Craig Sabel was all in in the big blind and called in two spots. The flop of was checked around. On the turn of the , Spencer Lawrence bet and George Guzman got out the way.
Lawrence:
Sabel:
The river was enough to give Lawrence queens full and send Sabel home in seventh place.
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The final six players have divided themselves into three big stacks (Luu, Lawrence and Guzman) and three very short stacks (Falconer, Pritchard and Jamison), and they are playing accordingly.
Most of the short stacks are playing very tight and trying to either find a premium hand to double up with, or perhaps jump another spot in the prize payouts.
The big stacks on the other hand are three very aggressive players. Guzman and Luu especially have been very loose and are prepared to splash around to put pressure on the short stacks.
It's a very interesting dynamic at the table at the moment, but the short stacks are going to have to make a move soon while they still have a choice!
Preflop, the action was capped between James Pritchard and Spencer Lawrence. On the flop of , Pritchard put the last of his chips in the middle. Spencer made the call.
Pritchard:
Lawrence:
Pritchard flopped the wheel. The turn and river helped neither player and Pritchard doubled up to around 350,000 in chips.
In a monster pot Spencer Lawrence turned the nuts on a board of against Thang Luu. Lawrence raised Luu's bet on the turn, and Luu called, before they both checked the dangerous-looking river.
Lawrence showed for the nut straight which was good as Luu flashed K-Q before tossing his cards into the muck.
The huge pot was sent to Lawrence as he claims the chip lead with a little over 700,000 in chips.
Chris Falconer raised it up from the button and Thang Luu made the call from the big blind.
The flop came and Luu bet enough to put Falconer all in. He made the call and tabled against the of Luu.
The turn was a repeat and river to give Falconer the high and low hands to scoop and move to around 180,000 much to the delight of his buddies cheering him on from the rail of the Milwaukee's Best Light Bar.
Spencer Lawrence made it three bets to go preflop and received a call from George Guzman.
Guzman bet the flop of and received a call from Lawrence. When the turn of the fell, Guzman checked and Lawrence bet. Guzman made the call. The river card of the was checked around and Lawrence showed for aces up. Guzman missed his low draw and Lawrence moves up to over 1.2 million in chips.