Chad Brown limps in from early position and Richard Crowell moves all in for 225,000 from middle position. Matt Keikoan calls from late position, as does Kenneth Smith from the small blind, and Brown also makes the call.
The Flop comes and Chad Brown fires out 200,000. Keikoan folds and Smith makes the call for the side pot, putting himself all in.
Crowell
Brown
Smith
The turn and river change nothing and Kenneth Smith wins both the main and side pots, eliminating Richard Crowell.
Mark Ellerbe moved all in with and Isaac Haxton called with . The flop was . The turn was the and the river was the . Haxton lost a race and Ellerbe doubled up to 1,000,000. Haxton slipped to 630,000.
Team PokerNews' Mikkel Madsen raised to 65,000 pre-flop, Cory Carroll moved all in for 500,000 from the small blind and Madsen called. Madsen turned over while Carroll showed -- clearly making a move there. The flop was with Madsen keeping his lead. The turn was the and Carroll would need a jack to survive. The river was... the and Carroll doubled up.
After the hand, Madsen was down to 620,000 while Carroll was up to about 1,000,000.
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Kenny Tran was heads up on the river against Nicolas Atlan.
Board:
Kenny checked the turn, but Atlan made it 350,000 to go and Kenny made the call. Kenny showed K-Q and Atlan mucked. After the hand, Kenny is up to 1,650,000.
Scotty Nguyen raised to 84,000 pre-flop, Dario Minieri re-raised to 255,000, and Nguyen moved all in. Minieri folded, saying "Show me 8-3!" to Nguyen. The Prince of Poker did not oblige and mucked his cards.
After the hand, Nguyen was up to 2.4 million while Minieri slipped to 900,000.
Kim raised to 50K with pocket Queens, and ran into Names' pocket Aces. Names moved in for the last of his 230,000 and the board gave him the 535,000 pot. Kim is down to 900K.