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Ayaz Mahmood raised to 115,000, Floyd Clark moved all in for 300,000 and Mahmood called. Clark showed while Mahmood tabled . The flop couldn't have been better for Clark-- , leaving Mahmood drawing to two outs. The turn was the , the river was the , and Clark doubled up.
After the hand, Clark was up to 685,000 while Mahmood was down to 595,000.
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Roy Winston
After Robin Bergren raised and Nicolas Atlan re-raised, Roy Winston came over the top of them both by moving in for 750,000. Bergren folded but Atlan made the call with pocket Jacks, only to find that Winston did indeed have pocket Aces. The board gave the 2.2 million pot to Winston and left Atlan with 700K.
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Stig Tap Rasmussen raised to 75,000 and Hoa Nguyen called from the small blind. The flop was . Nguyen checked, Rasmussen bet 175,000 and Nguyen called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the . Hoa bet 275,000, Rasmussen moved all in for 1 million and Hoa folded.
As he raked in the pot, Rasmussen showed for only ace high. The hand upped his stack to 1.62 million while Nguyen slipped to 1.28 million.
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Morrison raised to 80K from late position and Jason Welch and Paulo Loureiro called from the blinds. All three checked the flop, but when the turned Welch led out for 125,000 and, after Loureiro folded, Morrison made the call. The river was the , both players checked, and Morrison's A-2 (making a pair on the river) beat Welch's J-9.
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After Gus Hansen raised to 63,000 before the flop Jason Koshi called. And what a pretty flop it was-- . Hansen fired out a 93,000 bet, and Koshi fired back with a 375,000 raise. Gus let his hand go and, after clawing his way back to 900K, his stack fell back to 750,000. Koshi is now up to 1.7 million.
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Lamar Wilkinson moved all in for 234,000 with and was called by Steven Garfinkle who held . The flop was a thing of beauty for Wilkinson-- . The turn was the , the river was the and Wilkinson doubled up.
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Kenny Tran
In a battle of the blinds Roy Winston raised to 50,000 and Tran called. The flop came and Tran called Winston's 150,000 bet. Tran also called a 350K when the turned, and when the fell on the river Winston bet 700K.
Tran went back and forth about what he should do. "This is the worst call of my life," he said as he pushed the chips forward. He flipped over , and when Winston threw his cards in the muck Tran jumped up and shouted, "I'm a genius! That's the greatest call in poker history!" We'll leave that question to future poker historians, but for the present Tran has 2 million in chips.
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Scotty Nguyen raised to 80,000 from early position and Stig Tap Rasmussen called. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the . Rasmussen checked, Nguyen bet 152,000, Rasmussen moved all in for 910,000 and Nguyen folded.
After the hand "The Prince of Poker" was down to 3,000,000 while Rasmussen was up to 1,300,000.
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After a flop Cohen check-called Freeman's 175,000 bet. The fell on the turn and after Cohen led out for 400,000 Freeman moved all-in for his last 1.009 million. Cohen called and turned over for the straight, while Freeman held for a pair and the flush draw. And on the river Freeman spiked the which gave him the flush and a pot that pushed his stack up to 3.6 million. Cohen is now down to 980,000.
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Kevin Farry raised to 100,000 and Warren Karp moved all in for 900,000. Farry said "I came here to play" and made the call. Farry found himself in terrible shape with his up against Karp's . The flop was , but Farry caught a miracle on the turn, making his set. The river was the and Karp was eliminated in 70th place, earning $130,288.
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while Mahmood tabled 
. The flop couldn't have been better for Clark-- 
, leaving Mahmood drawing to two outs. The turn was the 
, the river was the 
, and Clark doubled up. 
board gave the 2.2 million pot to Winston and left Atlan with 700K.
and both players checked. The river was the 
. Hoa bet 275,000, Rasmussen moved all in for 1 million and Hoa folded. 
for only ace high. The hand upped his stack to 1.62 million while Nguyen slipped to 1.28 million.
flop, but when the 
. The turn was the 
, the river was the 
and Tran called Winston's 150,000 bet. Tran also called a 350K when the 
turned, and when the 
fell on the river Winston bet 700K. 
, and when Winston threw his cards in the muck Tran jumped up and shouted, "I'm a genius! That's the greatest call in poker history!" We'll leave that question to future poker historians, but for the present Tran has 2 million in chips.
and both players checked. The turn was the 
flop Cohen check-called Freeman's 175,000 bet. The 
for the straight, while Freeman held 
for a pair and the flush draw. And on the river Freeman spiked the 
which gave him the flush and a pot that pushed his stack up to 3.6 million. Cohen is now down to 980,000.
