flop, with Johnson 
to Beckman's 
. It wasn't the higher flush draw that locked up the hand for Johnson. Instead, the 
sealed the deal and doubled Johnson to around 480,000.
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flop, with Johnson to Beckman's . It wasn't the higher flush draw that locked up the hand for Johnson. Instead, the sealed the deal and doubled Johnson to around 480,000.
Now it was Kostritsyn's turn to tank. The young Russian ultimately mucked
face-up, saving his remaining 930,000. And the cards were turned on their backs...Carter
Silber
The board ran out
and Silber's aces held up to eliminate Carter. Silber is now up to 1,815,000.
Michelle had raised under the gun, making it 37,000 to go, with Outhred making the call in the hijack position. They saw a flop of
and Michelle fired out 40,000. Outhred made the call. The turn was the 
and both players checked.The river was the
and Michelle check-called the 50,000-chip bet from Outhred, who flipped over 
, which was good as Michelle mucked her cards.Outhred jumps to 1.65 million while Michelle is back to about 800,000.
won the race against Jeff Kimber's 
as they were all in before the flop and the board ran out 
. Ritakorpi is now up to around 450,000.
was called by Jeff Kimber, who held . Hawkins spiked a king on the flop, and locked up the hand when a blank, the 
fell on the turn. The river completed the board.Hawkins now has about 750,000 chips, while Kimber slips to about 600,000.
Zapf:
Norris:
Norris had a slight mathematical lead in the hand but it quickly evaporated when the flop came
. The turn fell the 
with the river behind it. Zapf's two pair was best and Norris headed for the payout table. Zapf stacked up to just shy of 300,000 on the hand.
. Smith tabled 
and saw the pot pushed to Pedersen when Pedersen showed .Smith's stack has dropped below par, to about 700,000. Pedersen's double up puts him at 500,000.
Matusow:
Nguyen:
The flop came
bringing no help to Matusow but he gave a positive call of “We got this” to his fans in the crowd. The then fell on the turn to give Matusow a pair of queens as he jumped up and down on the stage to the roaring delight of the audience. The river was the and Matusow exclaims, “How do y’all like it now, boys?” as he doubles up to about 740,000 chips.
In the first hand, Riesenberg checked a
flop, and Nathan Hays bet 100,000. Riesenberg check-raised all in, and Hays put in his last 150,000 chips to call. Hays showed
for the overpair, and Riesenberg 
for sevens. The turn was the and the river the , and Hays doubled up to 520,000.In the second hand, Kyle Carlston got all of his 240,000 chips in preflop, and Riesenberg called. Carlston showed
, while Riesenberg had . The board ran out 
, and this time Carlston doubled up to 500,000.After that sequence, Riesenberg has tumbled to 230,000.
, Brandon Cantu led out for 55,000 from late position. Phil Hellmuth called from the cutoff and Barry Leventhal folded on the button. "Where's Honey? Honey!" called out Hellmuth, looking for his wife on the rail.
"I'm home!" David Saab echoed with a chuckle.
The turn was the
. Cantu checked. "For some reason, I just wanna win this pot right now. I'll show it to you" said Hellmuth as he bet 40,000. Cantu made the call.
The river was the
. Cantu checked and Hellmuth checked behind. Hellmuth rolled over
and knocked over a stack of his chips when he saw Cantu's . Cantu raked in the pot.
