Danny Warchol raised, and Maria Ho made it three bets. Warchol called, and the flop came . Ho checked to Warchol, who fired out. Ho tossed out a check raise, and Warchol called. On the turn, the , Ho check called a bet, and on the river, , Ho checked again. Warchol quickly fired out a bet, and Ho went into the tank. About 20 seconds in, she grabbed raising chips, and started shuffling them, which caused Warchol's eyebrows to raise up. She eventually just called, and Warchol rolled over for top pair, which was good enough to take down the pot.
Jeff Thompson raised it up, and Danny Warchol quickly three bet it. Thompson called, and the flop came . Thompson checked, and Warchol bet out. Thompson raised, and Warchol called to see the hit the turn. This time, Thompson bet, and Warchol raised it up. Thompson called, and the hit the river. Thompson bet, and Warchol called, turning over for top pair. Thompson showed for a better queen, and he took down the big pot.
On the next hand, Warchol raised it up, and Maria Ho made it three bets on the button. Thompson then made it four bets in the big blind, and both players called. The flop came , and Thompson fired out. Both players called, and the hit the turn. Thompson bet out, and this time, Warchol was the only caller. The hit the river, and Thompson fired one more barrel. Warchol folded, and Thompson won the huge pot without a showdown.
Mike Schiffman raised it up, and Danny Le called out of the small blind. The flop came down , and Le fired out a bet. Schiffman called, and Le bet out again on the turn. This time, Schiffman raised, which was enough to put Le all in. He thought for about 20 seconds before committing the rest of his stack.
Schiffman:
Le:
Le was looking for a four and a four only, but the river was the . Le busted short of the official final table, while Schiffman is up to 440,000.
Juha Helppi just won two pots in quick succession to pad his chip stack.
First, Helppi called Danny Warchol's preflop raise, and the flop came . Both players tapped the table to bring the on the turn. Helppi then led out for a bet, Warchol called, and the river fell .
Once again Warchol called Helppi's bet, but the Finnish pro's was good for the win.
Shortly thereafter, Helppi forced Mike Schiffman to fold on the river, with the board reading .
Maria Ho came into the final table as our chip leader, but nothing went her way when she came to the secondary feature table, as she lost every pot that she entered. In the final hand, Ho tried to commit all her chips preflop, but she had to leave 4,000 behind because of the betting limits. Marco Johnson and Juha Helppi called from the blind, and the flop came . It was checked to Ho, who bet her final 4,000, and the two players called. They then checked the on the turn, and the on the river.
Johnson announced "queen high", and Helppi showed for a pair. Ho let out a big sigh, and mucked her cards, though they had to be tabled: for king high. Ho exited the area in 6th place, while Helppi jumped up to 390,000.
Danny Warchol opened for a raise, and he called when Marco Johnson reraised, bringing on a flop of .
Warchol check-called a bet from Johnson, and both players tapped the table on the turn. When the arrived on the river, Wachol bet it, and Johnson quickly called with for a rivered pair. It was good, and the pot was pushed his way.
A few hands later, Warchol and Johnson tangled again, after Warchol raised to open the betting. Johnson made it three bets to play, and Warchol flatted to see the flop.
Both players put three bets in on the flop, and Warchol led out on the turn. Johnson flatted, and the river came . Both players checked down, and Johnson's was good enough for the win.
Danny Warchol raised from the small blind, and Marco Johnson called from the big blind. The flop came , and Warchol bet. Johnson raised it up, and Warchol quickly put out a third bet. Johnson called, and the hit the turn. Warchol fired out, and again, Johnson raised it up. This time, Warchol tanked for about 30 seconds before folding, and Johnson took down another pot, to up his stack to 780,000.
. Ho checked to Warchol, who fired out. Ho tossed out a check raise, and Warchol called. On the turn, the 
, Ho check called a bet, and on the river, 
, Ho checked again. Warchol quickly fired out a bet, and Ho went into the tank. About 20 seconds in, she grabbed raising chips, and started shuffling them, which caused Warchol's eyebrows to raise up. She eventually just called, and Warchol rolled over 
for top pair, which was good enough to take down the pot.
. Thompson checked, and Warchol bet out. Thompson raised, and Warchol called to see the 
hit the turn. This time, Thompson bet, and Warchol raised it up. Thompson called, and the 
hit the river. Thompson bet, and Warchol called, turning over 
for top pair. Thompson showed 
for a better queen, and he took down the big pot.
, and Thompson fired out. Both players called, and the 
hit the turn. Thompson bet out, and this time, Warchol was the only caller. The 
, and he doubled his short stack to stave off elimination.
, and Le fired out a bet. Schiffman called, and Le bet out again on the 
. Le busted short of the official final table, while Schiffman is up to 440,000.
across the felt.
) and river (
). but mucked when he saw Thompson's 
on the turn. Helppi then led out for a bet, Warchol called, and the river fell 
was good for the win.
on the turn, and the 
for king high. Ho exited the area in 6th place, while Helppi jumped up to 390,000.
turn. When the 
arrived on the river, Wachol bet it, and Johnson quickly called with 
flop.
was good enough for the win.