Watson Over Filippi
Amnon Filippi raised to 180,000 from the cutoff, and it folded to Cylus Watson who reraised to 415,000 from the small blind. When the action got back to Filippi, he thought a moment, then called the reraise.
The flop came 

and both players checked. The turn was the
and this time Watson pushed out a bet of 390,000 which Filippi called. Both players then checked the
river.
Filippi showed 
for nines and fives, but Watson had outdrawn him with that river card as he had 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,600,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
|
2,475,000
565,000
|
565,000 |
|
|
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