnard showed . His hand could not improve and he headed to the rail.