Joseph Leung raised to 48,000 on the button, Michael Drummond reraised the pot to 172,000 from the small blind and Leung called. The flop fell and Drummond checked to Leung who shoved for about 304,000. Drummond snap called.
Leung:
Dummond:
Drummond flopped a wheel with a straight-flush draw, while Leung was drawing to only running full house cards. The turn was no help, the river officially ended things and Leung was eliminated in tenth place for $35,902.
Ryan Schmidt raised to 55,000 in the hijack, Phil Laak called from the small blind and Darius Studdard called from the big blind.
The flop was checked around, the fell on the turn and Laak checked. Studdard bet 110,000, Schmidt called and Laak check-raised all in for 598,000. Studdard and Schmidt folded, giving Laak the pot.
Sorel Mizzi opened for pot under the gun to 84,000 and Phil Laak called from the button before Mizzi open-jammed the flop. Laak made the call and the cards were tabled.
Mizzi:
Laak:
The turn and river landed the and to see Mizzi hit the rail in 9th place for a $35,902 payday as Laak soared to roughly 1.3 million in chips.
From under the gun, Richard Ashby raised pot to 84,000 and Phil Laak raised to 144,000 from the cutoff. Ashby made the call as the dealer spread a flop and Ashby moved all in for 159,000 with Laak making the call.
Ashby:
Laak:
With Laak have the superior two-pair, the on the turn changed little as the completed the board to send Ashby to the rail in 7th place and Laak up to 1.59 million.
After only playing two hands at our unofficial final table, the action is continuing where it left off as the tournament will play on without the standard break once reaching the official final table.
Hand #1: Ryan Schmidt raised to 55,000 and both Brant Hale and Michael Drummond made the call from the blinds to see a flop.
Drummond bet out 90,000 and Schmidt and Hale quickly folded.
Hand #2: The action folded to Brant Hale on the button, and he raised to 56,000 to win the blinds.
Hand #3: The action folded to Michael Drummond and his 62,000-chip button raise collected him the blinds.
Hand #4: Brant Hale opened to 56,000 and Michael Drummond, Kory Kilpatrick, Phil Laak and Darius Studdard called to see a flop.
Laak checked and Studdard bet out 220,000 with Kilpatrick making the call before Laak announced a bet of pot amounting to 1.16 million. Studdard called all in for 571,000 and Kilpatrick tank-folded.
Laak:
Studdard:
The turn of the didn't hit Studdard's draw, but the on the river did as Studdard doubled through.
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river officially ended things and Leung was eliminated in tenth place for $35,902.
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to see Mizzi hit the rail in 9th place for a $35,902 payday as Laak soared to roughly 1.3 million in chips.
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