Michael Shinzaki raised to 24,000 from early position and Richard Lancaster made the call in the hijack. The blinds folded and the two went to a flop of .
Shinzaki checked and Lancaster fired 46,000. Shinzaki made the call and the turn fell the . This time Shinzaki came out firing with a bet of 94,000. Lancaster took his time before sliding out a call.
The river was the and Shinzaki fired again, this time for 130,000. Lancaster again made the call. Shinzaki had obviously been caught with his hand in the cookie jar as he didn't showdown his cards and instead simply tossed them into the muck.
"Do I have to show?" asked Lancaster. The answer was no, so Lancaster raked in the huge pot without showdown! He's now over the 1 million chip mark and into the lead as Shinzaki slips to 350,000.
Michael Shinzaki opened to 30,000 from the cutoff and was called by Ke Sijia in the big blind. Both players checked the flop, as well as the turn and river.
Sijia flipped over his first and Shinzaki simply tossed his cards into the muck.
Assadour Assadourian is probably the third most popular player on the final table, behind locals Richard Lancaster and Lance Climo. He gave his cheering section something to be excited about when he took down a pot against Jason Brown recently.
Preflop, Jason Brown opened from the cutoff to 33,000 and Assadourian called from the big blind. They took a heads up flop and both checked.
The hit the turn and Assadourian bet out 40,000 with Brown making the flat call. When the river hit Assadourian once again bet 40,000 and Brown made the call.
Assadourian tabled and his fans cheered in delight as Brown mucked his hand.
Simon Watt opened to 28,000 from the cutoff and Michael Shinzaki made the call in the big blind.
The flop was and action checked to Watt who followed up with a continuation bet of 35,000 chips. Shinzaki made the call. The two then checked down the turn and river.
"One pair," said Shinzaki and flipped . It was good as Watt flashed .
Gerome Guitteau is getting rather active recently, as he's opened several pots in a row. When he raised to 42,000 from the hijack position he found some resistance from Jason Brown who made the call in the small blind.
They saw a flop and Guitteau took it down with a bet of 82,000.
Preflop, Assadour Assadourian opened from the cutoff to 40,000 chips, and Simon Watt three bet to 100,000 from the button. Assadourian called and they took a flop. Assadourian checked and Watt announced all in.
Assadourian went into the tank and eventually laid it down. Assadourian has 260,000, Watt moves up to 540,000.
Preflop, Gerome Guitteau opened to 42,000 and Michael Shinzaki pushed all in from the big blind.
Guitteau asked for a count and the dealer confirmed that Shinzaki was all in for for 340,000 more. Guitteau made the call.
Shinzaki:
Guitteau:
The flop came to leave Shinzaki drawing thin. The turn and river were not enough to get him over the line and he becomes the first player eliminated from the final table.
Guitteau takes back the chip lead at 1,400,000 in chips.