and Arieh checked before Hellmuth fired 16,000 at the pot. He managed one fold, but both Kostritsyn and Arieh came along for the ride.
and 
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to see him rake the pot and move to 632,000 in chips.
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. Eastgate immediate raised all in for another 16,000 and Craig didn't want to call even though he was priced into the pot. Eventually, he put his chips in and the hands were shown.
and gave Craig two pair, but it wasn't enough against Eastgate's trip 7s. That hand brought Eastgate to 370,000.
, both players had straights, but Eastgate notched his opponent by rivering Broadway. He now has 400,000.
. The UTG player checked, Cheung bet 18,500, and his opponent called. Both then checked the 
turn. The 
came on the river. Cheung's opponent checked, and he thought a bit before checking as well.
, and his opponent mucked. Cheung has 245,000.
. Koral check called a bet of 8,000 from Ivey. The turn was the 
. Koral would check call another bet of 20,000 from Mr. Ivey. The river trickled the . Koral checked, Ivey counted out 45,000 from his stack, but after thinking for a minute decided to check. 
and Ivey mucked. Tommyboy is up to 255,000.
. Brady checked and his opponent checked. and both players checked again. and Brady tapped the table once more. His opponent tossed out a bet of 16,000. Brady paused and then made the call.
for two pair, but a very low two pair. His opponent mucked and Brady is up to 176,000.
-X board. Brady held pocket nines and his opponent pocket jacks. Somehow, Brady was able to lose what he deemed to be the minimum when he should have gone broke.
to be in a race against 
. to see Eastgate send another to the rail as he climbed to 370,000 in chips.
