Michael Brinkenhoff raised to 100,000 in middle position and Alex Foxen defended his big blind. The flop came and Foxen check-called Brinkenhoff's bet of 225,000. Both players checked the turn and the river was the . After about a minute, Foxen bet out 360,000 and Brinkenhoff called.
Foxen showed for a set of threes, good for the pot.
Jett Schencker raised to 100,000 in late position and Oliver Weis called in the big blind. The flop came and Weis checked. Schencker bet 75,000 and Weis called. On the turn, Weis checked again, Schencker bet 150,000, and Weis called again. The river was the and they both checked.
Weis showed for sixes full of aces, good for the pot.
Hand #6: Chris Brammer raised to 125,000 on the button, and Alex Foxen made it 365,000 in the small blind. The big blind folded and so did Brammer, and Foxen took down the pot.
Hand #7: Rui Ye raised to 125,000 in middle position, and Alex Foxen three-bet to 355,000 on the button. The blinds folded, and Ye looked at Foxen for a little while and put together a four-bet of 825,000. Foxen moved all in, and Ye snap-called for his stack of 1,860,000 total.
Ye:
Foxen:
Foxen was in bad shape, but the board started out . He picked up a flush draw on the turn, but the river changed nothing. Ye's aces held up, and he doubled through Foxen.
Hand 8: Michael Brinkenhoff raised all in for 865,000 from early position and Rui Ye reraised all in over the top from middle position. The rest of the table folded.
"Oh, shit," muttered Ye, apparently having not realized Brinkenhoff had raised all in before him.
Brinkenhoff:
Ye:
The board came down , giving Brinkenhoff aces and queens to double up.