Traci Brown raised to 300,000 from the small blind and Shallum Lynch called from the big. The flop fell and both players checked. The turn brought the and Brown led for 400,000. Lynch folded and Brown won the pot.
Shallum Lynch opened to 200,000 from the cutoff and Bobby "Shooter" Hempkins moved all in for around 900,000 from the small blind. Lynch called and the hands were tabled.
Lynch:
Hempkins:
Hempkins was dominated and did not improve when the board ran . He will return to Fairview, Texas with $59,537 for his 5th place finish.
Traci Brown was first to act and opened to 200,000. Drazen Ilich called on the button and so too did Huy Nguyen in the big blind.
The flop fell and both Nguyen and Brown checked. Ilich fired 310,000, Nguyen called and Brown folded.
The turn was the and Nguyen checked again. Ilich shipped for 2 million and Nguyen made the call.
Ilich:
Nguyen:
Ilich needed a spade to survive, but the river was the , eliminating him in 6th place. The WSOP-C Ring winner will not have a repeat performance today, but he will still walk away with $45,552.
Jeff Gibralter raised to 215,000 from the small blind and Drazen Ilich moved all in for 1.165 million from the big. Gibralter called and the hands were tabled.
Gibralter:
Ilich:
We were off to the races and the dealer delivered the flop: . Ilich took the lead, and Ilich was drawing dead after the turned. The on the river was just a formality, and Ilich doubled to 2.39 million chips. Gibralter dropped to 1.33 million.
Drazen Ilich opened to 195,000 from early position and Huy Nguyen three-bet to 425,000 on the button. Traci Brown moved all in for 870,000 from the small blind, Ilich folded and Nguyen snapped it off.
Nguyen:
Brown:
"Ace pleeeeeeeease," Brown begged the dealer.
The dealer obliged, fanning , and the entire room exploded. The turn was the and Brown was one card away from another double.
"King of hearts!" she exclaimed.
"You already have that..." Jeff Gibralter responded.
The river was indeed a heart. The gave Brown a flush and she doubled to 2.045 million chips while Nguyen slipped to 3.1 million.
Victor Haynes managed to double twice, but the third time he was all in and at risk he failed to survive.
Haynes opened to 200,000 from under the gun and Shallum Lynch three-bet to 600,000 from the small blind. Haynes four-bet shoved for 1.16 million and Lynch quickly called.
Haynes:
Lynch:
Haynes, a Norman, Oklahoma native, needed some help heading to the flop, but received little when it fell . The case queen, the , turned ending the hand and unfortunately we missed the river card.
Haynes shook some hands before heading to the cage to collect $35,290 and Lynch raked in his chips, increasing his stack to 5.4 million.