The players are off for another 15-minute break, stacking up thusly as they leave:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,900,000 | 1,100,000 |
|
2,970,000 | -430,000 |
|
1,455,000 | -165,000 |
|
1,185,000 | -315,000 |
On a flop of 
, Jeremy Ausmus bet 180,000 holding 
only to be raised to 300,000 from Victor Ramdin, who held 
. Ausmus, who has often folded in such situations, decided to push back to the tune of 650,000. The pressure was too much for Ramdin and he laid down his hand.
Victor Ramdin and Taylor von Kriegenbergh created a pot of 675,000 preflop holding 
and 
respectively. Both players proceeded to check the 
flop, which was followed by the 
on the turn.
At this point, Ramdin led out for 400,000 with his flush draw and von Kriegenbergh called behind with his pair of sevens. The 
on the river was interesting as it gave both players aces and nines, but Ramdin's king-kicker was best. Ramdin opted to check and von Kriegenbergh wisely followed suit. Ship a 1.65 million pot to Ramdin.
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Taylor von Kriegenbergh opened to 115,000 from the button with ace-ten, but he wasn't going to get a flop. In the small blind, Jeremy Ausmus stuck in a raise to 330,000, and that was enough to take down the pot right there.
Jeremy Ausmus raised preflop with the 
and was called by Taylor von Kriegenbergh's 
in the big blind. When the flop fell 
, von Kriegenbergh checked, Ausmus c-bet, and von Kriegenbergh folded.
Victor Ramdin raised under the gun, and he was called by both blinds as Jeremy Ausmus and Joe Hachem came along from the small and big respectively.
Ramdin: 
Ausmus: 
Hachem: [?] [?]
The 
flop gave Ramdin top pair, and he continued out with a bet. Ausmus check-called, while Hachem ducked out of the way, and it was heads up to the turn. Now both Ramdin and Ausmus checked, and the 
landed on the river. Ramdin's 225,000-chip value bet went uncalled on the end as Ausmus made another good laydown with second pair.
This Ausmus kid knows what he's doing, playing with nearly half the chips in play here four-handed.
Jeremy Ausmus raised to 115,000 from the button with 
and was called by the 
of Victor Ramdin in the big blind. Both players checked the 
flop leading to the 
on the turn. Both players checked again and the hit the river, giving Ausmus two pair and Ramdin a straight.
Ramdin was first to act and fired out a bet somewhere around 150,000. Surprisingly, Ausmus folded.
Joe Hachem raised under the gun with and was called by the of Jeremy Ausmus in the big blind. When the flop came down 
, Ausmus checked, Hachem continuation bet, and Ausmus folded. Small pot to Hachem.
Action folded to Jeremy Ausmus in the small blind and he put in a small raise. Bryan Leskowitz was in the big blind with about a million in chips and decided to move all in. Ausmus snap-called and the cards were revealed:
Leskowitz: 
Ausmus:
Leskowitz was in rough shape and was looking for a king or some spades to stay alive. The flop provided none and neither did the turn. Leskowitz needed a non-club king or queen on the river to keep his title hopes alive, but it was not meant to be as the peeled off. Leskowitz was eliminated in fifth place for $100,000.
Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
