Allan le raised to 36,000 and Tyler Groth called in the small blind, then bet the flop for 35,000. Le called and the turn saw another bet worth 60,000 by Groth, which Le called. Groth checked the river and Le checked behind to get shown for a full house by Groth.
In the last hand of the level, Adam Brown limped in and Groth called on the button, as did Darren Taylor and Igor Sharashkin in the blinds. The flop fell and the action checked to Groth, who bet 32,000. Taylor check-raised to 118,000 and forced folds all around, triggering cheers from his rail.
Bruno Politano was in middle position and he raised pot, making it 70,000. Action folded to Jonathan Zarin in the big blind, who asked Politano about his chip stack. "One-hundred-and-fifty total," Politano replied.
Zarin called and landed on the flop. Zarin didn't wait and shoved all in and Politano called.
Bruno Politano:
Jonathan Zarin:
Politano's tournament life was on the line as Zarin had flopped a set of sevens. Politano's disappointment didn't last long, however, as the appeared on the turn.
"Jack is good!" shouted the Brazilian November Niner. The on the river brought another set for Zarin, but that didn't matter.
"We got it! Brazil here!" celebrated Politano with genuine excitement, adding other weird noises similar to something you can hear in the Amazon rainforest.
The action has slowed down after the double of Bruno Politano.
In one recent hand, Allan Le check-called a bet of 35,000 from Darren Taylor on the cutoff after a flop of , then the turn and river were checked through. Le showed and won the pot with two pair.
In another, Igor Sharaskin opened to 45,000 in the hijack and Mark Zullo called in the small blind. Zullo check-folded the flop to a bet of 55,000.
The next hand after that, Tyler Groth raised to 45,000 from early position and Sharaskin called, as did Daniel Spencer in the big blind. Spencer checked the flop and Groth claimed the pot with a bet of 100,000 as both opponents folded.
Spencer raised the pot from the small blind the next hand and claimed the chips.
Allan Le raised to 46,000 from middle position and Casey Carroll, the shortest stack at the table, moved all in for what looked to be 122,000. The exact count wasn't needed at that point as Le called within seconds.
Casey Carroll:
Allan Le:
The flop increased chances for a split and the turn and river confirmed the tie.
On the very next hand, Carroll opened to 70,000 and faced Igor Sharaskin, who check-folded to Carroll's all-in on a flop. Carroll flipped over kings.
Tyler Groth raised to 45,000 and was called by Igor Sharaskin in the hijack, Mark Zullo in the small blind and Adam Brown in the big blind. The flop of was checked to Sharaskin, who bet 125,000. Only Zullo called and checked again the turn. Sharaskin bet almost the size of the pot with 308,000 behind and Zullo folded.
Jonathan Zarin raised to 45,000 from the hijack and small blind Adam Brown announced "pot." The dealer informed him that the price was 155,000, and action returned to Zarin who called.
The flop brought the and Brown put in the remaining chips he had left, earning a quick call from Zarin.
Adam Brown:
Jonathan Zarin:
Brown was in very solid shape with the top pair on the rainbow board as Zarin had only a middle pair and no flush or straight draws. The turn was a blank and so was the river. Zarin dropped more than a half of his stack in that hand.