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Seat 1: Terrence Chan - 1,035,000
Seat 3: Georgios Kapalas - 130,000
Seat 4: Matthew Matros - 215,000
Seat 5: Adrian Dresel-Velasquez - 405,000
Seat 6: Jameson Painter - 185,000
Seat 7: Jason Potter - 70,000
Seat 8: Ahmad Abghari - 430,000
Seat 9: Roberto Truijers - 330,000
Georgios Kapalas and Jason Potter (big blind) entered into a preflop raising war which left Potter with just 8,000 behind.
"I wager 8,000 in the dark," declared Potter braveley. "I am crazy."
Kapalas called in the dark. "Oh my God," responded Potter. "A call in the dark?!"
As the 
flop was dealt, the players revealed their cards, 
versus 
.
"I got the freeroll!" exclaimed Potter like an excitable child on Christmas Day.
"I don't like the freeroll," replied his foe stoically.
The 
turn elicited oohs from the crowd, but it was in vain as the river came a harmless 
to chop it up.
Jason Potter must be a Star Trek fan as, despite constant threats on his tournament life, he's continuing to clingon. Just moments ago, Potter raised preflop, Terrence Chan three-bet, Potter four-bet and Chan called. Chan then check-called a bet on the 
flop, but folded when Potter moved all in for 23,000 on the 
turn.
Terrence Chan raised in the cutoff and Georgios Kapalas three-bet from the button. Chan called, and they were at the flop.
The action went check-bet-call all the way down the 
board, with various amounts of dwelling up from both players. When they turned the cards over, Kapalas' 
looked to be good, as Chan just mucked, dropping his chip leading stack to under 900,000.
Kapalas was up to 307,000.
Roberto Truijers raised under the gun and found himself facing a reraise from Matt Matros in the hijack. It folded back to Truijers who called, and they saw some more cards.
The action went Truijers check/ Matros bet/ Truijers call down every street of the 
board and Matros turned over some rather pretty . Truijers mucked and was down to 175,000.
Jameson Painter raised, and everyone folded. Over at the rail, there was cheering.
"Take it down, take it down, bravo! Pumpkiiiiiiinnnn!"
While play has been progressing at a steady pace on our final table, the Pumpkinites have been slowly trickling in.
We remember Painter's fan club from when he finaled the $2,000 Limit Hold'em event last year. Presumably they also made it out for his $2,500 2-7 final table last week, although we didn't witness that one in person. Either way, there are eight or nine avid Painter fans railing right now, all wearing orange and waving a banner that says "I Love Pumpkin". Some of them are wearing t-shirts bearing the legend "WWJRPD". Also railing, although not keeping with the color scheme, is Jimmy Fricke.
Painter raised it up the next hand as well and this time Georgios Kapalas called in the big blind to see a flop which he checked. Painter bet, Kapalas folded, and the rail got terribly excited.
"Yayyyyy!" came the chorus. "O-range, orange! Way to go, Pumpkin!"
A big three-handed pot emerged as Terrence Chan opened, Matthew Matros raised, Adrian Dresel-Velasquez four-bet and both opponents called.
On the 
flop, the action checked around to Dresel-Velasquez who led for 15,000, only for Chan to make it 30,000, and Matros 45,000. With his hands on his head, Dresel-Velasquez sat back in his chair before eventually folding, and Chan made the call.
The turn came a 
, and led to a check-raise from Chan. Matros called. On the river, Matros called a single bet, only to see that his 
had been out-setted by Chan's . However, it was a bittersweet victory for Chan who could easily have crippled Matros - if not eliminated him - if it weren't for the turn scare card.
Georgios Kapalas raised and then called the reraise from immediate neighbor Matt Matros.
Kapalas check-called on the 
flop and checked a second time on the turn; this time Matros checked behind. He bet out on the 
river though and Matros called, only to discover that Kapalas had been attempting some sneakiness with 
for trips. He mucked.
Matros - 300,000
Kapalas - 450,000
Georgios Kapalas made an opening raise, and Jameson "Pumpkin" Painter reraised all in for just 3,000 more.
"Yeah, quad up!" shouted a member of the Pumpkin rail.
Ahmad Abghari in the small blind and Roberto Truijers in the big blind both called, and after briefly pretending that he might fold, to some amusement around the table, Kapalas called too.
The three players not all in just checked down the 
board and the all-in Painter was first to turn over his cards - {qc] for two pair. One by one, his opponents all mucked. The rail went wild as Painter did indeed quadruple up, to 132,000.
