Steven Merrifield raised to 33,000 under the gun and was called by Hans Winzeler in the big blind. Merrifield proceeded to check-call bets of 41,000 on the flop, and 57,000 on the turn. When the spiked on the river, Merrifield counted out big bet and slide forward 190,000.
Winzeler immediately stood from his chair and took his hat off. He clearly wasn't happy about being put to the test. Merrifield remainined still as Winzeler counted out his chips, stacked them up, and pondered the hand. Eventually he laid it down as Merrifield silently slid his cards to the dealer.
Having started the day with the chip lead, Gregory Brooks is slowly succumbing to the swings of Pot Limit Omaha and as a result has moved below 700,000 in chips.
Earlier, David Chiu raised from the button and Brooks called from the small blind to go heads-up to the flop of , which they both checked before Brooks led out for 61,000 on the turn of the . Chiu folded and Brooks picked up the pot.
A full orbit later, Mericer came out with a raise from under the gun; again, Brooks called from the small blind before leading out for 52,000 on the flop of . Mercier called, then Brooks opened for 88,000 on the turn of the .
However, Brooks laid his hand down after Mercier returned fire with a raise of 208,000. Mercier is now up to more than 1.25 million after that hand.
The action folded around to Michael "timex" McDonald who raised to 46,000 from the button before the flop; Steven Merrifield called, so off they went heads-up to the flop, which read .
Merrifield opened for 67,000, but quickly folded after McDonald bet the pot. Merrifield is now down to less than 1.8 million, while McDonald is now back up to more than 600,000 in chips.
Steven Merrifield raised to 42,000 on the button and Hans Winzeler called from the small blind. From there, both players checked the flop, leading to the on the river. Winzeler chose to led out with a 61,000 bet and put the pressure on Merrifield. The latter thought for awhile before sliding in a big stack of green T25,000 chips, enough to cover his opponent.
Winzeler didn't take long to flick his cards in the muck.
The action folded to Joseph Ressler who raised to 55,000 from the small blind before the flop; Steven Merrifield then made it another 110,000 to go from the big blind and Ressler called before checking his option on the flop of .
Merrifield quickly fired out a stack of green T25,000 chips, more than enough to put Ressler all in. Ressler sighed and then let his hand go.
With two tables of four players each, the action has slowed down here a bit. Lot's of raise folding, lots of small pots, and very few flops. No one wants to be the last out before we hit our unofficial final table of seven.
flop, and 57,000 on the 
turn. When the 
spiked on the river, Merrifield counted out big bet and slide forward 190,000.
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, which they both checked before Brooks led out for 61,000 on the turn of the 
. Chiu folded and Brooks picked up the pot.
. Mercier called, then Brooks opened for 88,000 on the turn of the 
flop, leading to the 
on the river. Winzeler chose to led out with a 61,000 bet and put the pressure on Merrifield. The latter thought for awhile before sliding in a big stack of green T25,000 chips, enough to cover his opponent.
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