Jerry Wong limped in from the cutoff and Ryan Hughes checked in the big blind. On the flop, both players checked. Hughes bet the turn for 300,000 and Wong called. The river was checked and Hughes briefly showed his cards, Wong tabled the winner with .
Loren Klein made it 500,000 to go from the cutoff and Scott Bohlman three-bet the pot from the button. Action folded back to Klein and he checked for Bohlman's stack size, who counted it out for 2,050,000 in total. Klein gave it some thought and put together calling chips for the pot size, which was 1,860,000 in total. That almost prompted Bohlman to turn over his cards, Klein stopped him when a queen had flashed already.
"I'd be really mad when a queen comes," Klein joked and then he and Bohlman rooted for a queen.
On the flop, Klein moved all in and Bohlman called it off.
Scott Bohlman:
Loren Klein:
"Wow, I have a live king. Come on, let's have a five on the turn, I helped you out before," Klein added and Bohlman indeed asked for a five after with a grin on the face.
The appeared on the turn and Klein said "wow, that's almost a five, spades is even better."
After the river, Klein indeed got there with a straight and Bohlman was eliminated in 6th place for $157,097.
Jerry Wong opened to 600,000 under the gun and his neighbor, Loren Klein in the cutoff, tanked for a bit before he called. The remaining players got out of the way.
Wong bet pot for 1,960,000 with 640,000 behind on . Klein moved in and Wong instantly called.
Jerry Wong:
Loren Klein:
The on the turn did nothing and the on the river didn't make a difference either. Double up for Wong who's now playing 7.3 million while Klein remains in the lead with 7.6 million.
Rep Porter raised to 500,000 in the cutoff and Loren Klein in the big blind came along to see a flop of . Klein checked and Porter's bet of 600,000 forced a fold.
Soon after, Brandon Shack-Harris raised to 500,000 first to act and Ryan Hughes three-bet the pot to 1,740,000 in the small blind, Shack-Harris folded.
Hughes limped the button the next hand and Porter filled up from the small blind, Shack-Harris checked the big blind. On the flop, Porter bet 700,000 and Shack-Harris folded. Hughes reraised the pot and Porter called all in for 2,260,000.
Rep Porter:
Ryan Hughes:
The turn and river ensured that the kicker played and Porter doubled, sending Hughes to the bottom of the leader board.
Jerry Wong opened to 600,000 under the gun and big blind Brandon Shack-Harris was the only caller. On the flop of , Shack-Harris bet pot for 1,320,000, the vast majority of his chips. Wong moved in and Shack-Harris called for 1,410,000 total.
Brandon Shack-Harris:
Jerry Wong:
The on the turn and on the river made Shack-Harris a full house and delivered him the double-up.
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After having defended his big blind against a button raise to 500,000 by Rep Porter, Jerry Wong checked the flop and folded when facing a continuation bet of 500,000 by Porter.
The next hand, Wong limped in and Loren Klein checked. Wong bet the flop for 300,000 and Klein called before the appeared on the turn. Wong checked and called a bet worth 475,000.
On the river, Wong checked once more and Klein bet 950,000. Wong gave it some thought and called, Klein tabled the for a full house and scooped the pot.
Right after, a brief two-minute break for the color up of the T-5,000 chips took place.
Action folded to Loren Klein in the small blind and he raised to 900,000. Big blind Ryan Hughes, who had 1,550,000 to start the hand, moved all in. Klein called instantly.
Ryan Hughes:
Loren Klein:
"Jack ball!" one railbird shouted. The flop hit right after.
The on the turn opened up some good river cards for Hughes but the on the river wasn't one of the cards he was looking for.
Hughes finished in fifth place for $261,391. The remaining four players are now guaranteed $303,491.
Loren Klein raised to 700,000 two hands in a row. In the first hand he found no resistance and in the second hand, Klein's raise from the cutoff was called by Brandon Shack-Harris in the big blind. On the flop, both players checked. The turn paired the board and Shack-Harris checked. Klein bet 600,000 and Shack-Harris gave it a lot of thought before making the call.
On the river, both players checked and Shack-Harris showed his for a missed straight flush draw, Klein won the pot with his .