Hand #26: Igor Dubinsky raised to 130,000 and scooped the blinds and antes.
Hand #27: Dubinsky raised to 130,000 again and Brandon Eisen called in the big blind. On the flop, Eisen checked, Dubinsky bet 200,000 and folded after Eisen check-raised to 430,000.
Hand #28: Dubinsky got through with a raise to 140,000.
Hand #29: Jackduyph Duong opened to 140,000 and Matt Lapossie reraised to 270,000. Ted Driscoll reraised all in to 490,000. Duong got out of the way and Lapossie called. Driscoll had and was in great shape against the meager that Lapossie held. The flop gave Lapossie a little hope as he hit the nine on the [Qs9c4] board. The turn and river were a safe , however, and Driscoll doubled up.
Hand #30: Duong opened to 140,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #31: Brandon Eisen opened to 145,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #32: Duong opened to 140,000, Lapossie called and Vimy Ha called. The three would check it down on the board and all three would turn over some variation of to split the pot three ways.
Hand #33: Brandon Eisen opened for 145,000 from early position and was met by a three-bet to 350,000 by Vimy Ha in middle position. Action folded back to Eisen and he pushed back with a four-bet to 695,000, which Ha called.
Both players then checked the flop, and the dealer burned and turned the . Eisen led out for 415,000 and it did the trick as Ha sent his cards to the muck.
Hand #34: Ted Driscoll opened for a raise to 130,000 and Igor Dubinskyy and Matt Lapossie both called. The flop came and Lapossie led out from the big blind for 175,000. Driscoll raised it up to 380,000 and Dubinskyy and Lapossie both folded.
Hand #35: Brandon Eisen opened for a raise from early position to 145,000 and folded to Lapossie's 360,000 raise.
Hand #36: Lapossie raised to 140,000 from the button and Eisen called from the big blind. The flop came and Eisen check-called a 115,000 bet from Lapossie. Eisen would check-fold to a 310,000 bet on the turn to give Lapossie the pot.
Hand #37: Jack Duong opened to 140,000 and Vimy Ha called from the big blind. Ha led out for 225,000 on the flop and Duong would fold.
Hand #38: Shai Zurr opened the action with a raise to 165,000 and Bao Nguyen moved all in for 495,000. It was folded back to Zurr who made the call. The hands were revealed and Nguyen was in the lead:
Nguyen:
Zurr:
That lead would be short-lived as the flop came to give Zurr a pair of kings. Nguyen didn't look at the board, he chose instead to watch the action on the overhead monitor. He wouldn't like what he saw, as the turn was the and the river was the and he would be eliminated in ninth place, collecting $52,400 for his four days of play.
Hand #45: Eric Baldwin raised from the button to 160,000 and Brandon Eisen reraised to 395,000 from the small blind. Baldwin thought for nearly a minute before putting his cards to the side and using both hands to move all his chips forward. Eisen quickly folded.
Hand #46: Matt Lapossie raised to 160,000 and Ted Driscoll called from the big blind. Driscoll would check-fold to a 160,000 bet from Lapossie on the flop.
Hand #47: Baldwin opened to 160,000 and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #48: Vimy Ha raised to 180,000 from the cutoff and Shai Zurr made the call from the big blind. Zurr check-folded to a 225,000 Ha bet on the flop.
Hand #49: Eisen opened to 180,000, Driscoll called and Duong called as well from the big blind. The flop came and Duong check-called a 205,000 bet from Eisen while Driscoll folded.
The turn was the and Duong led out for 300,000 and was called by Eisen. Both players would check the turn and Eisen's would take the pot off of Duong who held .