Casey Kastle completed from the small blind and Steve Yea checked his option before firing out 24,000 on a flop of . Kastle called before again checking to Yea when the fell on the turn.
Yea then led strongly again for 62,000 with Kastle making the call. When the river landed the Kastle checked and Yea made it 85,000 to go with Kastle quickly calling.
Yea tabled for a straight and Kastle mucked while slipping to 500,000 as Yea surges to the 1.5 million chip mark.
Slowly but surely, Neil Arce and Steve Yea are eroding the walls of Casey Kastle's chip fortress. Arce and Kastle took a limped flop of . Arce checked to Kastle, who casually tossed 20,000 into the pot. Arce called.
The betting action was exactly the same on the turn. When the river fell , however, and didn't fill any obvious draws, Arce led out for 40,000. Kastle debated for about 30 seconds before matching Arce's bet. Each player turned over a jack, but Arce's was the better kicker. He took down the pot.
All three players saw the flop of and checked round to see the turn of the . It was checked to Casey Kastle, who made it 20,000 with only Neil Arce making the call.
The river landed the and Arce checked to Kastle, who fired out 100,000 into Arce. Arce sat back in his chair for a little before announcing, "Call," only to see Kastle muck.
Arce showed a queen as he raked in the pot sending him to over 750,000 in chips.
Casey Kastle is the clear short stack now. He raised to 35,000 from the button and was called by big blind Neil Arce. Action checked all the way to the river. Arce bet 200,000 with the board showing , enough to put Kastle all in. It was also, apparently, too much for Kastle to call. He folded.
Neil Arce opened to 50,000 and Casey Kastle moved all in for his last 133,000. Arce made the call and the cards were tabled.
Arce:
Kastle:
The flop fell down and the crowd erupted, seeing Arce take the lead. As Arce mumbled under his breath he would see the turn of the bring about a sweat for both players.
However the river of the would see Kastle hit the rail in third place for $70,000 as play now reaches heads up.
Steve Yea opened to 30,000 and Neil Arce made the call from the big blind. On a flop of Arce led out for 30,000 before being raised to 85,000. Not being scared, Arce slid out a stack of black 10,000-chips for a reraise to 230,000 total.
Yea made the call but folded following Arce's all-in when the fell on the turn, to see Arce move to just under equal in chips.
Steve Yea opened to 30,000 and Neil Arce made the call from the big blind. Both players checked to the turn with the board reading to see Arce lead out for 30,000 with Yea making the call.
The river landed the and both players checked with Arce announcing, "Seven high" before Yea tabled to take the pot down.
Neil Arce and Steve Yea took a limped flop of . They both checked to the turn, where Yea bet 31,000. Arce called. On the river , Yea bet another 80,000 but got no call.
A member of the crowd made a very Korean-sounding shout at the end of the hand, prompting a few chuckles from the crowd. The spectator then added in English, "Sorry, he's my best friend." That got a round of applause.