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Burford's bowl of rice found its way into the middle on the very next hand, moving all in preflop for 13,000 and being called by both blinds (Adrian Dresel-Velasquez and Jason Potter). Despite being up against two opponents, the 
board was checked down allowing Burford to pick up the pot, and a lifeline, with 
for top pair.
Level: 21
Blinds: /
Ante:
Mark Burford, his stack still looking very sad compared to his neighbors', raised under the gun. To his immediate left, Georgios Kapalas reraised. It folded back around to Burford who went all in for a mere 3,000 more; Kapalas matched his bet and they turned the cards over.
Kapalas: 
Burford: dominating with 
, although some Greeks at the rail were calling for diamonds
Flop: 
"That doesn't help Georgios," announced TD Nikki, before u-turning, "Oh wait, it does..." once she'd registered the straight draw.
Turn: 
River: bink!
Kapalas made his straight and Burford wandered off in disgust as Nikki called after him, "Hang on, Mark!"
Kapalas edged back up to 235,000.
Roberto Truijers raised in the cutoff only for Terrence Chan to three-bet from the button. Georgios Kapalas gave up his small blind and headed over to chat with his buddies at the rail, but Matthew Matros in the big blind four-bet. Truijer quickly gave it up but Chan made the call and they saw some community cards.
Matros bet out on every street of the 
board and turned over 
at the end. Chan, who'd flat-called every speed with the utmost nonchalance, flipped to take the pot.
They may have made it to the final table, and indeed this tournament has been characterized throughout by gentlemanly behavior and a jovial atmosphere, but now that they're here, our players seem to have realized that this is serious, and now they're finding fault.
Terrence Chan was asking Nikki whether the levels are the same length now they're at the final - he's concerned that with all the faffing and slowing down of the action that naturally occurs when cameras and the like are intermittently involved, they won't be getting in the same amount of hands per hour as they were previously. Nikki flatly told him that the levels remained the same throughout, and he settled down once more.
Meanwhile across the table matthew Matros was asking whether he could shift over a little now that they're eight-handed - he seemed to have a table leg or some such getting in his way where he was. He was told it didn't make any difference now, and to go ahead. Some minor shuffling ensued.
Adrian Dresel-Velasquez raised from middle position, Ahmad Abghari three-bet from the small blind and Dresel-Velasquez called.
Flop: 
Abghari bet and Dresel-Velasquez called.
Turn: 
Abghari checked, Dresel-Velasquez bet, and Aghari called.
River:
Check, check.
Abghari took the pot with 
; Dresel-Velasquez mucked.
Abgahri - 485,000
Dresel-Velasquez - 400,000
Jason Potter has hit some good form by winning two consecutive pots. On the first one, he raised under the gun and received one caller in Adrian Dresel-Velasquez in the big blind. On the 
flop, Dresel check-called one bet before checking down the 
turn. The 
river was also checked down (although hesitantly), allowing Potter to pick up the pot with pipping 
.
As the crowd applauded, Terrence Chan joked: "No, no, he missed some value bets there."
"Well, if Terrence Chan says so..." smiled Potter.
Moments later, Potter was in the mix once again, calling an under-the-gun raise from Roberto Truijers, who has, thus far, remained relatively quiet. The flop was 
and Potter check-raised before betting the turn. Truijers folded.
Potter - 225,000
Dresel-Velasquez - 365,000
Truijers - 255,000
Matt Matros (big blind) check-raised Adrian Dresel-Velasquez on a flop; Dresel-Velasquez made the call.
Matros bet out on the 
turn and Dresel-Velasquez called that too.
They saw an river and this time Matros reverted to checking. Dresel-Velasquez bet, and Matros called, but mucked when Dresel-Velasquez turned over .
Matros - down to 180,000
Dresel-Velasquez - up to 470,000
Level: 22
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Terrence Chan now has a monster chip lead with in excess of one million, which equates to over a third of the chips in play. Jason Potter remains the short stack with 75,000.
