Brolin Executed, Lodden Maimed
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was out-flopped by an opponent's 
. The flop brought both an ace and a five, and a second five on the turn left Brolin drawing dead to a chop. One blank river card later, and his day was done.On the other side of the room, Johnny Lodden was involved in a pretty sizable pot considering his stack size. He and Stefan Nielsen put a 27,000-chip pile into the middle of the table going to the turn on a board that read
. When fourth street dropped, Nielsen bet 13,000. It was only half the pot, but it was also nearly half of Lodden's remaining stack. After several minutes of agonizing debate, Mr. Lodden figured the best course of action was to fold and wait for a better spot. That's just what he did, slipping back into the danger zone with about 31,000.