Bill Rogers and Mike Ermie played a huge pot that made Rogers the chip leader and left Ermie under 1-million chips. Ermie raised from the button preflop to 280,000 and Rogers called. The flop came and Rogers checked. Ermie bet 300,000 and Rogers called. The turn was the and Rogers shoved all in for 2,300,000. Ermie tanked for a while, asking Rogers if he wanted a call or not. Finally Ermie called and showed . Rogers showed for a flopped flush and wins a massive pot, putting him in the chip lead, clear of 2nd place Michael Ferrarotti by 2-million chips.
Linda Callear raised to 275,000 and Bill Rogers went all in. Callear called with and Rogers showed . The board ran out and Callear was eliminated.
To date, only one woman has won an MSPT event, and Callear's effort comes up just short with a 4th place finish. Meanwhile, Rogers continues to run all over the table with two eliminations in back-to-back hands.
Santiago Vila got all in with Bill Rogers preflop. Vila had versus the of Rogers. The board ran out and Rogers won the hand with a two pair, jacks and eights.
Ever since going down to 190,000 after losing a three-way all in with pocket aces, Rogers has been on a roll.
The players are on a five-minute break. The remaining players will return and play down to a winner. According to MSPT rules, players are not allowed to make deals so the final five will play to a winner.
Jason Smith raised to 200,000 and Jefferson Lasecki reraised all in for 670,000. Smith called. Both players held ace nine, but smith held and that would make all the difference as the board came . Smith went runner, runner for a flush and eliminated Lasecki.
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and Rogers checked. Ermie bet 300,000 and Rogers called. The turn was the 
and Rogers shoved all in for 2,300,000. Ermie tanked for a while, asking Rogers if he wanted a call or not. Finally Ermie called and showed 
. Rogers showed 
for a flopped flush and wins a massive pot, putting him in the chip lead, clear of 2nd place Michael Ferrarotti by 2-million chips.
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and Callear was eliminated.
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of Rogers. The board ran out 
and Rogers won the hand with a two pair, jacks and eights.
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and Ermie won the pot, eliminating Smith and giving Ermie almost 5-million chips.
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. Smith went runner, runner for a flush and eliminated Lasecki.
