Mike Leah limped from the button, so Long Tran limped as well and Alfred Karlsson only had to check his option to discover a flop of 10♦3♥6♠ where Tran led for 300,000. Karlsson called, but Leah folded at this point.
Both players checked the Q♦ turn, and Tran checked again on the A♥ river. Karlsson eventually checked back, revealing K♣10♥6♣5♥ for two pair.
Tran didn't have a better hand, so Karlsson won the pot and is now the new chip leader.
Alfred Karlsson opened to 250,000 and was three bet to 930,00 by Dustin Nelson, who only had 250,000 behind.
"These guys are not being nice to me," Karlsson joked as he just flat-called and wished Nelson good luck.
The flop came out 5♥7♥3♥ and Karlsson checked to Nelson, who put the rest of his chips into the middle. Karlsson flicked in a call chip and the cards were on their backs for the first all-in of the day.
Dustin Nelson: A♣Q♣J♦5♠
Alfred Karlsson: J♥10♠9♠8♠
"No six, eight, nine, or ten," Nelson shouted to his rail, as those were Karlsson's outs to win.
Nelson was still good with his pair of fives on the turn 2♦, but the 10♣ came on the river to win it for Karlsson and Nelson was sent out in sixth place as the first casualty of the day.
Anatoly Zlotnikov opened to 250,000 preflop and the action was then on Mike Leah, who went into the tank as he looked around the table, gathering everyone's chip count.
"I'm kind of excited now, I haven't looked at my hand yet," Dustin Nelson joked from the big blind as Leah is still deep in thought.
"Eh, the blinds are going up next hand," Leah finally said and tossed in his cards, which seemed to be a smart move as Long Tran three-bet to 1,200,000 right behind him.
Alfred Karlsson quickly got out of the way but not Joseph Sanders, who wasted no time and put in the four-bet jam to 2,350,000.
The action quickly folded back to Tran who was about to put in the call before he realized that the bet was actually 2,650,000 and he promptly surrendered his hand.
"Yeah, 2,300,000 and I was calling," Tran admitted as the pot was pushed over to Sanders for a nice pickup.
Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
In the 12th episode, Connor speaks with actress and conservationist Shannon Elizabeth on the 25th anniversary of American Pie, in which she played the iconic role of Nadia. Elizabeth talked about her roles in films like Scary Movie and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, playing poker with the cast of That '70s Show, finishing third in the 2007 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship and taking part in Phil Hellmuth's 2024 WSOP Main Event entrance.
Elizabeth also spoke about her conservation efforts in South Africa through the Shannon Elizabeth Foundation, including caring for and providing a sanctuary for a blind black rhino named Munu.
