Hand #45: Slyvain Loosli raised to 250,000 on the button, Jay Farber called in the big blind, and Farber check-called a bet of 250,000 on a flop of . The turn was the , Farber checked again, and Loosli fired out 550,000. Farber called. The river brought the , both players checked, and Farber won with for trip queens.
Hand #46: Michiel Brummelhuis raised to 250,000 in middle position, and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #47: Anton Morgenstern raised to 250,000 in the cutoff, Farber called on the button, and Mark Newhouse moved all in for 2.93 million in the small blind. Both Morgenstern and Farber folded.
Hand #48: Morgenstern raised to 250,000 from the hijack seat, JC Tran called out of the small blind, and the flop came . Tran checked, Morgenstern tossed out 325,000, and Tran called. The turn brought the , Tran checked again, and Morgenstern fired out another 675,000. Tran called.
The completed the board, Tran checked a third and final time, and Morgenstern slid out 1.25 million. Tran quickly called, prompting Morgenstern to open up for jacks and fours, but it was no good as Tran showed for queens and fours.
Hand #29: Clement Tripodi had the button. Carlos Mortensen raised to 240,000 from early position. Everyone folded, and he won the blinds and antes.
Hand #30: Chris Lindh had the button on what would be the last hand of the level at the secondary feature table. Action began with Marc McLaughlin raising to 240,000 from middle position, then Lindh called. The blinds folded, and the flop was . McLaughlin checked, and Lindh checked.
The turn was the . McLaughlin bet 350,000, and Lindh folded.
Hand #51: David Benefield opened to 240,000 from the button only to have James Alexander three-bet to 650,000 from the big blind. Benefield released and Alexander won th epot.
Hand #52: Matthew Reed opened to 250,000 from late position only to have David Benefield three-bet to 575,000 from the cutoff.
With the action on Maxx Coleman, he cold four-bet to 1.2 million from the button and both Reed and Benefield folded to see Coleman pushed the pot to send him to 7,175,000 in chips.
Hand #53: From the button, James Alexander opened to 250,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #54: From the button, Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised to 240,000 and Rep Porter in the big blind called as both players checked the flop.
The turn of the saw Porter lead for 260,000 and Timoshenko quickly folded.
Hand #55: From the small blind Rep Porter raised to 260,000 only to have Amir Lehavot three-bet to 660,000. Porter folded and the players headed on their first break of the day.
The slow pace at the secondary table continued during the last hands of Level 30, with players finally completing a third orbit as the first two hours of play wound to a close.
Hand #26: This hand saw Alexander Livingston raise to 250,000 from the button and win the blinds and antes.
Hand #27: Livingston open-raised again, this time to 255,000 from the cutoff seat, and again won the hand.
Hand #28: Carlos Mortensen raised to 250,000 from middle position, Marc McLaughlin called from the cutoff, then Bruno Kawauti three-bet to 750,000 from the button. The action was on Clement Tripodi in the small blind, who took his time counting out chips and then made another reraise to 1,425,000.
The others quickly folded back around to Kawauti who sat with his hand over his mouth for some time, then announced he was all in. The push was for 3,255,000, and Tripodi called right away. The pair tabled their cards, revealing a couple of big hands:
Kawauti:
Tripodi:
Kawauti's rail immediately began chanting in support of their man, with the flop not halting their enthusiasm despite giving Tripodi a pair of kings. The turn was the and river the , a big cheer followed, and Kawauti more than doubled up as Level 30 nears its close.
Hand #44: Steve Gee raised to 250,000 from the small blind, Anton Morgenstern three-bet to 550,000 from the big blind, and Gee four-bet shoved for 2.93 million. Morgenstern called immediately.
Gee:
Morgenstern:
Gee needed help and found very little from the flop, which gave Morgenstern a set of eights. The turn left the 2012 Octoniner drawing dead, rendering the river moot.
Hand #45: From under the gun Jan Nakladal opened to 250,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #46: Matthew Reed entered the pot with a raise to 250,000 and both Maxx Coleman and James Alexander called from the cutoff and button as the flop landed .
The action passed round to Alexander and he bet out 405,000 which was enough to find two folds and see the pot pushed his way.
Hand #47: David Benefield raised to 260,000 from middle position and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #48: Maxx Coleman raised to 250,000 from middle position only to have Amir Lehavot move all in and prompt an insta-fold from Colemann. Lehavot now has 3.48 million in chips.
Hand #49: James Alexander entered the pot for 275,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #50: Amir Lehavot opened his button to 250,000 and Matthew Reed three-bet to 625,000. Lehavot folded and Reed was pushed the pot.
Hand #40: Sylvain Loosli raised to 250,000 from middle position and Steve Gee three-bet all in for 2.69 million from the hijack. Action folded back to Loosli who folded.
Hand #41: JC Tran raised to 260,000 in the small blind and Michiel Brummelhuis three-bet to 660,000 from the big blind. Tran four-bet to 1.185 million, forcing a fold from Brummelhuis after a few moments.
Hand #42: Sylvain Loosli opened to 250,000 from under the gun and received no action.
Hand #43: (The button moved twice) JC Tran raised to 250,000 from the hijack and Steve Gee called from the big blind. The flop came down and Gee check-folded to a bet of 250,000 from Tran.
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. The turn was the 
, Farber checked again, and Loosli fired out 550,000. Farber called. The river brought the 
, both players checked, and Farber won with 
for trip queens.
. Tran checked, Morgenstern tossed out 325,000, and Tran called. The turn brought the 
, Tran checked again, and Morgenstern fired out another 675,000. Tran called.
completed the board, Tran checked a third and final time, and Morgenstern slid out 1.25 million. Tran quickly called, prompting Morgenstern to open up 
for jacks and fours, but it was no good as Tran showed 
flop.
saw Porter lead for 260,000 and Timoshenko quickly folded.
flop not halting their enthusiasm despite giving Tripodi a pair of kings. The turn was the 
and river the 
turn left the 2012 Octoniner drawing dead, rendering the 
river moot.
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