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There's a final table behind us, which would seemingly be $1,500 no-limit hold'em. The chants coming from the spectators over there are way better than the chants from the spectators here, which are non-existent. Our spectators really need to pick it up unless they're ok with being out-chanted and out-spectated.
The first hand was taken by Devilfish, with a simple preflop raise.
The second was taken by Seidel in similar fashion.
The third hand, Leif Force raised in position and Dan Shak called from the small blind. Force took it down without a fuss on the 
flop.
Fourth hand, and Devilfish raised from the button, only for chip leader Dan Shak to reraise in the big blind. Devilfish thought about it for a long time, but ultimately decided to pass.
The action was all preflop, and went like so:
Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott - raise to 70,000
Dan Shak - reraise to 220,000
Devilfish - all in
Shak - call
Devilfish: 
Shak: 
Board: 
Devilfish made the nut low and Shak made two pair for the high. They chopped it up, and we remain nine-handed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
840,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
|
775,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
|
565,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
|
555,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
525,000 | |
|
305,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
||
|
248,000
-152,000
|
-152,000 |
|
||
|
219,000
-31,000
|
-31,000 |
|
|
||
|
185,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
|
||
Dan Shak is the chip leader at the moment, which at this final table simply means he has slightly more chips than the next guy. He was in the big blind and called a raise to 55,000 made by Jeremy Harkin, who is not the chip leader. Shak led out at the pot for 122,000 on a flop of 
, which was enough to chase Harkin away.
Harkin - for whom the Bell tolls.
Chris Bell opened for 70,000 from the button and Jeremy Harkin shoved from the big blind. A quiet call, and the cards were on their backs.
Bell:
Harkin: 
Board: 
Harkin was already standing to leave when Bell flopped trip fours, and by the end of the board Bell had only improved to a straight and a 7-5-4-3-A low. Harkin took his leave to a round of applause, and Bell moved up to around 700,000.
Move over, Dan Shak. There's something leaner. Joe Ritzie is our new chip leader after doubling through Chris Bell in what our colleague change100 would call a "monsterpotten". The pot was limped four-ways for 24,000 each pre-flop, with Erik Seidel, David Ulliott, Bell and Ritzie all in there. Action on the flop checked to Bell, who bet 90,000. Ritzie raised pot to 366,000, quickly clearing out Seidel and Ulliott. Bell then moved all in and Ritzie called all in for 471,000 total.
Ritzie: 
, a set of nines and a low draw
Bell: 
, a pair of sixes, some straight draws, and a better low draw
It was "vaffles" for Bell as the turn and river came 
and 
to give Ritzie a scooper for the whole pot. Our gorilla math now puts Ritzie at 1,036,000, while Bell is rocking a much-depleted stack of 200,000.
Erik Seidel limped in on the small blind and Perry Green in the big checked his option. They saw a flop.
Flop:
Seidel bet out - around 45,000 - and Green called. Most interesting.
Turn:
This time Seidel checked, and Green announced all in, or pot, whichever was greater. Seidel briefly thought about it - and then decided to get the chips in. On their backs.
Seidel: 
for a flush
Green: 
for a smaller flush, meaning that he was drawing dead
"Good game," said Green.
River: an academic
There will be no fourth bracelet this time around for Green, as he is our eighth place finisher. Bracelet number nine is a distinct possibility for Seidel, though - he's up to 845,000.
The last Dutch hope in this tournament was Rob Hollink. We say "was" because "Mr. Hollink", as our esteemed tournament director referred to him, has just busted in seventh place. The player with the most chips (again, what some would call the "chip leader"), Joe Ritzie, opened pre-flop for 70,000. Hollink thought through his decision for about a minute before calling to a flop of . Hollink then tried a stop-and-go by moving all in. Ritzie wss having none of it. He called with 
, a pair of sevens and the nut low draw. Hollink showed 
, which was behind in all regards. The turn 
gave Ritzie the nut low; the river gave Hollink the boot in 7th place.
Ritzie now has about 1.25 million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,300,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
870,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
845,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
760,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
290,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
125,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
