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After seeing the 7x6x4x flop, Bryan Lapham bet in the small blind, middle position jammed all-in and the button called.
Middle position: J♣J♠ 
Button : A♠A♣
Bryan Lapham: 4♥4♦
There was no help for middle position or button as the turn Kx and river 7x bricked out the board.
Lapham took in a sizeable pot and added it to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
440,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
322,000 | |
|
191,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
190,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
125,000 | |
|
|
121,000 |
Claudio Elizalde raised under the gun for 10,000, and the player in middle position shoved all of his chips for 62,000. Elizalde made the call.
Middle position: 8♥8♦
Claudio Elizalde: A♠A♥
The flop came out safe for Elizalde with 9♣J♣4♣3♣Q♥, and the PokerNews staff member built his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
298,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
A player in middle position opened to 8,000, and Jonathan Brown three-bet to 23,000 from the cutoff. When it got back to him, the middle position player called, and they headed to the flop.
The middle position player checked the Q♣8♠5♦ flop, and Brown bet out for 21,000. The middle position player called.
Once it checked to him on 9♦ turn, Brown bet 43,000. This was met by an immediate check-raise all in by the middle position player. After some thought, Brown made the call for his last 113,000 chips.
Jason Brown: A♦Q♥
Middle Position: 6♦6♣
The 9♣ came on the river, and Brown became one of the tournament chip leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
406,000
300,500
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300,500 |
Juan Carlos Latuff got his chips in with AxAx against a player in late position holding KxKx. Latuff's pocket rockets held on a 5x8x5xAxKx board.
Shortly afterward, Latuff was in the big blind and called an all-in bet made be a player in middle position.
Middle position: 6x6x
Juan Carlos Latuff: Ax10x
Latuff made a full house on the 2xAx10x10x2x board, and secured even more chips for his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
430,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
On a board of 6♠J♣4♠ Frank Zheng had bet 11,000 from middle position. Michael Wilson raised to 26,000 from the button and Zheng called to see a turn.
Zheng checked the 9♦ turn only for Wilson to move all in. Zheng snap-called for his remaining 67,000 chips.
Jason Zheng: J♥J♦
Michael Wilson 6♣6♥
Wilson couldn't find the one-outer he needed to eliminate Zheng as the 5♥ came on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
243,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
205,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
The player on the button raised to 11,000, and Curtiss Wood in the big blind made the call. Wood checked in the dark.
The flop came out as 9♣4♦2♣, and the button bet 13,000, and Wood called.
"Check in the dark," called Wood. The turn came Q♥, and the button checked behind.
Wood bet out 15,000 on the river J♣, and the button said, "I hate your check in the dark," and Wood apologized. The button called, and Wood flopped over 5♦5♠.
The button said, "Your pair of fives are good."
Wood stated, "I love when people almost have me beat, that's the best part."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
124,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
