Hands #1-4: Studdard Doubles Through Laak
Hand #1: Ryan Schmidt raised to 55,000 and both Brant Hale and Michael Drummond made the call from the blinds to see a flop.
Drummond bet out 90,000 and Schmidt and Hale quickly folded.
Hand #2: The action folded to Brant Hale on the button, and he raised to 56,000 to win the blinds.
Hand #3: The action folded to Michael Drummond and his 62,000-chip button raise collected him the blinds.
Hand #4: Brant Hale opened to 56,000 and Michael Drummond, Kory Kilpatrick, Phil Laak and Darius Studdard called to see a flop.
Laak checked and Studdard bet out 220,000 with Kilpatrick making the call before Laak announced a bet of pot amounting to 1.16 million. Studdard called all in for 571,000 and Kilpatrick tank-folded.
Laak:
Studdard:
The turn of the didn't hit Studdard's draw, but the on the river did as Studdard doubled through.