Mike Santoro raised from the cutoff, and it folded to Michael Michnik who made it three bets from the big blind. Santoro called with his last chips, and the cards were tabled.
Michnik
Santoro
The flop came , and Santoro was still ahead but only precariously so. The on the turn then paired Michnik, and the river meant we had our first elimination.
The table folded around to Gavin Smith who completed from the small blind, then Jarred Solomon raised to 20,000 from the big blind. Smith called, and the flop came . Smith checked, Solomon bet 31,000, and Smith quickly called. Both then checked the turn.
The river brought the . Smith checked, and Solomon fired 44,000. Smith didn't wait long to call, tabling for a club flush. Solomon folded, his hand -- -- briefly visible as he did.
Smith increases his chip lead on that one, moving close to 800,000 while Solomon slips to about 550,000.
It was folded around to Dwyte Pilgrim who called from the small blind. Gavin Smith checked his option from the big blind and the flop came down .
Pilgrim bet 23,000 and Smith made the call. The turn was the , and again Pilgrim bet, this time 48,000. Smith followed along to the river, which was the . This time, Pilgrim checked. Smith bet 62,000 and Pilgrim made the call.