The first fifteen minutes of this level have gone by pretty slowly. We had some shortish stacks to start the day, but now, Jonathan Chehanske is the only player who is under 30 big blinds.
Action folded to Lorenzo Bosforo on the button, and he made it 43,000 to go. Soi Nguyen was in the small blind, and he put in a three bet to 111,000. Lynda Tran let go from the big blind, and Bosforo made the call.
The flop came down , and Nguyen assembled a c-bet of 111,000, and stuck it in. Bosforo normally takes a long time for his decision, but this time, he only took about 15 seconds to move all in. Nguyen asked for a count, and the total was 569,000. Nguyen shuffled his chips, and tanked for about 45 seconds before sliding his hand towards the dealer.
Nguyen maintains his chip lead at 1.659 million despite the hit, while Bosforo jumps up to 946,000.
Soi Nguyen opened it up to 42,000 on the button after it was folded around to him, and Lynda Tran three bet him to 120,000. Erik Roussakis was in the big blind, and it didn't take him very long to announce "250", which signified a raise to 250,000. Nguyen quickly got out of the way, and it was back to Tran. She tanked for about a minute before flicking her cards towards the dealer, and Roussakis took down the pot.
After that hand, he is back over a million, while Tran drops to the second shortest stack.
We caught the action between Erik Roussakis and Lorenzo Bosforo on the flop, which read . Bosforo checked to Roussakis, who fired out 45,000. Bosforo came along, and they both checked when the hit the turn. The river was the , and this time, Bosforo led out for 80,000.
Roussakis grabbed the calling chips, and took about 15 seconds to call. Bosforo said "nice call", and tabled for a busted flush and straight draw. Roussakis showed for ace high, and it was good enough to boost his stack to 1.304 million. Meanwhile, Bosforo is down to 620,000.
It folded all the way around to Lynda Tran in the small blind, and she made it 50,000 to go. Erik Roussakis came along in the big blind, and the flop came down . Tran checked to Roussakis, who fired out 55,000. She made the call, and when the hit the turn, she made another check call. This time the bet was 90,000, and the river was the .
Tran took some time to decide, then grabbed some chips, and bet out 125,000. Roussakis took a peak down at his cards, and didn't take long to throw them away. Tran is now up to 971,000, while Erik Roussakis drops to 1.103 million.
Jonathan Chehanske raised under the gun to 45,000, and he was called by both blinds: Erik Roussakis and Edmund Liu. The dealer fanned a flop, and it was checked to Chehanske, who bet out 70,000. Roussakis called, and Liu got out of the way.
The turn brought the , and Roussakis took advantage of the scare card by betting out 85,000. Chehanske was not phased though, and he moved all in for around 400,000. Roussakis couldn't make the call, and Chehanke is no longer the short stack with 632,000.
Lynda Tran raised it to 60,000 from the button, and Erik Roussakis was in the small blind. He cut out raising chips, and put in a three bet to 130,000. Edmund Liu folded his big blind, and it was back to Tran.
Tran thought for about 20 seconds before grabbing a stack of yellow T25,000 chips. She stuck it in to make for a raise to 460,000, which represented half of Roussakis' stack and most of hers. He kicked his cards in, and Tran took the pot to up her stack to 1.104 million.
, and Nguyen assembled a c-bet of 111,000, and stuck it in. Bosforo normally takes a long time for his decision, but this time, he only took about 15 seconds to move all in. Nguyen asked for a count, and the total was 569,000. Nguyen shuffled his chips, and tanked for about 45 seconds before sliding his hand towards the dealer.
. Bosforo checked to Roussakis, who fired out 45,000. Bosforo came along, and they both checked when the 
hit the turn. The river was the 
, and this time, Bosforo led out for 80,000.
for a busted flush and straight draw. Roussakis showed 
for ace high, and it was good enough to boost his stack to 1.304 million. Meanwhile, Bosforo is down to 620,000.
. Tran checked to Roussakis, who fired out 55,000. She made the call, and when the 
flop, and it was checked to Chehanske, who bet out 70,000. Roussakis called, and Liu got out of the way.
, and Roussakis took advantage of the scare card by betting out 85,000. Chehanske was not phased though, and he moved all in for around 400,000. Roussakis couldn't make the call, and Chehanke is no longer the short stack with 632,000.