From under the gun, Gavin Smith open-shoved for 302,000 and the action folded around to Selim Oulmekki, who snap-called out of the small blind. "What, you have something like eight-deuce?" Smith quipped.
Nope. Oulmekki showed , ahead of Smith's . However, Smith was able to spike two pair on the board of to double up.
From under the gun, Rayan Nathan moved all-in before Gavin Smith shoved over the top from the UTG +1 position. James Boyle was next to act, but he hadn't looked at his cards yet - rather, he was focusing all his attention on the server who had just bought him back his change, which he claimed was incorrect.
"Come on man, can't that wait?" said Ryan Goindoo. "Have you even looked at your cards yet?"
"Not yet, but I'll take my time," Boyle shot back, before sorting through the mix of bills on the table.
"We're in a hand!" Smith moaned. "You've had time to look at your cards!"
"Then call the clock on me," Boyle retorted. "Do what you want." The others quickly called the clock and the tournament supervisor came over and placed the timer in front of Boyle.
"You have a minute and 10 seconds," the tournament supervisor said as Boyle peeked at his cards. "I fold," said Boyle.
The other players shot each other confused looks as they folded around, but with no other takers, Nathan and Smith went to showdown:
Smith:
Nathan:
Nathan almost jumped out of his skin when the appeared in the window, followed by the and . The turn and river ran out , and Smith was crippled down to 350,000.
"That was just disrespectful, man," Selim Oulmekki said to Boyle.
Gavin Smith went to the flop with Rayan Nathan. The board rolled out , Nathan bet 50,000 and Smith called. The turn came , Nathan bet 125,000 and Smith moved in with the rest of his short stack. Nathan wasted no time calling and tabled . Smith tabled and need help on the river. He bricked on the river when it came .
With no action in front of him Bryan Paris shoved on the button and Andy Philachack was in the small blind. Philachack thought for a moment before calling. The big blind released and the cards were tabled.
Paris:
Philachack:
Paris was dumbfounded and speechless at Philachack's call. He stood up to find comfort from his rail but got mostly the same dumbfounded stare back at him.
The board ran and Paris was shocked that was eliminated.
It's been a very slow start to this final table, with one flop and one full board seen, but Nemer Haddad has taken the pot down from that full board against Selim Oulmekki.
The action folded to Haddad who raised to 70,000 before the flop; Haddad then re-raised to 175,000 from late position and Haddad called before both players checked the flop of . Haddad then led out for 230,000 on the turn of the and Oulmekki called, only to fold after Haddad shoved on the river .