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Once again there was no raising before the flop. The three combatants: Sam Stein, Y. Jamal and Tom Marchese. Action passed to Marchese on a ragged flop of 
. His bet of 275,000 was check-raised by Stein to 785,000. It was enough to fold Jamal, but Marchese called to see another card.
The turn was the 
. Stein fired out more than a million chips and got the quick fold from Marchese.
. Marchese took a stab with a bet of 180,000 but quickly folded to Clemente's 440,000-chip raise.
Tom Marchese must feel a bit snakebit at the moment. After losing several all in hands back to back, he opened a pot with a pre-flop raise. Small blind Sam Stein and big blind Y. Jamal both called to a flop of 
. Stein led out with a bet. Without waiting for a count both Jamal and Marchese folded.
, and Daniel Clemente called all in with 
. The 
flop gave Clemente a gutshot straight draw to go with his ace-high. The on the turn was a blank for both. Clemente just needed to dodge a jack or an eight on the river, but even better, he hit the 
to fill his straight and double through Marchese for a second time.
. Marchese was using his stack to pressure Clemente with the 
. Clemente was all in for 1,120,000, or seven big blinds.
and Clemente was able to double up at the expense of Marchese.
Tom Marchese didn't get to hold onto all of those cihps very long. He opened a pot with a raise, then snap-called after big blind Y. Jamal moved all in.
"We have a race," announced the tournament director. It was Jamal's 
against Marchese's 
.
For what it's worth, Jamal has developed quite a following of people who previously didn't know him. Whatever the reason, they were on their feet and cheering after a flop of 
paired Jamal's king. That pair held on a turn 
and river 
to give Jamal the pot.
Four-handed play continues.
. Clemente called again.. Marchese bet 825,000, then snap-called after the larger-stacked Clemente moved all in. It was so bad, in fact, that after the reveal Clemente was only drawing to a chop.
.
Sam Stein fired 260,000 on a 
flop, and Y. Jamal called.
The turn was the 
, and Sam bet out 410,000. Jamal flat called again.
The river brought the interesting , putting four to a straight and a flush on the board. Stein bet a small 630,000 into the 1.4 million pot. "I've got a monster," said Jamal, looking tortured. He went deep into the tank, where he eventually found a fold. More chips pushed Stein's way.
Daniel Clemente folded, and Sam Stein opened on the button to 350,000. Y. Jamal reraised from the small blind to 780,000. Then Tom Marchese cold four-bet shoved. Stein quickly got out of the way, and Jamal asked for a count. It would be another 2,605,000 for Jamal to call. He gave it a minute of thought before surrendering to Marchese.
