Level 9
: 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Thomas Johnston limped in from middle position and saw three limps behind him from Ben Keeline in the hijack, Rickie Merritt in the cutoff, and Frank Kirkpatrick on the button. The small blind then completed and the big blind checked his option, taking action to the streets six ways.
The flop came 
and action checked to Keeline, who put out a bet of 2,500. Merritt called directly on his left and all four remaining players folded.
The turn fell 
and Keeline checked. Merritt threw out a bet of 4,000 and Keeline thought for about 10 seconds and checked his cards. He then lifted his cards up, reached to the middle of the table, and fanned his two cards face-down onto the felt to muck them, resulting in Merritt taking down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
87,300
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
|
70,400
14,200
|
14,200 |
|
43,600 | |
|
|
43,600
4,700
|
4,700 |
to eliminate him from the tournament.
and the big blind checked. Kirkpatrick fired a continuation-bet of 3,000 into the middle and the big blind called, hanging around for the turn 
. 
. The big blind checked once more and Kirkpatrick threw out a 9,300-chip bet. The big blind took about 10 seconds to think before tossing out two orange T5,000 chips to call.
and his opponent mucked upon seeing the hand, unable to beat Kirkpatrick's pair of aces as he raked in another pot in consecutive fashion.
flop fell, and Dalka placed a stack of 5k chips in the pot and said, "All in."
turn added a flush draw to his opponent's outs, and the 
gave the under-the-gun player trip queens and the winner.
and action checked through to showdown. 
for ace high and Kirkpatrick tabled 
flop fall. A player in middle position ripped his last 40,000 in the middle, Dong called, and the other opponent in the hand folded.
turn. Sure enough, the 
on the river made Dong a straight and eliminated his opponent.
