Aguiar Draws First Blood
Jonathan Aguiar held the button. He made a raise to 40,000 and Brandon Cantu called.
The two saw an all-black flop of 
. Cantu checked to the raiser and Aguiar bet 47,000. Cantu slid out a check-raise to 140,000 which caused Aguiar to go into the tank for about ninety seconds. Aguiar then three-bet the action to 140,000 and Cantu quickly let go of his cards.
With this pot the players have basically swapped chip stacks so now Aguiar has a slight lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,551,000
190,000
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190,000 |
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1,329,000
191,000
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191,000 |
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