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Lee Watkinson raised to 350,000 from middle position--and again William Spadea moved all-in. And, again, his opponent folded. Spadea then showed off his pocket Nines, and Watkinson flashed his pocket Fives.
Jon Kalmar limped in from UTG, Kenny Tran called from the small blind and Kevin Farry checked his option from the big blind. The flop was and all three players checked. The turn was the . Tran bet 200,000 and both Farry and Kalmer folded.
How much has he got?
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Ray Henson
Lee Childs
Raymond Rahme
David Tran
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Steven Garfinkle raised to 350K under the gun and Jon Kalmar called in the small blind. The flop came and Kalmar led out with a 450,000 bet, which Garfinkle called. Both players checked the on the turn, and when the hit on the river Kalmar pushed 800,000 forward. That was enough to get Garfinkle to fold and Kalmar scooped a big pot.
18th Place - John Armbrust
Lee Childs has the button in seat 9, Ray Henson limps under the gun for 100,000, Childs limps from the button, John Armbrust raises from the big blind to 700,000, Henson folds, Childs thinks for a minute before he reraises to 1.7 million, and Armbrust quickly moves all in for 5.04 million.
Lee Childs goes into the tank for several minutes, counting out the amount of chips it would take to call the bet to see how it would affect his stack. He eventually calls, showing . John Armbrust shows , and he's a dominant favorite to double up here.
The flop comes , and the crowd reacts loudly as Childs flops a club flush draw to give him extra outs.
The turn card is -- the ! Lee Childs turns an ace-high flush to clinch the pot worth 10.32 million. (The meaningless river card is the .)
John Armbrust is eliminated in 18th place, earning $381,302.