We just caught the tail end of a pot as we walked up to see a board of in the middle of the table. Ismail Erkenov had the betting lead, and he fired out one final bet of 200,000. Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin proceeded to raise to 650,000 straight, and that sent Erkenov deep into the tank. When he finally did call, Baldwin tabled his cards and pulled his chips back into his stack immediately. He had , and jacks full are basically the nuts there.
That pot moves Baldwin up to 3.1 million, while Erkenov has slipped back to about 900,000.
Jonathan Driscoll fired 600,000 into Johnny Lodden on the final board of . Lodden made the call with the to beat Driscoll's for a busted draw and moved up to 3.85 million. Driscoll dropped back to 5.6 million.
William Thorson raised it to 110,000 from the cutoff position with Rudy Miller making the call in the big blind to see a flop of .
Both players checked and the turn brought the . Miller led out for 150,000 and Thorson made the call as the fell on the river. Miller tossed out another 160,000 and Thorson looked him up.
Miller showed for two pair and Thorson's cards hit the muck. Miller is back to 2.3 million with Thorson taking a small hit to his empire. He's down to 6.4 million.
Richard Morgan raised under the gun, and Habib Khanis rereaised a few seats over. Khanis committed his last 650,000 to the pot, but it was going to get bigger still. In the cutoff seat, Eduardo Parras stuck in another raise, all in for 1.5 million total. Morgan came right along with the call, putting his own 1.3-million-chip stack on the line. Parras had both opponents covered as the hands were turned up:
Morgan:
Khanis:
Parras:
The flop was full of blanks, but the third-best hand picked up a bunch of outs with the turn. Khanis was drawing to hearts and tens for his survival, and he told the dealer that if he gave him the ten of diamonds he would win the Main Event.
Khanis will not be winning the Main Event. The river came the , and Parras' aces hold to notch the double elimination. Khanis will take the lower spot because of his shorter stack, but both he and Morgan have been eliminated with the same salary.
Rudy Miller opened the betting with a raise to 130,000 from early position with Alexander Kostritsyn making the call in the big blind.
They took a flop of and Kostritsyn led out for 175,000. Miller responded with a small raise to 375,000 but Kostritsyn came back over the top for 775,000 in total. The three-bet was enough to scare Miller away as Kostritsyn raked in another pot. He's now up to 4 million with Miller down to 1.79 million.
On the flop of , Michael Mizrachi fired 200,000. Michiel Sijpkens raised to 480,000 and Mizrachi called to see the fall on the turn.
Mizrachi checked and Sijpkens fired all in for 1.375 million. Mizrachi made the call with two pair and a straight draw holding the . He would need to hit that straight or a seven as Sijpkens held the .
The river completed the board with the and Mizrachi sent over the chips as Sijpkens doubled to 3.9 million. Mizrachi dropped to 6.3 million.
Alexander Kostritsyn raised it up to 125,000 from under the gun and found himself three callers including John Armbrust, Gabe Costner and William Thorson.
They took a multi-way flop of and Thorson checked it to Kostritsyn who made a continuation bet of 250,000. It was enough to take it down as the three opponents all gave it up.
The action folded round to Duy Le in the small blind and he made it 120,000 to go with Damien Luis defending his big blind.
The flop fell down and Le fired out 140,000 to prompt a fold from Luis as he collects the first pot that has reached a flop within the last two orbits.
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in the middle of the table. Ismail Erkenov had the betting lead, and he fired out one final bet of 200,000. Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin proceeded to raise to 650,000 straight, and that sent Erkenov deep into the tank. When he finally did call, Baldwin tabled his cards and pulled his chips back into his stack immediately. He had 
, and jacks full are basically the nuts there.
. Lodden made the call with the 
for a busted draw and moved up to 3.85 million. Driscoll dropped back to 5.6 million.
.
. Miller led out for 150,000 and Thorson made the call as the 
fell on the river. Miller tossed out another 160,000 and Thorson looked him up.
for two pair and Thorson's cards hit the muck. Miller is back to 2.3 million with Thorson taking a small hit to his empire. He's down to 6.4 million.
for Adam Levy. The board ran out 
, Michael Mizrachi fired 200,000. Michiel Sijpkens raised to 480,000 and Mizrachi called to see the 
