Atsushi Nineki raised to 120,000 in the small blind, and Kevin Martin said he was all in from the big. Nineki went into the tank for about a minute and then called.
Nineki: 
Martin: 
"Argh," Nineki muttered when a 
flop hit the board, pairing Martin's nine and giving him a big lead. The 
turn and the 
river were bricks for Nineki, and he took his leave in third.
Martin has roughly a 2-1 lead as heads-up play begins.
Kevin Martin opened with a raise to 80,000 and Paul Sampson called in the small blind.
Both players checked down the 
board until Sampson moved all in and Martin called.
Sampson: 
Martin: 
With Sampson's bluff being picked off by Martin, he hit the rail in 4th place.
Atsushi Nineki shoved all in on the button for 315,000, and Steve Nevius called in the big blind.
Nineki: 
Nevius:
Nevius was disappointed to see he was dominated, and though Nineki left his seat, he quickly returned to it after 
flopped. The turn meant he was locked in and a meaningless hit the river.
Level: 22
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Lindsey Fross was all in for 10,000 on his big blind and Steve Nevius limped in, as did Paul Sampson and Atsushi Nineki from the button and small blind.
Nevius bet out 50,000 on the 
flop and only Sampson called as the 
and 
on the turn and river was checked down.
Fross tabled his 
, Sampson his 
and Nevius his 
to scoop the pot and eliminate Fross in 5th place.
Lindsey Fross opened to 115,000 in the cutoff and Kevin Martin shoved all in for 555,000. Fross called and the cards were tabled.
Fross:
Martin:
The board ran out 
and Martin doubled to over 1.1 million as Fross was left with just four antes.
Paul Sampson opened to 100,000 from the cutoff and Kevin Martin committed his last 435,000 from the big blind with Sampson calling.
Sampson: 
Martin: 
The board ran out 
and Martin doubled back to just under one million.
Kevin Martin opened to 60,000 from the cutoff and Paul Sampson called in the small blind.
The flop fell 
and Martin continued for 85,000 with Sampson check-calling as the rolled off on the turn.
Sampson checked, Martin bet 105,000 and Sampson check-raised all in having Martin covered.
Eventually Martin folded his face up and Sampson showed his 
for turned trips.
Lindsey Fross opened to 100,000 and Brett Gordon moved all in from the small blind for 245,000 with Fross calling.
Fross:
Gordon:
The board ran out 
to see Gordon eliminated in 6th place for a $756 payday.
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