Action folds over to Filippo Candio in the hijack seat. He plays with some chips before raising to 1.325 million. Cheong calls from the button. Jonathan Duhamel pauses in the big blind and studies. He announces a reraise and his cheering section lets out a roar. He makes it 3.95 million to go. Candio moves all in for 14.95 million and the crowd jumps to its feet! Cheong doesn't fold quickly behind Candio and sits in the tank for a minute. He then folds and Duhamel quickly makes the call, putting the cards on their backs.
Duhamel:
Candio:
The flop comes down and keeps Candio well in the lead. The turn brings the and Candio is embraced by his railbirds on stage, knowing he's secured the double up. The river completes the board with the . Candio begins waving his arms up and down, trying to get his fans out in the audience to cheer. They oblige and the place goes nut.
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow is sitting right in front of us and commented, "Well, more chips for Grinder," after the turn card fell.
Candio booms to 31.875 million while Duhamel drops to 50.475 million. Duhamel is still leading the way.
Jonathan Duhamel has the button in Seat 4. Action passes to John Dolan. He raises to 1.5 million. Jonathan Duhamel and Michael Mizrachi both fold. Matthew Jarvis peeks at his cards and begins riffling chips. He decides to move all in. It's a move which draws a snap-fold from Dolan.
John Racener has the button in Seat 7. After receiving the command, "Don't walk back over here until you double up!" from Mike Matusow prior to the start of the hand, Michael Mizrachi opens from the hijack for 1.5 million. Jason Senti calls from the big blind.
The flop is full of heart, . Senti checks in front of the Grinder, who continues for 1.7 million. Senti lays down his hand, giving Mizrachi his fourth pot of the day.
John Racener raises to 1.4 million. Joseph Cheong makes the call from the big blind and the flop comes down . Cheong checks to Racener. He bets 1.7 and Cheong makes the call.
The turn card is the . Cheong checks and Racener checks.
The river card is the . Cheong grabs and fires 2.5 million. Racener folds and the pot is pushed Cheong's way.
Matthew Jarvis makes it 1,425,000 to go from early position. Action folds to Cheong, who is rapidly shuffling some chips with his left hand. He glances at Jarvis a few times, then re-raises to 3,525,000.
John Dolan is in the small blind and does not instantly muck. He's shuffling chips with his right hand, red baseball cap turned backwards on his head while he seems to stare into space. He cuts some chips off of his stack and calls. Jonathan Duhamel folds the big blind, bringing the action back to Jarvis. He thinks briefly before folding.
Dolan and Cheong take a flop of . Dolan checks to Cheong. He checks as well, bringing the two players to the turn. Both players check again.
The river is the . Dolan checks a third time. Cheong takes a stab at the pot with a sizable bet of 8.5 million. Cheong's hands are no longer fidgeting but Dolan's are as he considers his options.
After two-and-a-half minutes of near-silence, Dolan calls. Cheong shows for the a club flush, the nuts. Dolan obviously can't beat that hand. We think Dolan flashed two jacks for a rivered set of jacks but we couldn't tell for certain.
In any event, Dolan is down to 24.9 million. Cheong now has 45,450,000.
and keeps Candio well in the lead. The turn brings the 
and Candio is embraced by his railbirds on stage, knowing he's secured the double up. The river completes the board with the 
. Candio begins waving his arms up and down, trying to get his fans out in the audience to cheer. They oblige and the place goes nut.![[user66118]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
. Senti checks in front of the Grinder, who continues for 1.7 million. Senti lays down his hand, giving Mizrachi his fourth pot of the day.
. Cheong checks to Racener. He bets 1.7 and Cheong makes the call.
. Cheong checks and Racener checks.
turn. Both players check again.
. Dolan checks a third time. Cheong takes a stab at the pot with a sizable bet of 8.5 million. Cheong's hands are no longer fidgeting but Dolan's are as he considers his options.