It seems like John Dolan is content to keep up the aggression until someone makes a stand against him. Dolan and Joseph Cheong were in for a standard raise pre-flop. On a flop of , Cheong opened with a bet of 1.425 million that Dolan called. The turn paired the board . Cheong checked, then called a bet of 2.75 million from Dolan.
On the river Cheong checked one more time. Dolan took his time before counting out a bet of 5.5 million and putting it into the pot. Cheong snap-folded, allowing Dolan to claim another pot without showdown.
It's worth noting that in the last 30 minutes, Dolan has gone from 22 million to 45 million without a showdown.
Soi Nguyen and Jason Senti have both been relatively quiet since we collapsed to ten-handed play. The two played a recent pot in which Nguyen opened for 1 million pre-flop and Senti called in position. Nguyen continued for 1.7 million after the flop came . Again Senti called.
The turn was the . Nguyen eyed his stack and the pot, then moved all in for 7,450,000. A fan in the gallery implored Senti to call, but after a minute folded his hand.
Joseph Cheong started things off with an under-the-gun-raise to 950,000. Only Michael Mizrachi, in position behind Cheong, called. On an all-trey flop, , Cheong led out for 1.425 million. Mizrachi raised to 4 million and ended the hand as Cheong folded. Mizrachi flashed pocket kings.
MOC Robbie Thompason announced Mizrachi's count as more than 18 million, drawing tons of applause from the rail.
The hour is getting late here in the Amazon Room, making it seems less and less likely the players are going to find the aggression needed to get the chips in middle and eliminate one more player. Jonathana Duhamel opened a recent hand to 1,050,000 pre-flop. Brandon Steven called from the small blind, but the hand went no further. Steven checked and folded to a bet of 3.25 million on a nine-hgih flop, .
The feature table area shook off the sleep and came alive as Jonathan Duhamel opened to 1.1 million from early position. The next player to act, Brandon Steven, then moved all in for 5.3 million. Could this finally be the hand?
Nope. Everyone folded back to Duhamel and then Duhamel folded as well.
We're still here and we're still awake... barely. The Mizrachis just had a few pizzas brought in to the feature table area, which provided a spot of amusement and an enticing aroma. Over at the feature table, the play is continuing much the way it has the last several hours. Nobody is getting many chips into the pot without a huge hand.
That's the point we're getting to here. We're repeating oft-uttered things that MOC Robbie Thompson says in an effort to keep our energy up. We have no idea how the final table players are still playing. Right now it's raise-it-and-take-it poker. As often happens when play goes late into the night, the aggression levels have dropped way, way down. We're seeing a periodic three-bet but that's it. John Dolan remains one of the more active players but at this point we're eight minutes away from the next break -- a break nobody thought we'd ever get to.
The spectators found those hidden reserves of energy as Brandon Steven opened for 1,175,000 and Matthew Jarvis moved all in behind him. When action came back to Steven he called all in for 8.5 million total. All in and call!
Steven:
Jarvis:
What would normally be not much cause for excitement -- players showing down the same hand -- nevertheless still had spectators in the feature table area shouting for particular suits. After all, it was the most action anyone had seen in hours. With calls for suits peppering the air, the dealer put out a flop.
Flop:
The gallery let out a collective "awwww," as the flop came three suits and ensured a chop. On they play...
A second hand in a row we had an all in and a call! This time, Michael Mizrachi opened pre-flop with a standard raise. John Racener then three-bet to what we believe was 2.5 million. The next player to act, Filippo Candio, shoved all in for about 8.8 million. We've seen Candio shove a few times, but not usually as the third player into the pot. Mizrachi folded when the action came back to him. Racener called, and once again the crowd rose to its feet.
Racener:
Candio:
A double-up seemed imminent. Racener caught the faintest whiff of hope on a king-high flop, , but the board bricked from there. Candio doubled up.
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, Cheong opened with a bet of 1.425 million that Dolan called. The turn paired the board 
. Cheong checked, then called a bet of 2.75 million from Dolan.
Cheong checked one more time. Dolan took his time before counting out a bet of 5.5 million and putting it into the pot. Cheong snap-folded, allowing Dolan to claim another pot without showdown.
. Again Senti called.
. Nguyen eyed his stack and the pot, then moved all in for 7,450,000. A fan in the gallery implored Senti to call, but after a minute folded his hand.
, Cheong led out for 1.425 million. Mizrachi raised to 4 million and ended the hand as Cheong folded. Mizrachi flashed pocket kings.
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