Hands #40-44: Beach Doubles Back to Back to Take the Lead
Hand #40: Charles Thompson raised to 90,000 from under the gun and Robert Beach reraised to 200,000 from the big blind. Thompson called and they went heads up to the 
flop. Beach led out with a bet of 100,000 and Thompson moved all in.
Beach snap called for his last 615,000 turning over 
for top set and Thompson showed the nut flush draw with 
. The turn 
and river 
were no help to Thompson and Beach doubled up.
Hand #41: Linda Iwaniak raised to 160,000 from middle position and Robert Beach called from the small blind. They went heads up to the 
flop and Beach checked.
Iwaniak moved all in covering Beach who had 1,520,000 and Beach snap called turning over 
. Iwaniak showed 
and the turn 
and river 
sealed the deal for Beach.
Beach raked in the massive pot and he vaults to the top of the chip counts in just two hands.
Hand #42: Farhintaj Bonyadi raised to 100,000 and the table folded.
Hand #43: Paul W. Lee raised to 100,000 from the cutoff. Charles Thompson moved all in from the button for 345,000 and Lee folded.
Hand #44: Beach raised to 125,000 and the table folded
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,750,000
2,925,000
|
2,925,000 |
|
700,000
-2,000,000
|
-2,000,000 |
|
475,000
-865,000
|
-865,000 |