David Martirosyan opened to 16,000, Ryan Schoonbaert called from the button and Casey Stewart came along from the big blind.
The flop was and Stewart checked. Martirosyan fired 22,000 and Schoonbaert called. Stewart announced "all in," for 72,000 and Martirosyan also pushed all in. Schoonbaert folded and it was Stewart at risk with the .
Martirosyan tabled the and Stewart said "nice hand," and patted the table before the turn card even came. Sure enough, the fell on the turn and the completed the board.
Martirosyan made his flush and continues to find all the right moves.
Stewart's elimination coincided with the last break of the evening. Players are back and have combined into one table of ten. We are scheduled to play two more levels tonight and they will be back at it momentarily.
Dan Goldman opened to 25,000 from early position and Ryan Schoonbaert three-bet to 80,000 from middle position. Action folded around to Goldman, who mentioned that 80,000 is exactly what he had and he made the call.
Goldman:
Schoonbaert:
The board ran out and Goldman found the double and some breathing room.
Dean Bui made an uncharacteristic limp into the pot from early position, David Martirosyan limped in behind on the button, Ahmed Amin completed his small blind and Tom McCormick checked his option in the big blind.
The four watched on as the flop came into view and all four checked in turn. The turn brought the into play and the action checked to Bui who fired a bet of 18,000.
Martirosyan paused for close to 90 seconds before counting out a raise of 54,000. Both blinds instantly folded, but Bui stuck around and called
Bui checked to his now sole opponent on the arrival of the river and, again after a long pause, Martirosyan fired a bet, this time one weighing in at 130,000. Bui had seen enough and folded, leaving Martirosyan to win the pot.
David Martirosyan has started the final table in good form and has added another sizeable pot to his stack.
Martirosyan opened to 20,000 from late position and the only caller was Kazu Oshima on the button. Martirosyan checked on the flop and Oshima checked behind.
On the turn, Martirosyan led for 32,000 and Oshima wasted little time in calling. The river was met with a bet of 47,000 from Martirosyan and this was enough to get Oshima to fold.