The action was folded to the cutoff who raised to 1,800 and Mike Leah defended his big blind. The flop fell and Leah check-called a bet of 2,100 from his opponent.
When the dangerous looking landed on the turn, Leah led out for 5,000, only to have his opponent raise to 13,000. Leah stuck around to see the lonely on the river.
Both players checked and Leah pounded his on the table face up. His opponent turned over for a pair of nines. Leah chuckled as he flashed his other card, the , avoiding a flush over flush scenario.
There have a been a few players to soar past the 100,000 chip mark as of late. Sharman Olshan has continued to dominate her table with some aggressive poker and is nearly up to 150,000 now.
With around 4,000 in the middle and the flop reading , Demosthenes Kiriopoulos checked from the big blind. His opponent bet 1,600 from the hijack and Kiriopoulos pushed all in for 14,900. His opponent thought for a minute, shrugged his shoulders, and tossed in a call.
Kiriopoulos flopped a straight with , leaving his opponent drawing slim with . The turn was the providing a sweat, but the on the river sent a full double up towards Kiriopoulos.
With around 11,000 in the pot preflop, the board read . Mike Farrow led out for 3,600 from the big blind and Lucas Greenwood called from the cutoff.
The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. Farrow checked again and Greenwood made a bet of 12,000. Farrow called and Greenwood turned over for a missed straight draw, and Farrow took the pot with .
In the next hand, Greenwood opened to 1,500 from the hijack and Farrow three-bet to 4,300 from the small blind. With the action back on Greenwood, he shipped all in for around 24,000. Farrow quickly called and the hands were tabled.
Mike Farrow:
Lucas Greenwood:
The board ran out and Farrow's pair of jacks held up to eliminate Greenwood.
A couple of players to register over the dinner break include Kevin MacPhee, Mike Leah, and Thomas Taylor. Leah was already questioning when the promotional high-hand draws would take place, which will be at the next break.
"I have to stay here that long?" Leah questioned with a laugh. He will need to make his chip stack last long enough to be eligible for the draws.
Faced with a raise to 1,300 from early position, Katie Lindsay stuck in a three-bet to 3,000 from middle position and was called by the cutoff and the initial raiser.
The flop came and the action was checked to Lindsay who continued for 3,000. The cutoff moved all in for around 13,000 and the player in early position folded. Lindsay instantly tossed in a chip to call and the hands were tabled.
Lindsay was well in front with , while her opponent showed . The turn brought the giving Lindsay a full house and her opponent was drawing dead to the on the river.
Registration has officially closed with the tournament clock reading a total of 290 entries. There are currently 170 players remaining and the prizepool and payouts will be posted when it becomes available.