Secondary Table: Riess Doubles Through Lindh

Hand #70: Marc McLaughlin had the button. From the hijack seat, Carlos Mortensen raised to 400,000. Chris Lindh called from the big blind, and the flop came down .

Lindh checked, Mortensen fired 500,000, and Lindh folded.

Hand #71: Bruno Kawauti had the button. From the cutoff seat, Marc McLaughlin raised to 400,000. Action folded to Chris Lindh in the small blind, and he took his time before reraising to 1.175 million. In the big blind, Ryan Riess reraised all in for 2.25 million. After McLaughlin folded, Lindh asked for a count, then took about 30 seconds before making the call.

Lindh had the , but Riess had him dominated with the .

The board ran out , and Riess had doubled up. Chants of "Riess the beast!" rang loud throughout the Amazon Room as Riess went over to celebrate with his rail upon doubling up.