Josh Arieh raised from the hijack seat, and Guillaume Rivet three-bet from the button. Arieh called, and he check-raised the flop. He and Rivet put in two small bets apiece, and Arieh led the betting after the turn and river. Rivet called the turn bet, but he surrendered after the river, and Arieh dragged the pot.
He's won two or three pots in the last few hands now, and he's feeling it. "Holy heaters, Batman!" he piped up. Yep, he said that. He's suddenly one of the big stacks, sitting pretty with 950,000.
Riding the rush, Josh Arieh opened with a raise. Viacheslav Zhukov three-bet, Todd Barlow four-bet, Arieh folded, Zhukov capped it at five bets, and Barlow called all in for 130,000 total.
Showdown
Zhukov:
Barlow:
Aces vs. aces, and the pot would be a chop. The board came , and the aces held up.
George Lind raised from the cutoff, and Josh Arieh defended his big blind. Arieh check-called a bet on the flop, and it checked through the turn and river.
Lind's was the scooper, and he's up to 670,000. Arieh is still well up from his dinner-break count, but he's fallen back a step to about 800,000.
Richard Ashby, Mikael Thuritz and Todd Barlow all saw a flop of . The action checked to Ashby who bet, and Thuritz check-raised to two bets. Barlow cold-called, Ashby tossed in the extra bet, and the turn was the . Thuritz led out, and only Ashby called.
The river was the , and Thuritz led again. Ashby surrendered, releasing his hand, and the pot was shipped to Thuritz.
The action folded to Todd Barlow who raised on the button, and Richard Ashby made it two bets from the small blind. Barlow moved all in for a total of 75,000, and Ashby quickly called.
Barlow:
Ashby:
The flop gave Ashby a gut-shot straight draw, and despite the fact that Barlow held one of the for queens, the slammed on the turn. The on the river was irrelevant, and Barlow was eliminated from the tournament.
On a flop, Jason Steinberg got his last 220,000 chips into the middle. Josh Arieh had the covering stack and the best hand, calling with . Steinberg was working with , and he needed to improve to stay alive.
The turn was a miss, but the river was the life saver. "Straight!" Steinberg realized after a momement, and he's found his double. Mark him down for 500,000 now, while Arieh slides back to 475,000.
Josh Arieh limped in from late position, Viacheslav Zhukov raised from the button, Richard Ashby called from the big blind, and Arieh splashed the extra bet into the pot for a three-way.
The flop rolled out , and Arieh took the lead. Zhukov called the bet, Ashby check-folded, and the hit the turn. Arieh bet again, and he did so one more time after the river. Zhukov called both times, and those were chips he'd not get back.
Arieh turned over , and that's a scooper. Just like that, he's back up to 890,000, while Zhukov slips to about 1.19 million.
Josh Arieh commented on the fact that the whole table is sweating the noise from the Event #8 final table in the arena nearby. He asked if they could take a break while that event finishes up, and everyone at the table liked the idea. We're taking our break one level early, and the players have been granted 20 minutes to go sweat the action or find a smoke spot.
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flop. He and Rivet put in two small bets apiece, and Arieh led the betting after the 
turn and 
river. Rivet called the turn bet, but he surrendered after the river, and Arieh dragged the pot.
, and the aces held up.
river.
was the scooper, and he's up to 670,000. Arieh is still well up from his dinner-break count, but he's fallen back a step to about 800,000.
. The action checked to Ashby who bet, and Thuritz check-raised to two bets. Barlow cold-called, Ashby tossed in the extra bet, and the turn was the 
. Thuritz led out, and only Ashby called.
, and Thuritz led again. Ashby surrendered, releasing his hand, and the pot was shipped to Thuritz.
flop, Jason Steinberg got his last 220,000 chips into the middle. Josh Arieh had the covering stack and the best hand, calling with 
was the life saver. "Straight!" Steinberg realized after a momement, and he's found his double. Mark him down for 500,000 now, while Arieh slides back to 475,000.
