The player from under-the-gun raised to 2,700 and the small blind called, as well as Mike Leah in the big blind. The dealer fanned the flop of and the action was checked to the preflop aggressor. He bet 3,400 and the small blind folded while Leah made the call.
The turn was the and Leah checked again. His opponent bet 11,500 and Leah just called. The river was the and Leah checked for the third time. His opponent thought for a couple minutes before making a bet of 27,000. The action was back on Leah and the all-in button was placed in front of him after announcing it to the dealer.
That sent his opponent into the tank for nearly four minutes before the clock was called. He was given 30 seconds to act before his hand was dead, but he chose to fold before the time was up. Leah used a timely check-raise on the river to bully his opponent out of the pot.
Upeshka De Silva, who won his second career bracelet earlier this series, just arrived at the table of Vojtech Ruzicka and the duo immediately got involved in a three-way hand. A raise to 2,600 was called by De Silva in late position and Ruzicka on the button.
On the flop, the action checked to Ruzicka and he bet 5,000, both opponents called. After the turn the trio checked and the river saw a check by the initial raiser. De Silva bet 24,300 for almost the size of the pot and Ruzicka called, the third player in the hand folded.
"I have a set," De Silva announced and rolled over . Ruzicka mucked his cards and lost one third of his stack as a result.
Dara O'Kearney was in the big blind and called a bet from his opponent in the small blind for 3,600 on a flop of .
The turn card was the and this time it was checked to O'Kearney who bet 4,500.His opponent moved all in and O'Kearney asked for a count. Finding it was 23,200 he mucked his hand and got shown the .
“I didn’t want a snap. I don’t think that queen-jack could hold to a snap.”
After a raise to 2,600, Randal Brooks three-bet to 8,600 from one seat over in the cutoff and a short stack moved all in for 12,600 in the big blind. The initial raiser folded and Brooks quickly called.
Big blind:
Randal Brooks:
The coin flip saw Brooks improve to a set on the flop and the player at risk needed runner runner outs to stay in. The turn was a start, but the river changed nothing anymore. Brooks raked in the pot and faces some stiff competition in 2016 November Niner Vojtech Ruzicka.
Ken Aldridge, Troy Southerland, Saurabh Patel, and Tristan Wade remain in the orange section and share the same table, all well above average. After taking a big hit against Wade, Patel has bounced back and built his stack back to more than he started with.
In one of the recent hands, he defended his big blind to a raise by Wade and check-called a bet on the flop. The turn went check, check, and Patel's bet of 7,000 on the river won the pot uncontested as Wade folded.
Two further tables broke from the Orange section and those in the search for a new table included Sebastian Pauli, Bartlomiej Machon, Martin Staszko and Ryan Riess. Other notables remain there but the players are dropping out quickly to soon close the entire section at the current pace of eliminations.
There were three players in the hand with the board reading and the small blind checked. Another opponent bet 2,800 and David Gonia called, along with the small blind. The turn was the and again the small blind checked. Again the opponent in late position bet 8,200 and Gonia called. The small blind called as well and the landed on the river.
The small blind checked for the third time and Gonia was faced with a bet of 27,500 this time. After getting a count, Gonia quickly threw in chips for a call and the small blind folded. Gonia's opponent showed for a missed flush draw and Gonia tabled .
The top 264 spots will receive at least $3,934 and the winner can look forward to a payday of $690,469. Please find below the exact prize pool distribution.