and the big blind checked. Cook raised all in for 20,500. Elliot called and the big blind folded.Cook showed
and Elliot showed 
. The turn came the 
and the river the 
, to keep Cook's set good. He was able to double up to 43,000.
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and the big blind checked. Cook raised all in for 20,500. Elliot called and the big blind folded.Cook showed
and Elliot showed . The turn came the and the river the , to keep Cook's set good. He was able to double up to 43,000.
on the river, Michael Johnson checked, the button moved all in for 20,000 into a pot that had already swelled to over 60,000. Johnson (not the sprinter) insta-called. The button turned over
. Johnson exclaimed "YESSSSS!" and proudly tabled his 
. After the hand, Johnson was up to 201,000.
. Schwab held the 
however, so Nguyen needed to fade a fourth heart. He couldn't do it when the turn and river came 
.Nguyen showed up late and departs early.
The crowd has been fairly quiet thus far today, although we did hear some noise during Level 1 when Giang made a straight flush to win a pot.
flop, the button bet 1,400 and Schaedlich called. The turn was the 
. Schaedlich bet 7,500 and the button called. The river was the . Schaedlich bet 21,000 and the button showed 
face up and mucked. Schaedlich is now up to 180,000.
For Lu it was
, for Meyer it was 
, and for their opponent it was 
.The board ran
. The stopping power of the pocket rockets held up to nearly triple Lu up to 60,000. Meyer, on the other hand, is sitting in a pool of exit blood.
. The flop was 
. "HOLD!" implored Lam.
The turn was the
. "Come on, HOLD!" he yelled again.
The
, though, spiked on the river and Warren raked in the pot. Chewey was down to only 13,000 after the hand. A few hands later, Chewey moved all in over the top of Warren's UTG raise from the button and was called. His
needed some serious help against Warren's 
. Chewey couldn't improve on the 
board and he hit the rail. After the hand, Warren was up to 46,000.
and the small blind fired 2,000 into the pot. Deeb called and the turn brought the . Both players checked to see the fall on the river. The small blind fired out 5,000 and Deeb called. Deeb showed A-K for ace-high, which was good to take the hand down.
but instead found himself heading to the rail as his opponent rivered a flush holding 
.
and his opponent held .Board:
Chinn could not avoid the rockets and is now out of the event.
