David Martirosyan made it 24,000 to play from middle position and Dean Bui called from his seat in the small blind.
Both players checked the flop, but Bui came out betting on the turn, making it 30,000 to play. Martirosyan called.
The appeared on the turn and Bui bet again, setting the price to continue at 40,000. Martirosyan asked for confirmation of the bet amount, counted the required number of chips, but then flicked his cards into the muck.
The very active David Martirosyan opened yet another pot by raising to 24,000 from under the gun. The action folded all the way around to Ryan Schoonbaert in the big blind and he called.
A flop reading was checked by both players. The was the turn card and it was welcomed to the green WSOP felt by a 22,000 bet from Schoonbaert. Martirosyan wasn't prepared to pay that amount and Schoonbaert won the pot.
Kazu Oshima opened to 24,000 from the button and Gregory Kolo made the call from the big blind. The flop was and Kolo checked. Oshima bet 18,000 and Kolo called. The turn was the and again Kolo checked.
Oshima continued for 40,000 and Kolo made the call. The river was the and both players checked. Kolo showed for two pair and Oshima mucked.
David Martirosyan raised to 24,000 from early position and then called when Dan Goldman reraised to 40,000 from the small blind.
Goldman then led out with a 70,000 bet on the flop and Martirosyan ducked out of the way.
A couple of hands later and the action folded all the way around to Ryan Schoonbaert in the small blind and he raised to 24,000. Martirosyan called and it was off to the flop. Schoonbaert made a 25,000 continuation bet and Martirosyan let his hand go.
David Martirosyan opened to 24,000 from the cutoff and Ahmed Amin announced "pot," and the raise was to 90,000, leaving Amin with just 21,000 behind.
Martirosyan thought for a while before finally announcing "call," and tabling the . After a ruling from the floor, it was determined that Martirosyan's action was indeed a simple call and the dealer fanned a flop of . Martirosyan then led for 21,000, putting Amin all in.
Amin turned over for two pair and the board ran out and Amin doubled.
Immediately after the hand, Martirosyan was informed that he needed to serve a nine-hand penalty for exposing his cards prematurely.
Former November Nine member Phil Collins has busted in a cooler of a hand here at the final table of Event #12.
Kuza Oshima raised to 24,000 from late position and two players called. Gregory Kolo called on the button and Dan Goldman called from the small blind. This put the action onto Phil Collins in the big blind and he raised to 120,000. Oshima folded but Kolo repotted, Goldman folded and Collins put in the rest of his stack.
Collins:
Kolo:
Collins looked disappointed and rightly so because his WSOP bracelet dreams look set to be dashed. His tournament life hung by the balance as the flop came into view, making Collins' position even more precarious. The turn left Collins drawing dead, rendering the river meaningless.
Game over for Collins but definitely game on for Kolo, the tournament's new chip leader.
Ryan Schoonbaert opened to 24,000 from late position and Kazu Oshima made the call from the big blind. The flop came down and Oshima checked. Schoonbaert bet 20,000 and Oshima raised to 48,000.
Schoonbaert thought for a moment before pushing his chips all in for a total of 143,000. Oshima made the quick call and Schoonbaert said "nice hand," thinking that Oshima must have the best of it.
Schoonbaert tabled and was happy to see that Oshima had just the . The board completed and Schoonbaert found a double.