Avi Cohen raises to 150,000 in middle position and Jerry Yang calls. On the flop, Cohen bets 150,000 and Yang makes it 425,000. Cohen three-bets it to 1,525,000 and Yang calls. On the turn, Cohen is all in for 1,700,000 and Yang tanks for five minutes. Cohen calls time and Yang finally folds. Cohen shows .
Cohen says after the hand that he's had kings three times in a row. He's at 5,000,000 while Yang falls to 4,100,000.
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Jason Welch just survived an all-in slugfest against Philip Hilm, under the lights of the ESPN feature table here in the Amazon Room.
Hilm made it 120,000 to go from early position and Welch came over the top of the raise, moving all in for a total of 765,000.
Hilm made the call and revealed the while Welch showed .
The flop came and audience members started calling for threes and sevens, which would've created chop-pot scenarios. For dramatic effect, the fell on the turn and audience members got a good laugh out of it.
The river brought the , which sealed the deal for Welch, who increased his chip stack to 1,600,000 on the hand.
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Ayaz Mahmood
Markus Gonsalves raised to 120,000 from under the gun. Ray Henson made the call from the cutoff seat, as did Ayaz Mahmood in the big blind. The three players saw a flop of...
Mahmood checked and Gonsalves bet 250,000. Henson got out of the way, but Mahmood made the call. It was heads-up to the turn, which brought the . Both players checked. The river came the . Mahmood bet 350,000 and Gonsalves folded. Mahmood tabled for a missed open-ended straight draw and is now up to 1,600,000.
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Reagan Silber raised to 120,000 from early position. Action folded around to Avi Cohen in late position, who reraised to 350,000. The blinds passed and it was back to Silber. He thought for a moment and then pushed out 525,000 more, making it 875,000 to play. Avi Cohen announced "all in" for 1,750,000 more. Silber went into the tank, taking close to ten minutes to make his decision. Eventually, Silber opted to fold his hand. Neither played showed his cards and that exchange has Cohen up to 4,200,000 in chips, while Silber is left with 3,900,000.
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A short-stacked Robin Bergren moved all in for his last 200,000 from the small blind and was called by Rep Porter, who had limped in from the cutoff.
Bergren had the lead from start to finish, as he revealed pocket kings against Porter's . The board filled out and Bergren won the pot with two pair, kings and jacks.
Bergren's double up brought him to 710,000 in chips, while Porter fell to 2,900,000.
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Bill Edler is showing that he isn't afraid to get all his chips in the center. Edler just found himself all in preflop holding , against the of Kevin Farry. When all was said and done, the board read and Edler's three tens were best. He is up to 3,300,000 in chips after the hand, while Farry is left a slightly-below-average 2,200,000.
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Mikkel Madsen
Action folded around to Scotty Nguyen, who raised to 120,000 from the button. Team Pokernews player Mikkel Madsen, playing from the small blind, made the call and the two took a flop heads-up...
Both players checked the flop. The turn came the . Madsen led out for 100,000. Nguyen raised to 225,000 and Madsen made the call. The river brought the . Madsen checked and Scotty bet 700,000. After a bit of consideration, Madsen made the call and showed A-8. Scotty nodded his head and mucked his hand.
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Preflop, Mikkel Madsen of Team PokerNews raises to 120,000 under the gun. Tom Peterson calls on the button and Markus Gonsalves reraises to 440,000 in the big blind. Madsen folds and Peterson is all in for 940,000 more with . Gonsalves calls with . The board comes and Peterson is out. Gonsalves has 4,700,000.
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Bill Edler
Facing a 110,000 preflop raise from Senovio Ramirez III on the button, Bill Edler opted to move all in for a total of 868,000. Ramirez went into the tank for quite some time before having the clock called on him, but eventually decided to make the call holding ; Edler revealed .
The flop looked disastrous for Edler, whose tournament life was on the line, and the on the turn diminished his hopes even further.
Edler would need an ace only on the river to stay alive and sure enough, the was the last card to fall off the deck, giving Edler second life.
After the hand, Bill improved to 1,850,000 in chips while Ramirez dropped to 520,000.
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while Welch showed 
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and audience members started calling for threes and sevens, which would've created chop-pot scenarios. For dramatic effect, the 
fell on the turn and audience members got a good laugh out of it.
, which sealed the deal for Welch, who increased his chip stack to 1,600,000 on the hand.
for a missed open-ended straight draw and is now up to 1,600,000.
. The board filled out 
, against the 
and Edler's three tens were best. He is up to 3,300,000 in chips after the hand, while Farry is left a slightly-below-average 2,200,000.
. Gonsalves calls with 
. The board comes and Peterson is out. Gonsalves has 4,700,000.
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flop looked disastrous for Edler, whose tournament life was on the line, and the 
on the turn diminished his hopes even further.
