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Due to various production arrangements, our updates have been pushed back a bit. We'll start bringing you all the action in about 15 minutes.
Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 2,000
Before play began, Kristy took to her trusty mic to give you a preview of the final table. Check it out:
In the first hand of the final table, action folded to Victor Ramdin in the cutoff and he put in a standard raise with . Santiago Nadal looked down at in the big blind and he three-bet. Ramdin quickly folded and the first pot went to Nadal.
Govert Metaal moved all in for 150,000 with and received a call from Bryan Leskowitz who held . The flop gave Metaal a pair of aces and the lead. The turn and flop changed nothing and Metaal doubled to 300,000.
In early position, Victor Ramdin opened to 52,000, and Joe Hachem defended his big blind with a call. Both players let the cameras peek at their cards, and it was Ramdin's with a small lead over Hachem's .
The two men both flopped pairs as the dealer spread out . Hachem checked, then called a bet of what looked like 92,000 from Ramdin. That led them to the turn, a good card for Hachem. With two pair, he fired out a cool 200,000, and Ramdin flatted with his top pair now trailing. The on the river drew checks from both players, and Hachem's two pair gives him the pot to move dangerously close to 2 million.
Action folded to Victor Ramdin in the cutoff and he raised to 58,000. Govert Metaal was next to act on the button and he moved all in for 210,000 more. Ramdin gave it some thought and decided to make the call.
Ramdi:
Metaal:
The flop was kind to Metaal but Ramdin picked up a straight draw. The turn changed nothing and neither did the river. Just like that, the short stack at the start of the day was up to about 550,000.
Taylor von Kriegenbergh opened with a raise from the cutoff seat with , and Jeremy Ausmus defended his big blind with .
Von Kriegenbergh out-flopped the big stack as the dealer spread out , but Ausmus did now have four clubs. Both players checked. The turn came the , and now Ausmus took the lead with a bet of 67,000. Von Kriegenbergh quickly called, and he snapped another 133,000 when the landed on the river. When he made the last call, Ausmus turned up his to show that he'd run down the pot.
Players are now on their first fifteen- minute break of the day.
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,000