Steve Yea made it 25,000 to go and Susumu Toge made the call out of the big blind.
On a flop of Toge moved all in for 75,000 and Yea made the call.
Toge:
Yea:
Yea was in the lead with ace high and both held straight draws. The straight wouldn't be filled when the and fell on the turn and river, to see Toge eliminated in fifth place for $36,000.
As Yea raked in the pot, it sent him to over 1,300,000 in chips and he now has more than half the chips in play.
There's been absolutely no slack in the pace of bust-outs. Cicurel Didier is the latest player to make his exit from the final table. He moved all in after Neil Arce made a standard opening raise. The amount of the bet was about 125,000 more back to Arce. He called.
Didier:
Arce:
Didier was in prime position for a double-up as long as he could fade an ace. The flop was disastrous, coming down . When the turn fell , Didier's runner-runner outs were gone. He needed a jack, and only a jack, to avoid elimination. The river was not a jack; it was the , giving Arce a full house and all of Didier's chips.
Neil Arce completed his small blind and Casey Kastle checked his option. Both players checked the flop of , and when the fell on the turn Arce led out for 21,000 with Kastle making the call.
The river of the went check, check, with Kastle tabling to take the pot down and move to over 540,000 in chips.
The action was limped preflop between small blind Casey Kastle and big blind Steve Yea. Both players checked the flop of . When the hit the turn, Kastle took a stab at the pot with a bet of 20,000. Yea quickly raised to 50,000. Kastle smirked and folded.
Out of the break, Casey Kastle had the button. He raised to 40,000 and was called by Neil Arce. Arce checked the flop, then folded to a bet of 50,000 from Kastle.
Steve Yea was the preflop aggressor this time, raising to 30,000. Casey Kastle called from the big blind to see a flop of . Kastle checked to Yea, who fired out 45,000 chips. Kastle called.
Both players checked down the rest of the way, with the turn coming and the river falling . Kastle showed for a pair of aces and the winner.