Jason Lavallee raised with the button, and Benjamin Lazer called out of the big blind. Lazer discarded two, Lavallee one, and Lazer led out. Lavallee called.
On the second draw, Lazer drew two, and Lavallee stood pat. Lazer check-called a bet, and drew one more card. Lavallee stood pat again.
Lazer bet 20,000, and Lavallee called all in for just 5,000. Lazer fanned for a seventy-six, and Lavallee showed a before mucking, and hitting the rail.
The two biggest stacks played out a hand and Benjamin Lazer won it to cut Randy Ohel's lead.
Lazer two-bet from from under the gun and Ohel called out of the big blind. Ohel drew two to Lazer's one and then check-called a bet. Both players drew the same amount of cards again, and once more Ohel check-called a bet from his opponent.
Both players stood pat the last draw round and Lazer saw a third bet check-called. He opened and Ohel mucked.
In the first hand, Farzad Bonyadi and David Baker were heads up on the first draw. Bonyadi drew one and bet out, and Baker drew two and called. On the second draw, Bonyadi stood pat, and Baker drew one. Bonyadi led out, and Baker called.
On the final draw, Bonyadi stood pat again, and Baker drew one. Bonyadi bet out, Baker raised, and Bonyadi called. Baker fanned , and Bonyadi mucked his hand.
On the second hand, Randy Ohel raised with the button, and Benjamin Lazer called out of the small blind. Lazer drew three, Ohel drew two, and both players checked. Lazer stood pat, Ohel drew two, and Lazer led out. Ohel called.
On the third draw, Lazer stood pat again and checked. Ohel drew one, and checked behind. Lazer tabled , and won the pot.
On the third hand, Ohel raised, and Bonyadi and Baker called from the blinds. Bonyadi drew two, Baker drew three, and Ohel drew two. Bonyadi led out, Baker folded, and Ohel raised. Bonyadi called.
Bonyadi drew one card on the second draw, and check-called a bet from Ohel who stood pat. Ohel stood pat again on the third draw, Bonyadi drew one, and this time, Bonyadi check-folded to a bet.
Benjamin Lazer was catching Randy Ohel, but he lost two pots on the bounce to drop back.
First up he lost a bit pot to Ohel. The pot was three-bet by Ohel on each of the two rounds before he showed down for a number two. Lazer stared at his hand for a while before mucking.
The very next hand he lost a pot to Farzad Bonyadi. Lazer drew two, two, and one but missed and check-folded on the last betting round.
Farzad Bonyadi opened from first position, and Randy Ohel and Benjamin Lazer called out of the blinds. Ohel drew two, Lazer drew one, and Bonyadi drew one. Ohel checked, Lazer bet, and Bonyadi raised. Only Lazer called.
Both players drew two on the second draw, and Lazer led out. Bonyadi called. Lazer patted on the last drew, Bonyadi called for one card, and both players checked.
After losing a pot to Randy Ohel, Farzad Bonyadi three-bet all in over a raised from Benjamin Lazer. David Baker cold-called from the big blind, and Lazer called on the button. On the first draw, Bonyadi drew two, Baker one, and Lazer two. Both players checked.
On the second draw, Bonyadi and Lazer drew two, and Baker drew one. Baker check-called a bet from Lazer.
On the third draw, everybody stood pat except for Baker. Baker and Lazer checked. Lazer tabled which was good for the side pot, but Bonyadi's won the main pot, tripling him to 95,000 chips.