Action preflop began with Jeremy Giam raising to 5k and getting called by Andrew Gaw, followed by a re-raise to 13k by Dennis Philips. Giam folded and with towers of chips in front of him, Gaw called. At the flop of 9♦ 9♠ 7♠, both players checked. On the turn of Q♥, they did the same. Then on the river of J♥, Philips checked once more while Gaw bet 15k. Philips folded and Gaw added more to his beefy stack.