Big Stax 500 (Day 2): Kaplan Wins The Classic Flip

Level 17 (Blinds 3,000/6,000/1,000)
Total Entries: 775
Players Remaining: 126

James Kaplan (Boca Raton, FL)

Passing Table 54, there would be an all-in and a call pre-flop, with Timothy Bryan at risk against James Kaplan.  The pot was worth close to 180,000, with Bryan leading going in (but just marginally):

Kaplan: A♣ K♠
Bryan: Q♦ Q♣

Flop: 7♣ A♦ J♥
Turn: A♥
River: 7♥

Kaplan outflopped Bryan to take the lead, and would chip up to over 500,000 in the process.  James in no stranger to this event, having signed for first place money in a four-way chop of the Big Stax VI 500 event ($40,362).