Among the bigger stacks in Miranda are [Removed:153], Ramin Hajiyev, and Michael Rossitto. Dylan Nguyen had all of them beat by far, but he just took a hit as Pierre Merlin doubled through him.
Merlin raised to 2,500 from the button and both players in the blinds, including Nguyen, called. On the 
flop, the action checked to Merlin and he continued for 3,400. The small blind folded, but Nguyen had other plans and check-raised to 10,000, which Merlin called.
After the 
turn, Nguyen bet 12,800 and picked up a call by Merlin before checking the 
on the river. Merlin bet 27,000 with 22,000 behind and called the check-raise shove of Nguyen with 
for the jack-high straight. Nguyen only had 
for two pair and had to forteit almost one third of his big stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
![Profile photo of [Removed:153]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
|
270,000
139,800
|
139,800 |
|
255,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
240,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
155,000
97,500
|
97,500 |
|
155,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
and that was good for Craft to take down the monster pot with his pair of aces, pushing him to over 300,000 chips.
flop and Hwang led out for 4,500 and prompted a series of folds.
, up against Ausmus' 
. 
and Ausmus paired his ten, putting his opponent in rough shape. The turn was the 
on the river. 
, safe for Brecher to double up.
and Barry Shulman checked from the cutoff to his lone opponent on the button. The button quickly checked behind and flipped over 
for a pair of aces with a queen. Shulman mucked and his opponent took the pot.
and the action was checked to the preflop raiser. He bet 3,000 and was called by the cutoff, only to have Reichenstein check-raise to 13,500. The player in early position folded and the cutoff made the call.
