From under the gun, William Haydon raised to 55,000 and Jeffrey Papola called from the big blind. The flop came down and Papola checked. Haydon bet 80,000 and was called.
The turn brought the and Haydon fired a bigger bet of 135,000 after Papola checked. He was called again.
The river completed the board with the and both players checked. Papola tabled the for top pair and Haydon mucked.
Lsing the pot put Haydon down to 1.44 million in chips while Papola moved up to 1.025 million.
On the flop of , Eddy Scharf checked to Jeffrey Papola. He checked as well and then the turn card came the . Scharf checked and Papola fired 75,000. Scharf check-raised to 250,000 and Papola called. The river card was a and both players checked before the hands were turned over.
Scharf tabled the and won the pot, moving to 1.2 million in chips. Papola dropped to 650,000 in chips after flashing a .
Joe Baldwin opened to 55,000 from under the gun and Jarred Solomon re-raised to 142,000 on the button. The blinds released and the action was back on Baldwin.
Baldwin took his sunglasses off and went deep into the tank. Finally, after over a minute, he slipped his shades back on and made the call.
The dealer wrapped the table before flopping and Baldwin quickly checked. Solomon continued for 153,000 and Baldwin returned to the tank. Eventually he called.
Both players checked the on the turn and the river brought the .
Baldwin eyed his opponent, taking his time before leading for 215,000. Solomon thought for a moment before folding and Baldwin was pushed the pot.
Solomon slipped to 550,000 chips and Baldwin is now nearing 2,000,000.
Here's a look at the seat draw for the final seven players as they move over to the feature table stage under the bright lights.
Seat 1: Jeffrey Papola
Seat 2: Javier Etayo
Seat 3: Steve Cowley
Seat 4: Jarred Solomon
Seat 5: William Haydon
Seat 6: Joe Baldwin
Seat 7: Eddy Scharf
The plan is to finish out this level or lose one more player and then they will head out on a dinner break. There's about 45 minutes left in this current level as the clock was stopped to move over to the feature table.
This group wasted little time in getting the action roaring. Right from the get go after moving to the feature table, things got intense.
Steve Cowley raised to 60,000 from the hijack seat and then Jarred Solomon reraised all in for 680,000 from the cutoff seat. William Haydon was on the button and called. Cowley got out of the way and here's what we saw when the hands were turned up.
Haydon held the and was behind the of Solomon.
The flop came down and Solomon's jacks held strong through the first three community cards. The on the turn added a flush draw for Haydon and gave him a handful of outs more to win the hand. The river card completed the board with the though, and that wasn't the card Haydon needed to bust Solomon. Solomon let out a massive roar and jumped into the arms of his railbirds who roared with him.
"COME ON!!!!" they yelled.
Solomon doubled to nearly 1.5 million and Haydon dropped back to 850,000.
Jarred Solomon opened to 77,000 from middle position and the action folded to Jeffrey "jpapola" Papola in the big blind who moved all in for an additional 482,000.
Solomon went into the tank, counting his own stack and cutting out enough chips to call. He stacked an assortment of T1,000, T5,000 and T25,000 chips and held them with his right hand. After letting out a heavy sigh and thinking the situation through he finally pushed them forward to make the call.
Showdown
Solomon:
Papola:
The board ran and Papola doubled to 1,125,000 chips.
Solomon's misread has him down to just over a million with 1,060,000 chips.
We've had our third double-up at the unofficial final table.
Jeffrey "jpapola" Papola opened to 60,000 from the cutoff and Javier Etayo called with the button. Steve Cowley moved all in for 758,000 from the small blind. Papola folded and Etayo called.
Showdown
Cowley:
Etayo:
Cowley held when the board ran and he doubled to 1,480,000 chips.
and Papola checked. Haydon bet 80,000 and was called.
and Haydon fired a bigger bet of 135,000 after Papola checked. He was called again.
and both players checked. Papola tabled the 
for top pair and Haydon mucked.
, Eddy Scharf checked to Jeffrey Papola. He checked as well and then the turn card came the 
. Scharf checked and Papola fired 75,000. Scharf check-raised to 250,000 and Papola called. The river card was a 
and both players checked before the hands were turned over.
and won the pot, moving to 1.2 million in chips. Papola dropped to 650,000 in chips after flashing a 
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and was behind the 
and Solomon's jacks held strong through the first three community cards. The 
though, and that wasn't the card Haydon needed to bust Solomon. Solomon let out a massive roar and jumped into the arms of his railbirds who roared with him.
