After taking a walk to cool off, Maurice Hawkins returned to the table and opened for 100,000. It was folded to Eric Baldwin in the big blind who asked Hawkins how much he had behind. Hawkins raised his hands haphazardly so Baldwin could take a look at his stack. After a few moments, Baldwin calmly pushed his massive stack forward. Hawkins snap-called and the cards were turned over:
Hawkins: 
Baldwin: 
"Ace or a queen," Hawkins said, pleading to hit one of his two cards.
The dealer obliged, putting out a flop of 
to give Hawkins a pair of aces. It did give Baldwin a flush draw, however.
"Hold. Hold," Hawkins said, a look of despair on his face.
The turn was the 
giving Baldwin the flush. Hawkins sat there, disappointment all over his face. Pain evident.
The river was the 
and Hawkins stormed off to the side and then walked off, not believing what had happened in the last ten minutes. From "we're going to be here a long time" to gone. In a blink of an eye.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
4,500,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
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|
Eliminado | |
for a total all in of 1,200,000 in chips. Wladislaw Eckhardt had about two big blinds less and turned over 
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fell on the turn to guarantee him the pot. The meaningless 
river completed the board and Eckhardt was gone.
. Hawkins checked and Tureniec bet 175,000. Hawkins looked as if he was going to call but then announced that he was all in for 940,000 on top.
and Hawkins came back, looked at Tureniec's cards and proudly said "I have 
" and turned those exact cards over.
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and Hawkins whooped it up with his friends. "We're going to be here a while boys," he said to his rail.
turn changed nothing but the 
on the river gave Zurr a straight. Davies hit the rail in 16th place and Eyster took a hit to his stack.
flop was a tough pill to swallow.
on the turn and the 
river completed the board. Unlike the huge set over set on table 447 before, this roller coaster double up caused barely any noise from spectators and other players at the table.
flop and call an 85,000 bet from Eisen. Hawkins would lead out for a smallish bet of 45,000 on the 
and Hawkins bet larger this time for a total of 275,000. Eisen thought about it for a second and then called. Hawkins showed 
