Hand #99: Jeff Rossiter raised to 90,000 and Michael Ryan made the call from the big blind. The flop came down and Ryan checked. Rossiter bet 115,000 Ryan folded.
Hand #100: Jeff Rossiter raised to 90,000 and James Keys reraised from the big blind to take down the pot.
Hand #101: Action folded to james Keys in the small blind and he made it 110,000 to go. Jeff Rossiter called from the big blind and the flop came down . Keys bet 165,000 and Rossiter made the call.
The turn card was the and Keys bet 345,000. Rossiter made the call.
The river card was the and both players checked quickly.
Hand #102: Michael Ryan opened to 90,000 from under the gun and David Gorr defended his big blind.
The flop of saw Gorr check to Ryan who fired out a 140,000-chip continuation-bet as the rolled off on the turn. Gorr again checked, along with Ryan as the landed on the river.
With the action on Gorr, he slid in a bet of 300,000 to force Ryan's cards into the muck to slip to roughly 1,400,000.
Hand #103: James Keys made it 90,000 from the cutoff and David Gorr made the call before both players checked the flop as the landed on the turn.
Gorr checked and Keys fired out 150,000 to collect the pot.
Hand #104: James Keys received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #105: Jeff Rossiter received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #106: Michael Ryan opened to 90,000 from under the gun and James Keys three-bet to 220,000 from the button.
A visibly distressed Ryan asked if Keys had him covered before quickly folding his hand.
Hand #107: James Keys opened to 240,000 from the cutoff.
"Was that a mis-click?" asked Jeff Rossiter referring to his 4-big blind open.
A laughing Keys stated yes, but it would be Michael Ryan who would be the most happiest at his mis-click as he moved all in for 1,375,000 from the big blind to force a fold from Keys.
Hand #108: From the button, David Gorr raised to 200,000. Everyone folded.
Hand #109: Jeff Rossiter got a walk in the big blind.
Hand #110: James Keys raised from the button to 130,000, not mis-clicking this time. Everyone folded and he won the pot.
Hand #111: Jeff Rossiter raised to 140,000. Michael Ryan called from the big blind and the flop came down . Ryan led out for 200,000 and Rossiter folded.
Hand #112: Jeff Rossiter raised preflop for the second hand in a row. He made it 140,000 from under the gun. Everyone folded and he won the pot.
Hand #113: David Gorr raised to 130,000. He was under the gun and action folded to Jeff Rossiter in the big blind. He three-bet to 360,000 and won the pot.
Hand #114: Michael Ryan raised to 130,000 from under the gun to win the blinds and antes.
Hand #115: Action folded to David Gorr in the small blind and he raised to 130,000. Michael Ryan called from the big blind and would have position for the entire hand.
The flop came down and both players checked to see the fall on the turn. Both checked again and the fell on the river. Gorr checked and Ryan checked.
Gorr tabled the for a pair of twos. Ryan showed the for a pair of sevens. Sevens are greater than twos and Ryan won the pot.
Right now, the average chip stack of 3.605 million is just over 60 big blinds deep. That means we could be here for a while.
Hats off to the Crown tournament staff for incorporating two dealers into action in order to speed things up. Two dealers working and two-hour levels with deep stacks should allow for some very creative play if these players choose to mix things up.