Robert Mizrachi, Nicolas Levi, Michael Benvenuti and Jarred Solomon all saw the flop of . Action checked around and the came on the turn. A raising war between Mizrachi and Benvenuti came next, culminating with Mizrachi all in for his tournament life.
Mizrachi:
Benvenuti:
It was all over for Mizrachi as the river was irrelevant, ending his tournament.
McLean Karr raised to 36,000 from the cutoff and Jonathan Jaffe made the call from the big blind. Jaffe then checked the flop, Karr bet 32,000, and Jaffe check-raised to 80,000. Karr thought a moment before putting in a three-bet and Jaffe called all in for a total of 270,000.
Karr:
Jaffe:
Jaffe had made a big call to catch Karr in a bluff, but he still needed to dodge the two overs. He did so when the hit the turn, leaving just the river. As fate would have it, the rolled off and allowed Jaffe to double through Karr.
Toby Lewis opened for 43,000 from the cutoff and Amir Lehavot popped it to 110,000. Lews potted, which was enough to go all in. Lehavot called and the cards were tabled.
Showdown:
Lehavot:
Lewis:
The board ran and Lehavot flopped the nut flush and elminated Lews from the tournament. Lehavot has broke the million chip mark.
Jarred Solomon attempted to raise preflop, but was forced to call after he failed to put in enough chips. Jonathan Jaffe then put in a raise to 65,000 and Solomon smooth-called. When the flop fell , Solomon check-called a bet of 90,000, leading to the on the turn.
Solomon led out for 90,000, Jaffe made it 200,000, and Solomon made the call. When the hit the river, Solomon check-called Jaffe's all-in bet of about 240,000 and showed for a flopped set of aces. It was good as Jaffe showed the inferior . Jaffe was eliminated in 10th place as the final table bubble boy.
The remaining nine players have relocated to the ESPN Feature Table area. After the redraw tournament officials decided it would be best to go on dinner break now. Action is set to resume at 8 p.m. PST as we hope to crown a a new champion tonight.
Players are back in their seats here on the ESPN main stage. The arena is slowly filling with spectators as the floor is making player introductions. The final table will commence in just a few minutes as the remaining nine players attempt to capture the $573,456 first-place prize.