In a blind vs. blind confrontation, Ali Eslami called from the small and Mika Paasonen checked his option.
The flop came 
and Eslami bet 17,000. Paasonen called.
Turn brought a 
, Eslami bet 27,000 and Paasonen called.
The river fell the 
and Eslami checked, prompting a 55,000 bet from Paasonen. Eslami folded.
Eslami is down to 375,000 while Paasonen has chipped up to 215,000.
Ali Eslami raised to 38,000 from early position and found one caller in John Gordon.
The flop came 
and Gordon checked, prompting a 52,000 c-bet from Eslami. Gordon folded.
John Gordon opened to 34,000 from early position and Allen Kessler defended his big blind to see a 
flop fall and both players check.
When the 
landed on the turn, Kessler led out for 41,000 to force a fold from Gordon after he laid a mean stare down at Kessler for a few seconds.
Daisuke Endo completed from the small blind before Ted Lawson made it 48,000 straight from the big.
Endo contemplated for a few moments before releasing his hand.
Ted Lawson opened to 37,000 from middle position and picked up the blinds. The following hand saw Brian Rast open to 36,000 from under the gun to produce a round of folds before finding a walk the next hand.
Ali Eslami would then enter the pot from the cutoff with a 32,000-chip raise to collect the pot before John Gordon would close out the sixth hand in a row with a raise to 42,000.
Dajuan Whorley opened the pot with a raise to 37,000 only to have Andrew Cohen announce a raise to pot from the button.
As he was pushing chips out into the middle, the blinds and Whorley quickly folded.
The action folded right round to see John Gordon receive a walk in the big blind.
Ali Eslami opened to 38,000 from middle position only to have Daisuke Endo three-bet to 138,000 from the cutoff.
With the action back on Eslami, he paused momentarily before kicking his cards to the muck.
Brian Rast opened to 38,000 from the cutoff only to have Dajuan Whorley move all in for 82,000. Once the blinds passed, Rast made the call.
Rast: 
Whorley: 
With Whorley in great shape to double, the 
flop saw Rast catch a flush draw, and when the 
came on the turn, he also picked up outs to a straight.
Fortunately for Whorley, the river landed the 
to see him make Broadway and secure the double to 188,000 as Rast slips to 995,000 in chips.
John Gordon opened to 43,000 and picked up the 24,000 in dead money.
As he was dragging the pot, the Tournament Director started organizing a color up so that the smaller 1,000-denomination chips won't dominated the table.
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