Hand #1: Joseph Di Rosa Rojas raised to 250,000 from the cutoff and Faraz Jaka called from the big blind. The flop came and both players checked to the turn. Jaka checked and Rojas bet 300,000. Jaka called and the river was the . Jaka checked again and Rojas bet 875,000. Jaka quickly mucked his cards.
Hand #2: Joseph Di Rosa Rojas raised to 250,000 and everyone folded.
Hand #3: Maurice Hawkins raised to 400,000, over half of his stack, but everyone folded.
Hand #4: Tim Reilly raised to 225,000 from under the gun and everyone folded.
Hand #5: Joseph Di Rosa Rojas raised to 250,000 from under the gun and got no action.
Action folded around to Josh Weiss on the button and he moved all in for his last 215,000. Julian Stuer called from the big blind.
Weiss, who bubbled the November Nine last year, was at risk to bubble another official final table with , and was well behind Stuer's .
The flop came and Weiss pulled ahead with a pair of tens. The turn was the and the river was the , giving Stuer a pair of kings and sending Weiss to the rail.
Action folded around to Maurice Hawkins in the cutoff and he raised to 310,000. Faraz Jaka was in the small blind and tanked for about a minute. Hawkins looked over at him and said, "There's not much poker left, man." After a moment, Jaka just called.
The flop came and Jaka led out for 400,000. Hawkins smirked, looked back at his cards and said, "You should've just put me all in preflop. You gonna stop-and-go me." Hawkins folded, leaving himself 325,000 behind.
Just a few short hands ago, Ghatge got it in with two red aces and was called by Andrew Jernigan's ace-four off suit. The board ran out with a four-card straight on board and the two players chopped the pot.
A little while later, Faraz Jaka raised to 180,000 from the hijack, and Pratik Ghatge moved all in for 495,000 on the button. Jaka called.
Ghatge was at risk with , ahead of Jaka's .
The flop came with Ghatge still ahead. The turn was the giving Ghatge a pair of aces, but Jaka had a diamond for a chance to improve. The river was the and Ghatge held on.
Maurice Hawkins opened the action with a raise to 200,000 from early position. Tim Reilly was on the button and made the call, but Joseph Di Rosa Rojas was in the big blind and reraised to 675,000. Hawkins folded and Reilly stuck around to see the flop of .
Rojas led out for 600,000 and Reilly called. The turn was the and Rojas bet again for 1,100,000. Reilly thought for a moment but let his hand go, allowing Rojas to extend his chip lead.
After doubling up with pocket kings earlier in the level, Jeffrey Tomlinson just now found himself in a similar situation.
Tomlinson raised to 225,000 from under the gun and the action was folded to Andrew Jernigan in the small blind who made the call. The flop came and Jernigan checked to Tomlinson who bet 450,000. Jernigan called and the turn card brought the . Jernigan checked again and Tomlinson announced he was all in for 1,700,000. Jernigan quickly called and tabled , only to find himself behind Tomlinson's .
The river was the , changing nothing, and Tomlinson got another double-up with pocket kings.
The final ten players in the "Marathon" have come together at a single table, with Joseph Di Rosa Rojas holding an overwhelming chip lead, sitting on 15,600,000. He came into the day with just over 10 million and has already increased his stack by 50 percent.
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and both players checked to the 
turn. Jaka checked and Rojas bet 300,000. Jaka called and the river was the 
. Jaka checked again and Rojas bet 875,000. Jaka quickly mucked his cards.
, and was well behind Stuer's 
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and Weiss pulled ahead with a pair of tens. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
, giving Stuer a pair of kings and sending Weiss to the rail.
and Ghatge tabled 
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and Hawkins found an ace to pull ahead. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
, sending the pot to Hawkins.
with Ghatge still ahead. The turn was the 
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