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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
363,000
128,000
|
128,000 |
|
||
|
246,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
||
|
201,000
-141,000
|
-141,000 |
|
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Time for a breather - back in 10 minutes.
Howard Lederer limped from the small blind, and Johnny Chan checked to get to the 
flop. Lederer checked it, and Chan bet 25,000. Lederer check-raised him to 100,000, and Chan gave it up.
Johnny Chan and Huck Seed reached a flop of 
where Chan led for 8,000. Seed flat called, before taking down the pot on the turn with a bet of 21,000.
Moments later, Johnny Chan raised to 22,000 from the button and Howard Lederer announced all-in from the big blind for 201,000 more. After a brief tank, Chan threw in his hand into the muck.
Johnny Chan folded on the button, and Huck Seed moved all for 112,000. Howard Lederer snap-called in the big blind, and it was time for a high-stakes flip.
Seed: 
Lederer: 
The 
flop missed Seed, and Chan and Lederer alternated calling for cards to give them a sweat. The 
wasn't one of them. And the 
on the river certainly wasn't what Lederer was looking for. With the timely ace-ball, Seed doubled up to 225,000. Lederer was left with 235,000.
Howard Lederer raised from the button, Johnny Chan called from the small blind, and Huck Seed folded his big.
Both players checked the 
flop, but Chan was less hospitable on the 
turn, leading out for 16,000. Lederer called.
On the 
river, both players checked, allowing Chan to pick up the pot with "the nut no pair", as the T.D. called it, 
, although Chan was quick to point out that he had a pair of aces.
Lederer, meanwhile, had been counterfeited with 
.
Forget a knife, you could cut the tension with a toothpick here today, and especially as the big money jumps near.
One player who won't be taking as big a piece of the pie as he'd hoped is Joe Hachem, having just been eliminated courtesy of Howard Lederer.
It was The Professor who lit the first spark, making a standard raise from the button. Hachem reraised to 49,000 from the small blind, Lederer put him all in for 88,000 total and Hachem made the call.
Lederer: 
Hachem: 
"Ace of spades!" commanded the Aussie contingent. "One time... Actually, another time. One more time."
On this occasion, however, there were zero times, the board coming 
to send the 2005 Champ hurtling towards the rail. The sugar, therefore, remained unpassed.
Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
