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Rajkumar Ramakrishnan
Elliot Smith has the button in Seat 3. Rajkumar Ramakrishnan raises to 85,000. Stewart Scott, sitting in the big blind, is the only caller to a flop of . Scott checks to Ramakrishnan, who bets 150,000. Stewart calls.
The turn is the , putting three to a flush and three to a straight on the board. Scott again checks. This time Ramakrishnan makes it 300,000. Scott quickly raises to 750,000 and Ramakrishnan calls just as quickly. This is a huge pot, and it's not likely to be a chop.
The river is the . Scott slows down with a check, as does Ramakrishnan. Incredibly, neither player has a spade. Scott shows for a pair of eights; Ramakrishnan shows for top pair of queens. He takes a bite of almost one million chips out of Scott and has considerably closed the gap between their stacks.