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Brian Meinders raised from the button, and Dutch Boyd made the call.
The flop was 
and Boyd led out, Meinders raised and Boyd called. The 
on the turn brought a check from both players, and the 
on the river got a bet out of Boyd, and a call out of Meinders.
Boyd showed 
, which had out-flopped the pocket kings of Meinders.
Dutch Boyd raised from the button, and Brian Meinders called the extra bet.
Both men checked through the flop of 
, and Boyd bet the turn. Meinders check-called, and Boyd bet again on the river. Meinders took his time to eye up his opponent, finally asking, "I don't know, is ace high good?" After another moment, he splashed in the call.
Boyd tabled 
, and his rivered pair of eights was good enough to win the pot.
On an 
flop, Meinders check-raised a bet from Boyd, who then made it three-bets. Meinders laid it down, and Boyd gets a bit of his stack back.
Brian Meinders has won three of the first four heads-up pots to really tighten the screws on Dutch Boyd. He's down around 600,000 now.
On the first hand of heads up, Brian Meinders had the button, and he raised. Dutch Boyd reraised right back, and Meinders made it four bets to go. Boyd called.
The flop came out 
, and one Meinders bet was enough to take down the pot without incident.
After a little walkaround, the two players are back in their chairs and ready for the heads-up portion of this showdown. Here's how they stack up as the cards go in the air:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,010,000 | |
|
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|
870,000 | |
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In two successive hands Brian Meinders took all of Albert Minnullin's chips.
The first saw Meinders flop top pair, with 
and get called all the way down on a 
board by Minnullin.
The second, saw the two get all their chips into the middle on a 
flop. Meinder was ahead with 
, and Minnullin would need some help, holding the 
.
The turn and river were both blanks for Minnullin, and he has been eliminated in 3rd place from this WSOP limit hold'em event.
Players have taken a short break before heads-up play.
We picked up the action on a flop of 
[2d} as Albert Minnullin was check-raising a bet from Brian Meinders. Meinders called the extra small bet, and Minnullin checked to him again on the turn. Meinders bet and was called, and he fired one last bet on the 
river. Minnullin tanked and eventually mucked.
On the next hand, Minnullin opened with a button raise, and Dutch Boyd made it three bets from the big blind. The board ran out 
with Minnullin calling bets on the flop and the turn. When Boyd fired his final bullet, Minnullin tanked hard for almost two minutes before surrendering his cards once again.
Those two river folds have pushed Minnullin down under 400,000.
Brian Meinders raised from the small blind, and Dutch Boyd called in the big blind. The flop came 
, and Meinders check-raised the bet from Boyd. Boyd called, and the turn was the . Meinders bet, Boyd called and they saw the 
fall on the river. Once again Meinder bet, and after a minute or two of thought, Boyd made the call.
Meinder flipped over the 
for the nut flush, and it was Boyd mucked.
Meinder looks to have about 1.5 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,305,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
|
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|
|
820,000
-335,000
|
-335,000 |
|
|
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|
|
705,000
250,000
|
250,000 |