Brown, Dye Top 40K

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Fortunes are changing out on the tournament floor, as they so often do. Chad Brown and Shane Dye have both eclipsed the 40,000-chip mark with pressure bets that folded their opponents.

Dye tangled with Julian Powell by opening for 600 preflop, then reraising to 6,800 after Powell reraised the button to 1,800. Powell made the call, creating a pot of roughly 14,000 before the flop came down. Dye bet 10,000 after seeing the dealer spread the {8-Clubs}

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on the flop. Powell looked ill as he contemplated a call.

"This is sick," he said. He asked Dye if Dye had aces, but got no response. After a few minutes in the tank, Powell surrendered all claim to the pot by folding. It left his stack at 16,200 and allowed Dye's to stack to grow to 41,000.

A few tables over, Brown and Leo Boxell were going to war. With the board showing {4-Clubs}

, Boxell checked to Brown, who fired out for 3,200. Boxell check-raised to 8,100, sending Brown into the tank for about a minute before he three-bet the action to 18,200. Boxell immediately folded, allowing Brown to drag the pot and increase his stack to 43,600.

Tags: Chad Brown Julian Powell Leo Boxell Shane Dye