Hands #77-79: McKeehen on the Rise

Hand #77: Joe McKeehen raised under the gun with to 240,000 and Ankush Mandavia found in the cutoff. Mandavia made it 510,000 and McKeehen folded.

Hand #78: Kanit raised to 240,000 with the in the cutoff. McKeehen called from the big blind with the , and the flop came down . McKeehen checked, Kanit continued for 250,000, and McKeehen called to see the turn.

McKeehen checked for a second time, Kanit did the same, and the completed the board on the river. McKeehen slid out a bet of 500,000, and Kanit took his time before calling with bottom pair. With that, McKeehen chipped up to 4.74 million.

Hand #79: Kanit raised to 240,000 from under the gun with the , Mandavia called from the big blind holding the , and the flop fell . Mandavia checked top pair, Kanit continued for 165,000, and Mandavia called to see the turn.

Mandavia, who improved to two pair and locked up the hand, sneakily checked, but Kanit didn't bite and checked behind. After the completed the board on the river, Mandavia announced a bet of 600,000 and Kanit released his hand.