Level: 19
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Level: 19
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Kazi Hossain opened to 35,000 on the button, and Jack Baldauff defended his big blind. The 10♠4♦3♠ flop saw Baldauff check to Hossain, who continued for 40,000.
Baldauff called and both players checked through the 6♠ turn. Baldauff took a moment after the Q♣ river before sticking in a bet of 95,000.
Hossain counted out calling chips and slid them into the middle. Baldauff tabled 8♠7♠ for a flush, taking down the pot as Hossain mucked his hand.
Josh Swails moved all in for 270,000 from under the gun, and found a call from James Cloutier in the hijack.
Josh Swails: 4♠4♥
James Cloutier: 9♠9♥
Swails turned over his inferior pocket pair, and was unable to hit the K♦Q♥3♠5♥2♦ board. Cloutier took down the pot, sending Swails out in eighth place.
James Cloutier opened to 30,000 from the cutoff, and Kazi Hossain make the call in the small blind. Jamie Thomas came along in the big blind, and the 5♣9♠8♣ flop saw all three players check.
Hossain led out for 30,000 on the 8♦ turn, and Thomas moved all in for his last 105,000. Cloutier folded before Hossain made the quick call.
Jamie Thomas: 7♠6♦
Kazi Hossain: A♦8♥
Thomas showed down his straight, with the 10♥ river confirming his double through Hossain.
Vernon Yoder moved all in from early position, and was immediately at risk when Jack Baldauff shoved on his left. The rest of the table folded, and the cards were revealed.
Vernon Yoder: A♦K♦
Jack Baldauff: K♠K♣
Yoder could not improve on the 8♥6♦5♠7♣10♥ board, falling to Baldauff's kings in ninth place.
Kazi Hossain opened to 30,000 in middle position and Jack Baldauff made the call in the small blind. Josh Swails moved all in from the big blind for 130,000, and Hossain shoved his larger stack.
Baldauff let his hand go, and the cards were turned up.
Josh Swails: J♦9♦
Kazi Hossain: 10♥10♦
Hossain's pocket paired stayed ahead through the 3♥Q♠A♣ flop, while Swails found a pair on the 9♣ turn. Swails then improved further on the J♥ river, making two pair to stay alive and double through Hossain.
Level: 18
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
The final nine players have been sent on a 15-minute break.
Action will resume with blinds of 10,000/15,000.
James Cloutier led out for 20,000 from middle position on the 10♥3♠10♦ flop, and Kazi Hossain made the call in the cutoff.
Cloutier checked the Q♣ turn, sliding in a call after Hossain fired 75,000. Another check from Cloutier followed the 6♠ river, and Hossain took some time before betting 270,000.
That represented most of Cloutier's remaining stack, as he counted his chips before opting to make the call.
"You got it," said Hossain as he held his cards out. Cloutier showed 8♠8♥ for two pair, earning a big pot right before break as Hossain mucked.