Chris Lee brought it in with the , and Shaun Deeb completed with the . Travis Pearson raised with the , Lee folded, and Deeb called to proceed.
Deeb: (x-x) / / (x)
Pearson: (x-x) / / (x)
Pearson got bets in on fourth, fifth, and sixth streets with Deeb calling the whole way. On seventh, Pearson waved the white flag and checked, and Deeb made the last big bet. Pearson could not call, and his tuck-and-muck leaves him with just 85,000 lonely chips.
Deeb is approaching 1.3 million now with 40% of the chips in play.
We picked up the action on fourth street, heads up between John D'Agostino and Travis Pearson.
D'Agostino: (x-x) / / (x)
Pearson: (x-x) / / (x)
D'Agostino had the lead the whole way, and he bet it the whole way. On seventh, he put his last few chips into the pot in the dark, and Pearson called him all the way down. D'Agostino showed , and his trip aces are good for the double up. He's back to 350,000, while Pearson falls down into the basement with 235,000.
Shaun Deeb brought it in with the , and Kevin Chance completed from the last dot with the showing. Deeb raised, and Chance flatted to see fourth street.
Deeb: (x-x) /
Chance: (x-x) /
On fourth street, Chance took the lead again with a bet, and Deeb called. On fifth, Chance checked it, and Deeb took his own cue to bet. Chance called, and Deeb fired out again on sixth street. Chance was stopped in his tracks now, and he stared forlornly at his down cards one last time before tucking them under.
In one of the first hands of this preliminary final table, the action folded to John D'Agostino who raised from middle position; Kendall Fukumoto then re-raised from the small blind, forcing Brian Haveson out of the way on the big blind, and D'Agostino called to go heads-up to the flop of .
Fukumoto opened, D'Agostino raised, Fukumoto re-raised and D'Agostino four-bet it, which was enough to put Fukumoto all-in.
D'Agostino:
Fukumoto:
The turn and river ran out , and Fukumoto doubled through. We should also point out that despite being the short stack at this final table, Fukumoto is the only player so far to be holding T25,000 chips - the only two at the table!
"I suppose they gotta make me feel good about something!" Fukumoto quipped as he raked in his chips.
In one level (plus a couple hands), Shan Deeb went from 650,000 to 150,000 and back up to 1.02 million! The final seven players are now going to be sitting together, and they've racked up and moved over to the secondary featured table. We'll be back in action in just a moment.
From the button, Shaun Deeb opened to 27,000, and the action came through to the big blind. Don McNamara was there with in the hole, and he three-bet shoved for 147,000 total. Deeb gave it a long look, and he eventually snatched the calling chips from his stack and plunked the pinks into the pot. McNamara patted, and Deeb patted as well. We already know what McNamara had, and he leaned way forward as Deeb slapped his down on the felt.
McNamara's hand is second-best, and he's been cut down in 8th place. That's good for $23,248.
Kendall Fukumoto is the short stack, and he's trying not to keep it that way. In the last two 2-7 Single Draw hands, Fukumoto has shoved in. The first time he shoved over the top of a Brian Haveson raise, blind-versus-blind. In the next, he open-shoved in John D'Agostino. Both times, Lee has mentioned that he's made a pay bump and seems content to let the cards fall where they may for the rest of the night.
, and Shaun Deeb completed with the 
. Travis Pearson raised with the 
, Lee folded, and Deeb called to proceed.
/ (x)
/ (x)
/ (x)
/ (x)
, and Kevin Chance completed from the last dot with the 
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and Fukumoto doubled through. We should also point out that despite being the short stack at this final table, Fukumoto is the only player so far to be holding T25,000 chips - the only two at the table!
in the hole, and he three-bet shoved for 147,000 total. Deeb gave it a long look, and he eventually snatched the calling chips from his stack and plunked the pinks into the pot. McNamara patted, and Deeb patted as well. We already know what McNamara had, and he leaned way forward as Deeb slapped his 
