Stephen Wolfe raised from under the gun and Emil Patel made the call from the cutoff seat. Juha Vilkki reraised the pot to 256,000 from the button and everyone folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
600,000 | 197,000 |
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After the action folded around to David Sands in the small blind, he raised to 72,000 and Emil Patel came along for the ride. The flop fell 
and Sands led out for a pot-sized bet of 144,000. Patel sized up Sands' remaining chips and quietly said "re-pot" to force Sands all-in.
Sands made the call and turned over the 
for a pair of aces and the nut flush draw. Patel held 
for two-pair and a gutshot draw.
Turn: 
When Sands completed his nut flush the tournament announcer declared that he had doubled-up but Sands quickly reminded him that the hand was not yet over. Patel could still fill up with a jack or a seven on the river. When the river came 
Sands exhaled and sat back down, jokingly remarking that "a boat there would've been a hell of a jinx." Sands doubled up to approximately 500,000 chips while the chip leader Patel took a slight dip.
Just one hand after he doubled up David Sands, Emil Patel was back in action doubling up Elie Payan. Here's how it went down.
Patel raised to 48,000 from the cutoff seat and Payan called from the big blind to see the flop come down 
. Payan bet 62,000 with 309,000 behind and Patel studied. Eventually he raised to 154,000. Payan took his own time, about a minute, and then reraised all in for 371,000 total. Patel called.
Patel: 
Payan: 
Both players held the same hand currently and each had a diamond flush draw. Payan's flush draw was a bit better.
The turn was the 
and the river the 
to give Payan the winning diamond flush and double him up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
865,000 | -395,000 |
|
850,000 | 558,000 |
Action moved to David Sands in the cutoff seat and he raised the pot to 84,000. Emil Patel was on the button and reraised the pot to 288,000. Action folded back to Sands and he called all in for 141,000 total. Hands please.
Sands turned over the 
and Patel held the 
. The flop, turn and river ran out 
to give Sands a full house and allow him to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,260,000 | -216,000 |
|
318,000 | 141,000 |
After Rafe Kibrit made a preflop raise to 55,000, Elie "Punisher934" Payan announced "re-pot" and pushed 201,000 into the middle. Kibrit mucked his cards and Payan seems to have opened up his game after returning from the recent dinner break, taking two of the first three pots with preflop aggression.
Back from break, our first two hands were decided with single raises from the player on the button. Elie Payan made it 52,000 to go and the blinds mucked in our first hand.
On the next deal, Stephen Wolfe also popped it to 52,000 from the button and dragged the blinds his way.
Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 0
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,476,000 | -149,000 |
|
|
1,422,000 | -128,000 |
|
912,000 | 85,000 |
|
|
403,000 | 28,000 |
|
|
292,000 | 27,000 |
|
|
177,000 | -30,000 |
The players have departed the final table arena for their dinner break and the race for the bracelet will resume in sixty minutes.
Emil Patel raised to 40,000 from the hijack seat and Stephen Wolfe made the call from the big blind to see the 
flop. Wolfe led for 75,000 and took it down.
