Mark Newhouse came over from the Feature Table to take a seat between Chris Lindh and JC Tran in the 7 seat, bringing his stack of about 6.4 million with him.
Hand #131: It folded around to Newhouse in the cutoff who was still stacking his chips when he opened with a raise to 500,000 and only Jay Farber called from the big blind. The flop came , and Farber check-folded to Newhouse's continuation bet of 550,000.
Hand #132: Marc McLaughlin opened for 500,000 from under the gun, then Sergio Castelluccio reraised to 1.15 million from the button. The blinds folded, and McLaughlin called the three-bet.
The flop came and both checked. The turn was the , and this time McLaughlin led for 800,000. Castelluccio called, then the fell on fifth street. McLaughlin bet 3 million this time, and Castelluccio sat motionless with his hand over his mouth for two solid minutes, then sprung into action by sliding out a stack of chips to call.
McLaughlin quickly tabled his hand for a rivered straight, and Castelluccio mucked.
Hand #181: Michiel Brummelhuis opened to 500,000 from early position. Ryan Riess called from the small blind, Rep Porter called from the big blind, and the flop followed. Riess checked, Porter shoved for 3.345 million, and Brummelhuis folded. Riess counted out calling chips, separated it from the rest of his stack, and went into the tank for about two minutes before he folded.
Hand #182: Alexander Livingston shoved from the cutoff for 2.205 million and received no action.
Hand #183: David Benefield opened to 500,000 from early position and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #184: Michiel Brummelhuis raised to 800,000 in the small blind and Carlos Mortensen called from the big blind. The flop came down , Brummelhuis continued for 750,000, and Mortensen called to see the turn. Both checked, the river completed the board, and both checked again. Mortensen tabled for two pair with an ace kicker, winning the pot.
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Hand #185: Michiel Brummelhuis raised to 500,000 on the button, Carlos Mortensen called in the small blind, and David "Raptor" Benefield defended his big blind. The dealer fanned , the trio checked, and the turn brought the . Mortensen led out for 500,000, Benefield called, and Brummelhuis folded. The completed the board, the two checked, Mortensen showed for a pair of tens, but it was no good against Benefield's for a pair of queens.
Hand #186: Mortensen raised to 500,000 on the button, Sylvain Loosli three-bet to 1.25 million from the big blind, and Mortensen called. The flop fell , Loosli led out for 1.2 million, and Mortensen tank-called.
Loosli checked when the turned, Mortensen moved all in for 4.76 million, and Loosli folded.
Hand #187: David Benefield raised to 600,000 on the button and took down the pot.
Hand #188: Alexander Livingston shoved from the small blind for 2.405 million and Ryan Riess folded his big blind.
Hand #189: David Benefield raised to 500,000 in the hijack and Sylvain Loosli called in the cutoff. The flop came down and Benefield continued for 600,000. Loosli folded, surrendering the pot to Benefield.
Hand #190: Michiel Brummelhuis raised to 500,000 from under the gun and received no action.
Hand #141: Marc McLaughlin raised to 500,000 from under the gun, and it folded around to Jay Farber who reraised to 1.2 million from the small blind. Amir Lehavot folded the big blind, and McLaughlin called.
The flop came and both checked. The turn brought the and a bet of 1.35 million from Farber. McLaughlin sat for about a half-minute, then called the bet.
The river was the and both players checked. Farber tabled . McLaughlin started to muck then showed his hand — — with a wince, and Farber collected the pot.
Hand #142: JC Tran raised to 525,000 from the hijack seat and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #143: Sergio Castelluccio raised to 480,000 from the hijack seat and all folded.
Hand #144: Tran opened for 525,000 from middle position and won the hand.
Hand #145: Marc McLaughlin raised to 500,000 from the cutoff seat, and it folded around to Chris Lindh who pushed all in from the small blind for a little less than 3.4 million. Mark Newhouse quickly folded from the big blind, and McLaughlin didn't wait too long before calling.
Lindh:
McLaughlin:
The flop came , giving Lindh hopes to fill an inside straight draw. But the turn was the and river the , improving McLaughlin to a flush and ending Lindh's run in 16th place.
Hand #191: Ryan Riese raised to 500,000 from the cutoff, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #192: David "Raptor" Benefield raised to 500,000 from under the gun, Riess called in the hijack seat, and Carlos Mortensen defended his big blind. The flop fell , all three players checked, and the turn brought the . Mortensen led out for 850,000, Benefield called, and Riess folded.
The completed the board, Mortensen checked, Benefield fired out 725,000, and Mortensen folded.
Hand #193: Rep Porter raised to 500,000 from the hijack seat, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #194: Bruno Kawauti moved all in for 2.205 million from the hijack seat, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #195: Alexander Livingston received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #196: Carlos Mortensen raised to 500,000 from the hijack and took down the pot.
Hand #197: Bruono Kawauti shoved for 2.765 million from under the gun and won the pot.
Hand #198: Carlos Mortensen raised to 500,000 from early position and Alexander Livingston three-bet shoved for 2.885 million from the cutoff. Action folded back to Mortensen who folded as well.
Hand #199: David Benefield raised to 600,000 from early postion and won the pot.