Will Jaffe raised to 42,000 on the button and a 115,000 three-bet by the newly resurgent Joseph Kuether resulted in a fold.
A few hands later and Jaffe tried again. This time it was Muhamet Perati who shut him down with a 115,000 three-bet from the big blind.
Over on the other table Nghi Van Tran raised to 55,000 in first position before folding to a 137,000 raise from Brett Schwertley. Then Craig Le raised to 45,000 in the cutoff and Van Tran three-bet him out of the pot with a rather large 160,000 bet.
Joseph Kuether raised from under the gun and made it 40 to anyone who wanted to see a flop. Action folded around to Benjamin Volpe on the button who moved all in for 369,000. Kuether quickly made the call. Kuether only held about 10,000 more chips than Volpe so the loser of this hand would basically be out.
Jason Tompkins raised to 40,000 in first position, Benjamin Grise called in the small blind before Joseph Kuether three-bet from the big for a total of 116,000. Action fell back to the Irishman and he moved all-in. Grise, folded, Kuether called and he was in a spot of bother.
Tompkins
Kuether
Board:
With that loss Kuether moved down to 362,000 and Tompkins is back in it with 910,000.
Jason Tompkins opened in the hijack and Benjamin Grise called in the big blind. The flop was and Grise came out firing with a 40,000 lead. Tompkins made the call and that was the end of the action as the and were both checked through. Grise turned over to take down the pot.
Joseph Kuether raised to 32,000 in the cutoff and then called a 68,000 three-bet from Jason Tompkins on the button. The flop was and Kuether check-raised to 142,000 after Tompkins had bet 66,000 and the call was made. The turn was the and this time Kuether check-raised jammed after Tompkins had bet 98,000. Tompkins spent several minutes in thought before eventually surrendering his hand.
It was going to take something special to eliminate David 'Bakes' Baker and Luis Campelo found it when he found his runner-runner full house just a few hands ago. This left Baker woefully short and he moved his final 67,000 into the middle in the cutoff and both Nghi Van Tran and Jeff Fielder called in the blinds. Both players then proceeded to check down the action on a board of and Fielder picked up the pot with a pair of treys. Baker held and Van Tran held .
Action folded around to Luis Campelo on the button who moved all in. The small blind folded and David Baker made the call from the big blind.
Baker:
Campelo:
The board came and Campelo got up to shake Baker's hand thinking he had just been eliminated. Lucky for him he hit a full house on the river, a hand that beat Baker's turned straight. Baker is now the short stack in the field.
The action folded around to Ian Chan in the hijack seat and he moved all-in. Benjamin Volpe had a little think about it from the button, before folding his hand, and then Muhamet Perati called from the small blind. Will Jaffe folded in the big and we had a showdown
button in Safari
and with that Volpe was sent home.
and Grise came out firing with a 40,000 lead. Tompkins made the call and that was the end of the action as the 
and 
were both checked through. Grise turned over 
and Kuether check-raised to 142,000 after Tompkins had bet 66,000 and the call was made. The turn was the 
and this time Kuether check-raised jammed after Tompkins had bet 98,000. Tompkins spent several minutes in thought before eventually surrendering his hand.
and Van Tran held 
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