Isaac Haxton raised to 48,000 in the cutoff with 
and Nicolas Fierro three-bet to 126,000 from the big blind with 
.
Haxton called, landing a 
flop to the board. Fierro checked to Haxton and he bet a healthy 180,000. Fierro folded, giving Haxton the pot.
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Leonid Bilokur opened with a raise to 52,000 holding 
, and the action came to Jason Koon in the small blind. When we saw that he was dealt 
, we knew the fireworks were coming, and the chip leader three-bet to 165,000. Bilokur took pause to make sure, then four-bet all in for 1.274 million total.
"I call," Koon said without much inflection as the decision essentially made itself. Bilokur was at-risk, but he was a slight favorite to drag the huge pot with his pocket pair.
The 
flop was clean for Bilokur's jacks, but Koon picked up some outs as the 
turned him a wheel draw. He was drawing to an ace, king, or trey for the knockout, but the 
river was a blank.
With a pump of the fist, Bilokur has doubled his way into the chip lead!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,590,000
1,292,000
|
1,292,000 |
|
1,660,000
-1,312,000
|
-1,312,000 |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,590,000 | |
|
|
1,662,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,045,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
||
|
900,000
144,000
|
144,000 |
|
|
||
|
846,000
-135,000
|
-135,000 |
|
354,000
-36,000
|
-36,000 |
Leonid Bilokur raised to 60,000 from the small blind with 
and Jonathan Duhamel called from the big blind with 
.
The flop came down 
and both checked. The 
hit the turn and Bilokur's bet of 81,000 was called by Duhamel, landing the on the river. They cheked it down and Bilokur took the pot with his better kicker.
Jonathan Duhamel opened to 55,000 with , but Nicolas Fierro found 
on the button. He reraised to 129,000, and Duhamel tanked and folded.
Jason Koon opened to 51,000 in early position with 
and Jonathan Duhamel defended his big blind with 
.
The flop came down 
and Duhamel check-called 60,000 from Koon to see the turn. Both checked, landing the on the river. They checked it and Duhamel took it down with his nines.
Jason Koon raised under the gun with 
, making it 54,000 to go. On the button, Leonid Bilokur woke up with , and he reraised to 116,000 with position. Nicolas Fierro was in the big blind with 
, but he decided to lay it down rather than being stuck in the middle. Koon made the call, though, and off they went to the flop.
It came 
, and Koon check-called a 115,000-chip continuation bet. That brought them to the 
turn, and Bilokur fired another 270,000 at the pot. Koon check-called fairly quickly once again, and the 
completed the board. When it did, Bilokur shoved all in for the ~1.1 million chips Koon had left.
Koon said something like, "I was for sure calling," quietly, but he wasn't so sure he wanted to call off his whole stack. He tried to make some small talk with Bilokur, furrowing his brow and trying to work out what was what. After a couple minutes, he laid it down.
"Was it a bluff?" he asked as the players stepped away from the table for the break.
The players are on a 15-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,443,000
853,000
|
853,000 |
|
|
1,038,000
-624,000
|
-624,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
990,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
919,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
|
731,000
-169,000
|
-169,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
276,000
-78,000
|
-78,000 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 4,000
Govert Metaal shoved for 272,000 under the gun holding 
. Jonathan Duhamel called on the button with , but Nicolas Fierro looked at in the small blind. He re-raised all in and chased Duhamel out.
The board ran out 
, no help to Metaal and ending his tournament in sixth place.
