Level: 30
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 10,000
Level: 30
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 10,000
The players are back in their seats, and we are ready to get back underway.
Players are taking a short break so that the staff can color up the blue T5,000 chips. Once they are done, we will jump right into the next level.
Action started with Tong Le, who raised to 135,000 in the cutoff. Leroy Spires was next to ace on the button, and he pushed all in for 710,000 on top. Action folded back around to Le, and once he eyeballed the stack, he made the call. The cards were tabled, and we were off to the races.
Le: 

Spires:

The flop was a rough one for Le, as it came 

, giving Spires a set but keeping Le alive with an inside straight draw. The turn came the
, adding to Lee's straight outs. Spires dodged those outs on the river, as it came the
. Spires jumped back up to 1.6 million, while Le tumbles down to 1.3 million, the shortest stack in the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,600,000
930,000
|
930,000 |
|
|
1,300,000
770,000
|
770,000 |
It didn't take long for Freddy Deeb to climb out of the cellar, as he is now back to second in chips. The action started with Tong Le raising it to 125,000 in the cutoff. Leroy Spires folded, and it was on Freddy Deeb in the small blind. Deeb cut out four stacks of blue, and slid them forward, a reraise to 400,000. It came back to Le, who thought for about 20 seconds before calling.
The flop came out 

, and both players checked. The turn brought the
, and again both players checked. The river came the
, and Deeb got tired of checking, opting to bet 300,000. Le went into the tank for over a minute before cutting out the chips for the call and sliding them in. Deeb tabled 
, and Le mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,175,000
1,005,000
|
1,005,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,070,000
610,000
|
610,000 |
David Sinontiko and Leroy Spires saw the
flop together. Spires check-called 280,000 and the turn produced the
. Spires measured out a motley looking stack of 700,000, which looked to be about half his stack.
Singontiko wasted little time moving all in and after few moments of deliberation Spires folded. Spires has gone from the chipleader to about 12 big blinds in about 45 minutes since returning from dinner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,560,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
670,000
2,605,000
|
2,605,000 |
Leroy Spires opened for 150,000 and Alex Masek called from the big blind. The flop came
and both players checked. The turn brought the
, Masek bet 225,000 and Spires called. The river saw the dealer peel the
and Masek bet 475,000. Spires called and Masek turned up

Freddy Deeb raised under the gun to 140,000. David Singontiko folded, and it was on Alex Masek on the button. He moved all in for 665,000 on top, and it was on Tong Le. Le tanked for about 90 seconds before letting his hand go, and action went back around to Deeb. Deeb slowly counted out the chips for the call, took a look at what his stack would be if he lost, and slid the chips into the middle. It would turn out to be a great call by Deeb.
Deeb: 

Masek: 

Despite having a small pocket pair, Deeb had Masek dominated, that is until the flop, which came out 

. For the second time at this final table, Deeb had been outflopped in a huge pot after being way ahead. He would need to catch a two outer to survive, and he wouldn't get it on the turn, the
. The river gave Masek a scare, but it was safe, the
. Masek doubled up to 1.6 million, while Deeb is now the short stack with 1.17 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,600,000
605,000
|
605,000 |
|
|
1,170,000
805,000
|
805,000 |
|
|
||
Cards are back in the air after the players have had their dinner.
Level: 29
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000