Martin Eikeng completed with the showing and then Timothy Finne raised showing the . Gavin Smith was showing the and reraised. With action back on Eikeng, he reraised agian. Finne called and then Smith put in another raise, both his opponents called.
On fourth street, Smith raised all in after Eikeng bet and Finne folded. Here's how the boards ran out with Eikeng making the call.
Smith: ()
Eikeng: ()
Finne: (X-X)
Smith was rolled up to start the hand, but was hit with the unlucky stick when Eikeng picked up a third king on fourth street. Smith was unable to full up and busted in 10th place.
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Here is your final table lineup and approximate chip counts. Players are just filling out some bio sheets as they move to their new seats, with play expected to be underway very shortly.
Seat 1: Gabriel Nassif - 486,000
Seat 2: Timothy Finne - 444,000
Seat 3: Chris Amaral - 383,000
Seat 4: Stewart Yancik - 374,000
Seat 5: James Van Alstyne - 720,000
Seat 6: Michele Limongi - 520,000
Seat 7: Martin Eikeng - 285,000
Seat 8: Matt Hawrilenko - 230,000
Seat 9: Zac Fellows - 590,000
Zac Fellows has taken down the first significant pot of this final table. It came during a round of Stud.
Stewart Yancik was the bring-in with James Van Alstyne making the first raise. Zac Fellows and Chris Amaral both made the call. Fellows then took control and fired on all streets with Amaral calling him down.
Van Alstyne: (fold)
Fellows: ()
Amaral: (X-X-X)
Two pair, aces and tens, were good for Fellows as Amaral tossed his cards into the air and into the muck, stating that he had made kings up.
Amaral falls to 250,000 with Fellows now in the chip lead with 750,000 chips.
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Chris Amaral, having a good time playingStud-8
Chris Amaral just checked seventh street to his opponent Zac Fellows with the boards looking as follows.
Amaral: (X-X) (X)
Fellows: (X-X) (X)
Fellows fired a bet after Amaral's check and Amaral made the call. "Two pair is good." mentioned Fellows. Amaral turned over better than two pair with in the hole for trip jacks. Fellows simply mucked his hand.
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A small but enthusiastic crowd have gathered around the final table area to watch this final table in action. Most are looking forward to one more player busting before we most likely move over to one of the feature tables which provides better seating and viewing for fans.
Some of the interested onlookers include Bill Chen who appears to be chatting with Matt Hawrilenko, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier who was checking up on the progress of countryman Gabriel Nassif, while Chris Amaral has a big crew of supporters on the rail which recently included Nick Frangos who finished 30th place in this same event.
Back to Hold'em now and Chris Amaral opened with a raise from middle position before James Van Alstyne re-raised from the cutoff. The blinds folded and Amaral made the call.
The flop was and Amaral checked, Van Alstyne bet and Amaral called.
The turn was the and both checked to see the land on the river. Amaral led out with a bet but Van Alstyne raised. Amaral quickly folded and Van Alstyne collected the pot without showdown.
Martin Eikeng raised and then Zac Fellows reraised. Eikeng made the call. The flop came down between the two players. Eikeng checked and Fellows fired. Eikeng called. The turn paired the bottom card on board with the . Eikeng checked again and then Fellows bet. This time, Eikeng put in a raise. Fellows deliberated and then made the call.
The river brought the . The board did not qualify for a low and Eikeng bet out. Fellows thought about it, checking to see that Eikeng only had about 12,000 behind after the bet. He eventually folded, almost doubling Eikeng up to 325,000 on the hand.
The Razz round reached very few highs just prior to the break. The most significant pot came on the last hand. Zac Fellows fired on fourth street, Stewart Yancik led on fifth street, before Fellows gained control again on sixth to force a fold from Yancik.
Fellows: (X-X)
Yancik: (X-X)
Yancik is now on the short stack with just 190,000 chips.
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and reraised. With action back on Eikeng, he reraised agian. Finne called and then Smith put in another raise, both his opponents called.
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and both checked to see the 
land on the river. Amaral led out with a bet but Van Alstyne raised. Amaral quickly folded and Van Alstyne collected the pot without showdown.
against the preflop aggressor Michele Limongi.
- a bluff that turned into value on river as he raked in a nice pot.
between the two players. Eikeng checked and Fellows fired. Eikeng called. The turn paired the bottom card on board with the 
. Eikeng checked again and then Fellows bet. This time, Eikeng put in a raise. Fellows deliberated and then made the call.
