On the button, Matthew Waxman opened to 52,000, and Dave Cubeta called from the big blind. Heads up, the two men took a flop of , and Cubeta knocked the table. Waxman continued out with a small bet of 48,000. Cubeta had 299,000 left in front of him, and he made the call to see another card.
The turn was the , and Cubeta led out into the pot now with a tower of gray chips worth 100,000, close to half his remaining stack. Waxman thought it over for a couple minutes before uncapping his cards and returning them to the dealer with a sigh.
Under the gun, Mark Sykes raised to 55,000 before Manish Patel moved his 280,000-chip stack all in on a three-bet shove. Sykes appeared to be in agony as he considered his spot for a couple minutes, but he eventually yielded and let Patel stack up his raise plus the blinds and antes.
In early position, Mark Summers raised to 62,000 to open the pot. Mark Sykes was the lone caller, coming along from the big blind to see a flop of . Sykes tapped the felt and let Summers continue out with 84,000 chips before check-raising to 225,000 total. Summers could not call; after a few moments, he cut his losses and ducked out of the way.
In late position, Dave Cubeta opened with a raise to 50,000, and Brandon Croft called to see a flop out of the big blind. The dealer spread out , and Croft led out in to the pot with a matching bet of 50,000. Cubeta called, and that earned him a check on the turn. When Croft knocked the felt, Cubeta fired a bet of 140,000 at the pot, and that was good enough to take it down.
On the last hand of the level, Jesus Cabrera came into the pot limping, and Dave Cubeta called from the cutoff seat. Brandon Croft took a free flop from the big blind, and it was three-handed as the dealer rolled out . Croft checked, and Cabrera continued out with 60,000 chips. Cubeta promptly raised to 150,000, and Croft quickly folded out of the way. Cabrera was going nowhere; he three-bet shoved all in over the top, and Cubeta considered for a bit before mucking his hand.
Cabrera loves to give information, and he gave his table a good bit of it as he flashed his as the dealer pushed him the pot.
We've played a full level and a bit of another one, and the players are off for a 15-minute break. Updated chip counts will magically appear in the space above this in just a moment.
We've arrived in the realm of the 75-minute levels, and we'll play those for the rest of the day. The players are back in their seats, and we're playing poker once again at this Main Event final table.
Brandon Croft raised to 75,000 from the cutoff seat, and big blind Jesus Cabrera came along to see a flop.
It brought , and Cabrera led out with 60,000 chips. Croft proceeded to raise to 160,000 total, and Cabrera took his time considering what to do about the extra 100,000. He eventually settled on a fold, flashing the as he did so.
Croft couldn't resist advertising his , and his aggression was the ticket to taking down that pot.
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, and Cubeta knocked the table. Waxman continued out with a small bet of 48,000. Cubeta had 299,000 left in front of him, and he made the call to see another card.
, and Cubeta led out into the pot now with a tower of gray chips worth 100,000, close to half his remaining stack. Waxman thought it over for a couple minutes before uncapping his cards and returning them to the dealer with a sigh.
. Sykes tapped the felt and let Summers continue out with 84,000 chips before check-raising to 225,000 total. Summers could not call; after a few moments, he cut his losses and ducked out of the way.
, and Croft led out in to the pot with a matching bet of 50,000. Cubeta called, and that earned him a check on the 
turn. When Croft knocked the felt, Cubeta fired a bet of 140,000 at the pot, and that was good enough to take it down.
. Croft checked, and Cabrera continued out with 60,000 chips. Cubeta promptly raised to 150,000, and Croft quickly folded out of the way. Cabrera was going nowhere; he three-bet shoved all in over the top, and Cubeta considered for a bit before mucking his hand.
, and Cabrera led out with 60,000 chips. Croft proceeded to raise to 160,000 total, and Cabrera took his time considering what to do about the extra 100,000. He eventually settled on a fold, flashing the 
, and his aggression was the ticket to taking down that pot.