Hand #25: Joe Cada raised to 800,000 from the button and Richard Cox called from the big blind. The flop came , Cox bet 1.2 million, and Cada called. The turn was the
, Cox checked, Cada bet 1.3 million, and Cox folded after some consideration.
Hand #26: Eric Afriat raised the button to 800,000 and Jeffrey Tanouye called from the big blind.
The flop came and Tanouye checked. Afriat bet 800,000, Tanouye jammed, and Afriat called with a covering stack.
Tanoyue:
Afriat:
Afriat had the edge and Tanouye needed to improve to survive. The on the turn made Tanouye's straight and left Afrait drawing thin. The
river changed nothing and Tanouye doubled.