Hand 3: Brandon Shack-Harris min-raised to 20,000 and Nick Guagenti moved all in from the button for six big blinds. The blinds folded but Shack-Harris called immediately.
Shack-Harris:
Guagenti:
Almost the same hands for both players, but the board gave the chip leader two pair.
Hand 4: In the last hand of Level 19, Robert Paddock opened for 21,000 in late position and won the pot.
Hand 5: Loren Klein raised to 26,000 in early position. Action folded to Brandon Shack-Harris, who potted in the big blind. Klein folded.
Hand 6: Matt Ryan opened for 24,000 in middle position and won the pot.
Hand 7: Brandon Shack-Harris opened the button to 24,000. Iori Yogo defended his big blind, and the two saw an flop. Shack-Harris bet 25,000 after Yogo checked to him, and Yogo came back with 100,000. Shack-Harris folded.
Hand 8: Patrick Arena limped and Iori Yogo called in the small blind, Loren Klein checked his option on the big blind. All three players checked the flop and Arena took it down with a bet of 36,000 on the turn.
Hand 9: Brandon Shack-Harris limped, Iori Yogo on the button three-bet to 40,000 and only Shack-Harris called. Both checked the flop and Shack-Harris then check-folded the turn after Yogo bet 45,000.
Hand 10: Morgan Popham opened for a raise to pot, and he took it down.
Hand 11: Brandon Shack-Harris, Loren Klein, Robert Paddock, and Patrick Arena saw the flop for the minimum. Action checked to Klein on the flop, and he bet 24,000. Arena potted after Paddock folded, and he won the pot.
Hand 12: Shack-Harris opened to 24,000 under the gun and took it down.
Hand 13: Klein raised to 26,000 in middle position, and Popham potted to 90,000 from the small blind. Klein thought for awhile before announcing he was gambling with Popham, putting him all in for 21,000 more.
Popham:
Klein:
The board ran out , giving Popham the double when he rivered a pair of jacks.
Hand 14: Patrick Arena raised to 42,000 and all opponents behind him folded.
Hand 15: The was exposed while the hole cards were dealt. Loren Klein raised to 42,000 from under the gun and Steve Billirakis in the small blind reraised pot, the big blind folded. Klein called with only two big blinds behind and then called all in after the flop.
Billirakis:
Klein:
Both the turn and the river were blanks and the field was reduced to only seven.
Hand 16: Morgan Popham opened to 24,000 in middle position and was called by Steve Billirakis on the button and Robert Paddock in the big blind. Popham bet 41,000 after Paddock checked the flop, and Paddock was the only caller. Both players checked the turn, and Paddock bet 66,000 on the river. Popham made the call.
"You're good," Paddock said quietly.
Popham showed for a flush to take the pot.
Hand 17: Brandon Shack-Harris raised to 24,000 in middle position, and Matt Ryan called in the big blind. Ryan check-folded to 20,000 on the flop.
Hand 18: Paddock raised from the button to take the pot.
Hand 19: Iori Yogo opened for 25,000 and got repotted by Robert Paddock to his left. Paddock took down the pot.
Hand 20: Matt Ryan raised to 24,000 from the cutoff and Brandon Shack-Harris called in the big blind. On the flop, Shack-Harris check-folded when Ryan made it 54,000 to go.
Hand 21: Robert Paddock raised to 26,000 and both blinds called to see the flop. The blinds checked and Paddock took it down with a pot sized bet of 78,000.
Hand 22: Patrick Arena raised to 42,000 for pot size and two seats over, Brandon Shack-Harris reraised pot. Arena moved all in for just a few big blinds more and was snap called.
Showdown:
Arena:
Shack-Harris:
The board ran out and we have lost the third player on this final table within the first 22 hands.
Hand 23: Steve Billirakis won the pot by raising the button.
Hand 24: Morgan Popham raised to 24,000 under the gun and was called by Matt Ryan in the big blind. After an flop, Ryan checked and Popham bet 32,000. Ryan potted it, and Popham folded after some thought.
Hand 25: Brandon Shack-Harris limped under the gun, and Steve Billirakis raised to 35,000. Shack-Harris called after it folded back to him.
On the flop, both players decided to check. Shack-Harris bet 50,000 on the turn, and Billirakis called. Both players checked the . Billirakis won the pot with for a flush, while Shack-Harris mucked a set of eights face up.