Masa Kagawa raised to 14,000 from the hijack seat, and Andrew Robl called on the button. Everyone else folded, and the flop came down . Kagawa bet 15,000, and Robl called.
The turn was the , and Kagawa fired 36,000. Robl called.
The river was the , and Kagawa checked. Robl took his time, and then double-fisted a bet of 141,000. Kagawa took about 45 seconds, but then gave it up.
Winfred Yu had dwindled to just 31,000 when he raised the pot (25,500) from middle position. Action folded around to Chris Lee in the big blind and he reluctantly put in a three-bet, which prompted Yu to call off his last 5,500.
Lee:
Yu:
Yu was ahead, and that's exactly where he stayed as the board ran out . With that, Yu doubled and pulled nearly even with Lee.
Action folded to the small blind where Igor Kurganov sat, and he raised to 15,000. Masa Kagawa made the call out of the big blind, and the flop came down . Kurganov fired 17,500, and Kagawa called.
The turn was the , and Kurganov slowed down with a check. Kagawa fired 30,000, and Kurganov gave it up.
The remaining nine players seem intent on making the final table of eight, at which point play will come to an end for the night. With that said, action is tight and there haven't been any notable pots since the players combined to one table.
Winfred Yu opened for 11,5000 from under the gun and received call from Masa Kagawa and Dan Shak on the button and big blind respectively. Two checks on the flop saw Kagawa bet 18,000, only Shak called, and the appeared on the turn. Both players checked, and then Shak led out for 35,000 on the river.
Kagawa was having none of it and quickly mucked, prompting Shak to flash for a full house.
Vanessa Selbst raised to 11,000 from under the gun, and Winfred Yu reraised all in for 46,500 on the button. Play folded back to Selbst, and she made the call.
Selbst tabled the , but she was behind the that Yu held.
The flop came down and put Selbst in front. The turn was the to keep her in the lead, but the on the river gave Yu just what he needed to spike the double up.