Brown, Dye Top 40K
Dye tangled with Julian Powell by opening for 600 preflop, then reraising to 6,800 after Powell reraised the button to 1,800. Powell made the call, creating a pot of roughly 14,000 before the flop came down. Dye bet 10,000 after seeing the dealer spread the , the and the on the flop. Powell looked ill as he contemplated a call.
"This is sick," he said. He asked Dye if Dye had aces, but got no response. After a few minutes in the tank, Powell surrendered all claim to the pot by folding. It left his stack at 16,200 and allowed Dye's to stack to grow to 41,000.
A few tables over, Brown and Leo Boxell were going to war. With the board showing , Boxell checked to Brown, who fired out for 3,200. Boxell check-raised to 8,100, sending Brown into the tank for about a minute before he three-bet the action to 18,200. Boxell immediately folded, allowing Brown to drag the pot and increase his stack to 43,600.