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David Cai raised to 180,000 from the cutoff (a full 3x), and JD McNamara moved all in from the big blind. Cai decided to fold, leaving himself only 700,000 behind. A few hands later, Cai moved all in under the gun, flashing when everyone folded.
Kiet Tran is really taking his time this afternoon, and his slow thought process is starting to get to some of the players. JD McNamara complained to the TD that Tran takes a full minute for every decision. The TD replied, "There's a lot of money at stake here, so it seems pretty reasonable to be able to think about it."
Guess there won't be any clock calling by the tournament staff at this final table, but we could see a call or two soon from JD.
Denis Murphy raised to 160,000 from the small blind, and Jeff Tebben defended his big blind. The flop fell , and Murphy bet out 215,000. That was enough for Tebben to fold.
Finally, three hours into the day, we've gone to showdown in a hand that wasn't all in preflop. David Cai limped his small blind, and Denis Murphy checked his option. The flop came , and both players checked. After the on the turn paired the board, Cai checked, Tebben bet 100,000, and Tebben called. The river brought the , and Cai checked. Murphy checked behind and showed for tens and deuces. His pair was enough to win the pot, taking him to 1.7 million. Cai is the short stack now with 950,000.
Jeff Tebben raised to 175,000 from the button, and Kiet Tran bumped it to 425,000 in the big blind. Tebben applied max pressure, moving all in for another 1,565,000. Tran usually thinks for a minute about every decision, and the tank-fold is definitely the only kind of fold in his arsenal. But this was a new level. It took Tran more than four minutes to fold.
Tebben is up to 2.4 million while Tran moved a little closer to the pack with 2.8 million.
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when everyone folded.
, and Murphy bet out 215,000. That was enough for Tebben to fold.
, and both players checked. After the 
on the turn paired the board, Cai checked, Tebben bet 100,000, and Tebben called. The river brought the 
for tens and deuces. His pair was enough to win the pot, taking him to 1.7 million. Cai is the short stack now with 950,000.
with a sigh.
