Robert Campbell raised and Aron Dermer made it three bets on the button, which resulted in a call from Campbell. Both drew one and Campbell bet, Dermer called.
Campbell ended up standing pat after the second draw and Dermer once again drew one, a bet of the Aussie was called and the same action repeated with a pat for Campbell and one for Dermer. Eventually, a bet of Campbell forced a fold from Dermer, who mucked face up.
Jared Bleznick opened from the hijack and received a call from Robert Campbell who defended his big blind. Campbell took two cards on the first draw and Bleznick three and Campbell led out after. Bleznick made the call and second draws went one and three. Campbell then fired again and Bleznick made the call. Each player took one card on the final draw and Campbell bet for a third time. Bleznick looked at the card he drew and put chips in to call.
Campbell tabled having made a pair and Bleznick quickly turned over his five cards, having again drawn to a winning hand and added to his stack.
Aron Dermer opened with a raise from the hijack and action folded to Hanh Tran in the big blind, who called all in for around his last 43,000. Tran drew two and Dermer one on the first draw. On the second and third draws, Tran drew one and Dermer stood pat.
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Tran was in need of a deuce and only a deuce to improve to a wheel and stay alive. Unfortunately for him, his run at back-to-back titles fell short as he turned over an eight and made an eighty-seven, not good enough to best Dermer's eighty-five.
In a min-raised battle of the blinds with David Bach in the small blind and Jared Bleznick in the big blind, each drew one and Bach bet, Bleznick called.
Bach then stood pat and Bleznick drew one. Bach bet and Bleznick raised, which Bach reluctantly called. The final draw was patted by Bach and Bleznick drew one. Both checked and Bach had the winner with .
Jared Bleznick has won several pots in a row with sheer aggression to boost his stack significantly.
First he was involved in a three-bet pot with Robert Campbell in which Campbell drew two first, and Bleznick took one. Bleznick then bet and was called, he stood pat and Campbell took two again. Another bet of Bleznick did the trick to win the pot.
Kyle Miaso succumbed to the aggression of Bleznick after the third draw. Bleznick had raised and Miaso called in the big blind. Bleznick took three and Miaso one. A bet and a call followed, Miaso took one and Bleznick stood pat. They both checked to the last draw, Miaso again took one and Bleznick stood pat to win the pot with a bet, as Miaso folded.
Bleznick took another pot off Campbell without showdown and the first hand that then went into showdown was against Jesse Hampton. The latter called a raise by Bleznick while in the big blind and both drew two. Action checked and Hampton took two, Bleznick one. Hampton check-called a bet and drew one again, Bleznick stood pat and checked.
Aron Dermer opened with a raise from the cutoff and was three-bet by Jesse Hampton in the small blind. Dermer made the call. On the first draw, Hampton took one and Dermer took two. Hampton then bet and Dermer called. Second draws went pat and one and Hampton fired another barrel. Dermer called and both players stood pat on the final draw. With Hampton first to act at the end, he put in one final bet. Dermer studied the situation and made the call.
Hampton tabled and Dermer mucked, bringing Hampton's stack to over one million chips.
Jesse Hampton opened from the cutoff and was three-bet by Jared Bleznick in the small blind. He made the call and the first draw saw Bleznick stand pat and Hampton take two. After the draw, Bleznick fired a continuation-bet and Hampton called. Second draws again went pat and two with Bleznick continuing and Hampton making the call. On the final draw, Bleznick stood pat and Hampton took one. As the dealer was sending Hampton his final card, Bleznick verbally announced a check. Hampton checked his card and decided to bet. Bleznick looked confused and eventually sent his cards to the muck.
Aron Dermer raised in the hijack and Kyle Miaso called in the cutoff. Dermer stood pat and Miaso took two, which prompted a bet by Dermer and a call by Miaso.
On the second draw, Dermer stood pat and Miaso took one. A bet by Dermer followed and Miaso opted to raise, which Dermer reluctantly called. Dermer stood pat again and Miaso took one. They checked and the of Dermer won the pot.
"You can clap, it's okay," he said to his rail and added "I almost had a heart attack" while stacking up the chips.
David Bach raised the button and Aron Dermer came along from the big blind. They drew two each and Dermer bet, Bach folded.
Jared Bleznick then raised and Jesse Hampton made the call. Hampton drew three and Bleznick took one. Both drew two and a bet of Hampton won the pot right there.