Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
JC Tran raised it up to 52,000 under the gun +1, and Oliver Price reraised to 121,000 next to act. It folded around to Rep Porter on the button, and he moved all in for his last 434,000. Tran got out of the way, but Price quickly called.
Price: 
Porter: 
Price was in great shape to score the knockout, and he kept that lead as the flop came out 
. Porter had only three cards that would give him the lead, and one of those, the 
, came on the turn. Price was now looking for a king or a jack, but the river brought the 
.
Porter got the full double to 960,000, while Price, who took the beat without any sort of reaction, dropped to 989,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
989,000
218,000
|
218,000 |
|
960,000
514,000
|
514,000 |
|
||
flop changed little apart from giving Renkers backdoor outs to a straight. The turn of the 
would leave him with just two outs, but when the 
, and Beckstead hit the rail.
for the flush while Newhouse had 
for a set of sevens. Maruf had the lead, but the river brought the 
to pair the board and improve Newhouse to a flush, and Maruf has been eliminated just shy of the end of Level 23 and the dinner break.
, and both players checked to see the 
, Yevgeniy Timoshenko bet 84,000 when Hai Chu checked to him. Chu then raised to 232,000, and Timoshenko called. The turn brought a 
landed on the river, and Chu slowed down with a check.
for a flush, and he dragged the huge pot.
to see Kimura double up, before heading off to enjoy her dinner break.
