Action folded to Matthew Jarvis in the cutoff seat. A couple spots over, Benjamin Statz moved all in from the big blind for 4.985 million. After Jarvis got an official count, he made the call.
Jarvis held the and was up against the for the all-in Statz.
The flop came down huge for Jarvis with the , giving him a full house. The turn was the and the river the to add some insult to injury with Jarvis making quads.
Statz earned just under $400,000 for his 16th-place finish while everyone else in the field earned a pay jump to just over half a million dollars.
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Win some, lose some for Joseph Cheong.
The players are jockeying for chip position now as we make the final push to the November Nine. Joseph Cheong and John Dolan are roughly level at 11.5 million each after a pot the two just played. Dolan opened for 500,000 pre-flop from late position and was called by Cheong from the small blind. Both players checked a queen-high flop, .
Cheong led out for 635,000 on the turn, with Dolan calling in position behind him. Cheong almost doubled the bet on the river , firing 1.125 million into the pot. Dolan called again with a rivered two pair, . Cheong just mucked his hand.
Joseph Cheong made a second-nut flush but was only able to get one street of value out of Pascal LeFrancois. LeFrancois opened the small blind to 400,000 pre-flop, with Cheong calling from the big blind. Both players checked the flop and the turn. At the river, LeFrancois checked a third time. Cheong finally pulled the trigger with a bet of 1.1 million that LeFrancois called. We never saw LeFrancois' cards. He mucked upon being shown Cheong's , a king-high flush.
LeFrancois is down to about 17.9 million. Cheong is re-building and has roughly 14.3 million.
Action folded to Michael Mizrachi in the cutoff seat and he moved all in for 3.3 million. Everyone folded and the Mizrachi fan section let out a roar as he picked up 540,000 chips.
The pace of play is deliberate and methodical at the outer table now, with every pot taking on more and more significance the closer we get to the final table. Pascal LeFrancois opened a recent pot to 475,000 from under the gun and was called by big blind Duy Le. Le checked and called a bet of 650,000 on a flop. The turn was a seeming blank, the , but the action went check, check. Le acted first and ledo ut for 850,000 on the river. LeFrancois called, but had to muck his hand once Le showed for a river two pair, queens and tens.
Le is up to 10,800,000 in chips now. LeFrancois slipped to about 19,300,000.
Brandon Steven limped from the cutoff seat and Michael Mizrachi checked from the big blind. The flop came down and Mizrachi checked. Steven fired 200,000. Mizrachi check-raised to 500,000. Steven moved all in for 4.28 million and Mizrachi tanked. Several minutes later, Mizrachi folded, showing just an ace.
From the cutoff seat, Matthew Jarvis raised to 450,000. He found one caller from the big blind in Benjamin Statz. The flop came down and Statz check-folded to a bet of 625,000 from jarvis.
Sooner or later, the seal on the action at the outer table was going to break. It finally did in a big way. Jonathan Duhamel opened from middle position for 500,000 and was called by Matthew Affleck and big blind David Baker. Baker checked a flop to Duhamel, who continued for 1,175,000. Affleck folded to that bet; Baker went for an all-in check-raise of more than 5,000,000. Duhamel quickly called with the red kings, , and found himself facing Baker's flush draw, . The volume of chatter in the room increased as the rail awaited the remaining two cards. The first was a board-pairing , taking away one of Baker's outs. The second was the , which ended Baker's Main Event run.
Jonathan Duhamel was the first mover on the outer table this time, making it 500,000 to go. He was called by Pascal LeFrancois from the big blind. Both players checked a king-high flop, . LeFrancois took a stab with a bet of 750,000 on the turn and was rewarded with a fold from Duhamel.
and was up against the 
for the all-in Statz.
, giving him a full house. The turn was the 
and the river the 
to add some insult to injury with Jarvis making quads.![[user75032]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
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turn, with Dolan calling in position behind him. Cheong almost doubled the bet on the river 
. Cheong just mucked his hand.
flop and the 
, but the action went check, check. Le acted first and ledo ut for 850,000 on the 
river. LeFrancois called, but had to muck his hand once Le showed 
for a river two pair, queens and tens.
and Mizrachi checked. Steven fired 200,000. Mizrachi check-raised to 500,000. Steven moved all in for 4.28 million and Mizrachi tanked. Several minutes later, Mizrachi folded, showing just an ace.
flop to Duhamel, who continued for 1,175,000. Affleck folded to that bet; Baker went for an all-in check-raise of more than 5,000,000. Duhamel quickly called with the red kings, 
. The volume of chatter in the room increased as the rail awaited the remaining two cards. The first was a board-pairing 
, which ended Baker's Main Event run.