On the last hand before the break, Brandon Crawford came in for a raise to 65,000. Action folded to Tong Le, who called on the button. The blinds got out of the way, and the two were heads up. The flop came out , and Crawford led out for 95,000. Le didn't take too long to assemble the call and slide it forward, and they were off to the turn. That card was the , and Crawford amassed a bet of 165,000. Le, a player who has been taking his time on alot of decisions, announced all in before Crawford could finish sliding his bet forward. Crawford sat back in his chair, and counted out his chips. After about two minutes in the tank, Crawford flicked his cards into the muck, dropping his stack to 500,000. Meanwhile, Tong Le has taken the chip lead back, sitting on 2.8 million.
Vince Cardella had been grinding the short stack since we can remember. He just doubled up holding pocket sevens against Tsung Lu's . Then two hands later Cardella entered the last hand he would play in.
Leroy Spires opened from under the gun for 70,000, Brandon Crawford called from the cutoff and Cardella moved all in from the small blind. To everyone's surprise Tong Le announced that he was all in from the big blind. Spires and Crawford got out of the way and they went to a showdown.
Cardella:
Le:
The board ran Le's aces and kings sent Cardella to the rail.
Freddy Deeb opened from the cutoff for 60,000, David Singontiko called from the button and Julie Franks joined them from the small blind. The board came and action checked to Singontiko, who bet 135,000. Franks folded and Deeb called. The turn brought the and Deeb check-called 193,000. The river came and Deeb checked. Singontiko bet 350,000 after some thought and Deeb called after mulling it over for a few moments.
Singontiko tabled and Deeb kicked his cards back to the dealer.
Freddy Deeb raised in middle position to 70,000, and David Singontiko was next to act. He thought for about 15 seconds, before moving all in for 749,000. Everyone else got out of the way, and it was back to Deeb. After getting an approximate count, Deeb made the call. The cards were tabled, and Deeb was in great shape.
Deeb:
Singontiko:
Singontiko was in bad shape, needing one of the three kings left in the deck. The flop came out, and he hit one of those outs, as it came . Most of the table and rail let out some sort of expression, except for the two players involved in the hand. The turn brought the , and Deeb would need a miracle to win the hand. He didn't get it, as the river brought the . After the hand, Singontiko dobules to 1.55 million, while Deeb drops to 1.6 million. Tong Le is your new chip leader with 9 players left.
Julie Franks opened for 65,000 from under the gun and action folded all the way around to Leroy Spires on the button. Spires called, the blinds released and the flop came . Franks led out with 95,000 and Spires called. The turn came and Franks bet again, this time 135,000. Spires called and the river brought an interesting on the river.
Franks finally slowed down and checked. Spires put out 200,000 and Franks checked after some thought.
Now that we have reached the final table, the pay jumps are really starting to rise. This means that every decision is that much more critical, as any hand can make you or break you. This was clearly evident in a hand between Tong Le and Julie Franks that lasted over five minutes without even seeing a flop.
Le opened in early position to 65,000, and action folded to Franks in the cutoff. She counted out chips for a raise, and made it 145,000 to go. Action folded back to Le, who went into the tank. Le thought for about two minutes, getting a count from Franks and rechecking his hand in the process, before he decided to reraise to 275,000 total. Now it was Franks turn to go into the tank. She thought a couple of minutes herself, checking her hole cards a few times, before ultimately folding her hand. Le takes the pot, and inches closer to chip leader Freddy Deeb.
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, and Crawford led out for 95,000. Le didn't take too long to assemble the call and slide it forward, and they were off to the turn. That card was the 
, and Crawford amassed a bet of 165,000. Le, a player who has been taking his time on alot of decisions, announced all in before Crawford could finish sliding his bet forward. Crawford sat back in his chair, and counted out his chips. After about two minutes in the tank, Crawford flicked his cards into the muck, dropping his stack to 500,000. Meanwhile, Tong Le has taken the chip lead back, sitting on 2.8 million.
. Then two hands later Cardella entered the last hand he would play in.
Le's aces and kings sent Cardella to the rail.
and action checked to Singontiko, who bet 135,000. Franks folded and Deeb called. The turn brought the 
and Deeb kicked his cards back to the dealer.
, and Deeb would need a miracle to win the hand. He didn't get it, as the river brought the 
. After the hand, Singontiko dobules to 1.55 million, while Deeb drops to 1.6 million. Tong Le is your new chip leader with 9 players left.
