Abe Mosseri raised to 65,000 in the hijack seat, Chun Lei Zhou reraised to 175,000 on his direct left, and Brandon Shack-Harris bumped it all the way up to 425,000 on the button.
The action folded back to Mosseri, who quickly folded as well, and Zhou went deep into the tank. He eventually emerged with a fold, and Shack-Harris silently dragged the pot.
In the last hand of the no-limit hold'em round, Chun Lei Zhou opened to 65,000 from under-the-gun and then called when John Hennigan three-bet to 178,000 from the small blind. Zhou then called a bet of 150,000 from his opponent on the flop before both players checked the turn.
Hennigan fired out a healthy 400,000 on the river and Zhou thought for a minute or so before releasing his hand.
Brandon Shack-Harris completed with the and Jesse Martin called with his . Shack-Harris then check-called a bet on fourth before leading out for 120,000 on fifth. Martin called and then check-called another 120,000 on sixth. That action repeated itself and the cards were revealed.
Shack-Harris: /
Martin: / /
Shack-Harris rolled over a flush, and it was good as Martin scooped up his cards and sent them to the muck.
Chun Lei Zhou brought it in with the , Martin completed, and Kassela raised. The action folded back to Martin, who called, and Kassela led out on fourth street. Martin called.
After making a better board on fifth, Martin bet out, putting himself all in, and Kassela called.
Martin:
Kassela:
Martin improved to two pair on sixth, and Kassela was drawing dead with a meaningless . Seventh street was irrelevant - Kassela received the , Martin the - and Martin doubled through.
Chu Lei Zhou completed with the and then called when Jesse Martin raised with the . Zhou then check-called a bet on fourth before both players checked fifth and sixth. Zhou then bet on seventh and Martin made a quick call.
Zhou: /
Martin: /
Zhou had fives and sixes, but it was no good as Martin had a better two pair with tens and nines.
Chun Lei Zhou raised on the button, Brandon Shack-Harris made it three bets out of the small blind, and Jesse Martin reraised to four bets in the big blind. Zhou and Shack-Harris both called.
The dealer fanned , Shack-Harris checked, and Martin tossed out a bet. Zhou raised to two bets, Shack-Harris check-raised to three bets, and only Martin called.
The turn was the , Martin called a bet from Shack-Harris, and the completed the board. Shack-Harris led out, Martin called, and the hands were tabled.
Shack-Harris: (Pair of queens and the nut low)
Martin: (Pair of kings and the nut low)
Martin won three-quarters of the pot, but became a bit perturbed while the dealer was trying to split the pot. He started offering help and giving direction, but the tournament director intervened, telling Martin to allow the dealer to split the pot.
"It's easy," Martin said, continuing to disagree with the dealers' methods.
At this point other players started to chime in, and the tournament director silenced all of them. He then issued a warning to Martin, who took a deep breath to compose himself.
"I feel like you're scolding me," Martin told the tournament director.
Brandon Shack-Harris raised to 120,000 from the hijack and Frank Kassela called from the button. Abe Mosseri came along from the big blind and three players took a flop of . Mosseri led out for 60,000, Shack-Harris raised to 120,000, and Kassela flatted. Mosseri opted to get out of the way and it was heads-up action to the turn.
Shack-Harris bet 120,000, Kassela called, and the completed the board on the river. This time Shack-Harris checked and folded when Kassela bet 120,000.
Zhou completed, Shack-Harris called, and the latter led out on both fourth and fifth street. Zhou called both bets.
The duo both checked on sixth, and Shack-Harris, the runner-up in the $10,000 buy-in razz event, check-called a bet on seventh. Zhou turned over for a seven-six, and Shack-Harris mucked.
Abe Mosseri completed with a and then called when Brandon Shack-Harris raised with a of his own. Shack-Harris then bet on fourth, Mosseri called, and then the latter player fired out 120,000 on fifth. Shack-Harris called and then bet 120,000 of his own when he retook the lead on sixth. Mosseri called and then both players checked on seventh.
Mosseri: / /
Shack-Harris: /
Shack-Harris tabled a 7-6-5-3-A low, and it was good as Mosseri simply mucked his cards.
The final six players are now on their first 20-minute break of the day. During this time the tournament staff will color off the orange T1,000 chips. We'll have updated chip counts for you shortly.