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David Wilkinson, already a roughly 2:1 chip leader over second biggest stack Christopher Gonzales, has taken the first three pots of this level to add to his chip lead.
First hand he raised from the button and both players folded.
Next hand he got a walk in the big blind.
The third time, he raised from the small blind and this time Mike Ellis called in the big. They saw a 
flop and Wilkinson bet out 350,000, which was enough to push Ellis off the pot.
Mike Ellis raised to 240,000 on the button and both Chris Gonzales in the small blind and David Wilkinson in the big blind made the call.
Shouted the Ellis rail: "Flop yer set, Mike!"
Flop: 
Ellis rail: "There it is. Quads."
Gonzales announced all in and Wilkinson folded. Ellis, however, called.
Bit of a cooler here.
Ellis: 
Gonzales: 
But the cooler wasn't over yet...
Turn: [qd}
River: 
With that fortuitous third lady on the turn, Ellis doubled to 4 million while his rail went wild. The unlucky Gonzales was left with little more than 400,000.
While we were still typing up that last double up, Gonzales got his chips in and once again his opponent was Mike Ellis.
Gonzales: 
Ellis: 
Board: 
Gonzales doubled to around a million.
And while we were typing that one, he got it in again.
Gonzales: 
Ellis: 
Board: 
The Ellis rail went wild when the ace dropped, and made a noise like, "Ooaaaahhh," when then second five dropped on the turn to make Gonzales trips and put him back up to a respectable 2 million.
Blind on blind, Chris Gonzales shoved for the third hand in a row, and this time it was David Wilkinson who made the call.
Gonzales:
Wilkinson: 
Board: 
From desperate short stack to back in the game in three hands, Gonzales is now vying with Wilkinson for the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,400,000
-1,150,000
|
-1,150,000 |
|
4,000,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
|
3,250,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
Mike Ellis bet 325,000 on the turn of a 
board, only for Chris Gonzales to push all in. Ellis thought about it long and hard, but at no point looked happy. He eventually folded.
A couple hands later and Ellis made it 300,000 to go preflop - and Gonzales announced all in again. Ellis folded again.
Ellis picked up a small pot a hand or two later, but he remains the short stack for now on 2.1 million.
David Wilkinson limped in on the small blind and Mike Ellis checked his option; they saw a flop.
Both players checked the 
flop and Wilkinson check-called 150,000 from Ellis on the turn. He check-called another 250,000 on the river and it was time to turn the cards over.
Ellis revealed 
for two pair, and Wilkinson mucked, shaking his head.
We could be here for a long while yet.
Christopher Gonzales opened for 275,000, and David Wilkinson announced all in. Gonzales, by now chip leader by a considerable margin, quietly announced call.
Gonzales:
Wilkinson: behind, but very live with
Board: 
Wilkinson flopped a flush draw and had picked up a double belly buster straight draw by the turn too, but none of his outs came in on the river. He shook hands and headed for the rail. He now has 254,996 things that might console him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,850,000
2,850,000
|
2,850,000 |
|
|
2,875,000
775,000
|
775,000 |
After a few minutes of back and forth, Mike Ellis raised to 275,000 on the button and Christopher Gonzales made the call.
They saw a flop, and Gonzales unexpectedly announced all in. Ellis thought about it for perhaps 10 seconds before folding.
