Since we have gotten to seven handed, play has tightened up considerably, with most hands being won with one raise preflop. However, there have been a few hands that have seen a flop, and Jordan Rich has won most of them. In the first hand, Rich made it two bets, and Dale Eberle three bet from the button. The blinds folded, and Rich called. The flop came . Rich checked, then raised when Eberle bet. Eberle called, and the turn brought the . Rich bet out, and Eberle raised once again. This time, Rich reraised, and Eberle called. The river brought the , and while it looked like an action card, both players checked. Everle showed for a straight, but Rich showed for a better straight. Rich took another pot off of Stephen Bass later, and Rich is now your chip leader with over 1 million.
Mathieu Jacqmin raised in late position, and Eugene Katchalov reraised from the big blind. Jacqmin responded with a four bet, and Katchalov called. The flop came out , and Katchalov check called Jacqmin's bet. The turn came the , and this time Katchalov check folded. Katcalov lost some chips, but is still sitting in second behind Jordan Rich.
Adam Tyburski was knocked down to a short stack before the start of the hand and was subsequently eliminated in seventh place
From late position, Dale Eberle raised it up to 30,000 and Adam Tybursky re-raised to 45,000. Eberle made the call to see the flop.
Eberle checked, Tyburski bet 15,000 and Eberle called.
The turn came and Eberele checked again, Tyburski bet out 30,000, Eberele re-raised him and Tyburski called all in.
Eberle flipped over for top pair and Tyburski had for a gutshot straight draw. The river came the and Tyburski hit the rail.
We are down to our final 6 players. The players will be taking their hour long dinner break at the end of this level, and then we will be playing down to our winner.
After a few pots that were won with one raise, Eugene Katchalov has won a couple pots that have upped his stack to over a million. First, Justin Pechie raised, and Mathieu Jacqmin called on the button. Katchalov raised in the big blind, and both opponents called. The flop came , and it was checked to Jacqmin. He bet out, and Katchalov check raised. Pechie folded, and Jacqmin called. The turn brough the , and when Katchalov bet, Jacqmin folded.
The next hand, it was folded to Katcahlov in the small blind, who raised. Stephen Bass called, and the flop came . Katchalov bet out, and Bass raised. Katchalov called, and they both checked the on the turn. The river brought the , and Katchalov bet out. Bass called, and Katchalov showed for two pair. Bass folded, and Katchalov collected another pot.