Rich Alsup limped the button and Derek Dempster checked his option.
The flop fell 
and Dempster led for 150,000. Alsup raised to 450,000 and Dempster fired back, making it 850,000. Alsup called and the turn was the 
. Dempster checked and folded after Alsup made it 450,000.
With that hand, Alsup has now taken a stranglehold on the heads-up match.
Level: 31
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 20,000
Ric Cacho shoved the button for just 375,000 and Rich Alsup made the call.
Derek Dempster then made it 1 million and Alsup let it go.
Cacho: 
Dempster: 
Depmster's lead got bigger on the 
flop and held through the 
turn and 
river to send Cacho packing third.
Derek Dempster made it 250,000 from the button and Shaun Burnett shipped it in from the big blind for 1.5 million.
After a minute in the tank, Dempster called with the 
, putting Burnett at risk with the 
.
Sevens held on a 
board and Burnett bowed out fourth.
Hamid Feiz shipped the button for 450,000 and Shaun Burnett looked him up from the small blind with 
.
Feiz' 
was dominated and Burnett held on the 
run out to eliminate him in fifth.
Level: 30
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 10,000
Chip leader Rich Alsup has spent the last 15 minutes on a heater, opening liberally and three-betting regularly on the way up and over the 3 million chip mark and building on his lead without much in the way of showdown.
After some technical difficulties, play resumes with 15 minutes remaining in Level 29.
Hamid Feiz made it 200,000 from the cutoff and Rich Alsup shoved the small blind.
Feiz called with 
and was miles ahead of Alsup's .
The flop changed little, making them both aces up. The 
turn was a brick, but the river was a miracle for Alsup, making him a boat and doubling him up through Feiz.
Level: 29
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
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