Adkins and Bowers Play for All the Marbles
Joshua Adkins made it 250,000 to go in the cutoff and was called by all three players behind including Elie Nakache on the button, Manh Nguyen in the small blind and Jonathan Bowers in the big blind.
The 9♠7♦4♣ flop was checked by the blinds and Adkins bet 450,000. Nakache called and Nguyen folded, Bowers also called as well.
After the J♥ turn, Bowers bet 1,100,000 and Adkins potted to 5,750,000 for Nakache to fold. Bowers pondered about it for half a minute and piled in his stack, Adkins almost jumped out of his chair in excitement to move forward chips and flip over his cards.
Jonathan Bowers: 10♠8♠5♣5♦ 
Joshua Adkins: Q♥J♦10♣8♣
Both had the nut straight until then but Adkins was freerolling to a superior straight. The river was the 6♦ and they chopped it up.
"Thank fuck," Bowers could all but say and Adkins told his rail "that was for the tournament".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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16,060,000
1,360,000
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1,360,000 |
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9,250,000
350,000
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350,000 |
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|
6,175,000
-175,000
|
-175,000 |
|
5,075,000
-675,000
|
-675,000 |
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