Chris Johnson bet 150,000 from middle position on a board of , and Mark Newhouse made the call from the cutoff. Johnson fired again on the river, this time for about 350,000, and Newhouse didn't even ask for a count. He just asked to see Johnson's stack before he shoved all in, putting Johnson at risk for a bit less than 2 million. Johnson dumped his hand after about a minute.
Over on one of the secondary featured tables Kyle Keranen and Anh Van Nguyen just battled it out in back-to-back pots.
First we saw a hand get checked down after the flop with quite a lot in the middle on a board. Keranen showed and lost to Van Nguyen's .
On the very next hand Van Nguyen raised to 51,000 and the button called. Keranen called from the big blind and the flop came down . The action was checked to the button who bet 60,000.
Keranen made the call and Van Nguyen opted to check-raise to 227,000. The button folded and Keranen made the call.
On the turn the hit and both players checked. The river was the and Keranen lead out for 240,000, after which Van Nguyen tanked and folded.
Over at one of the secondary feature tables, Jack Schanbacher shoved all in for 352,000 from early position and Maria Ho called him from the hijack.
Ho:
Schanbacher:
It was a coinflip and Schanbacher was just looking to hold. The flop improved him to a set, but Ho did pick up a gutshot straight draw to a queen. Fortunately for Schanbacher, the lady didn't catch a lady as the blanked on the turn followed by the on the river.
Daniel Miles and Shahen Martirosian checked on a flop of . Yorane Kerignard tossed out 105,000, only Martirosian called, and the turn was the . Both players checked.
The river was the , Martirosian led out for 140,000, and Kerignard called. Martirosian turned over for a rivered pair of aces, and Kerignard vilently shuffled his cards one last time before mucking.
After a raise from under the gun by Brian Roberts to 60,000 and three calls, Jack Schanbacher reraised all in fro the big blind for 764,000. Roberts called, and everyone else folded.
Roberts had the , and Schanbacher had the .
The board ran out , and Schanbacher was sent to the rail.
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Catching the action with the board reading , Craig McCorkell checked over to Dong Guo and he bet out 500,000.
McCorkell went deep into the tank for several minutes before moving all in for 1,829,000 to now put Guo into the tank.
After taking his turn to contemplate for several minutes, Guo eventually mucked and slipped to 2.7 million while McCorkell climbed to roughly the same amount.
, Zachary Hirst was faced with another wager of 110,000 on the river (
).
for a flush.
, and Mark Newhouse made the call from the cutoff. Johnson fired again on the 
board. Keranen showed 
. The action was checked to the button who bet 60,000.
hit and both players checked. The river was the 
and Keranen lead out for 240,000, after which Van Nguyen tanked and folded.
flop improved him to a set, but Ho did pick up a gutshot straight draw to a queen. Fortunately for Schanbacher, the lady didn't catch a lady as the 
on the river.
turn, but the 
. Yorane Kerignard tossed out 105,000, only Martirosian called, and the turn was the 
, Martirosian led out for 140,000, and Kerignard called. Martirosian turned over 
, Craig McCorkell checked over to Dong Guo and he bet out 500,000.
