Roch Cousineau opened the action to 40,000 from the hijack and Randy Ohel called on the button. David "ODB" Baker also called out of the big blind and the dealer would ready a flop.
Flop:
Baker checked on the flop and Cousineau bet 100,000. Ohel then moved all in for 244,000. Baker moved out of the way quickly and Cousineau called.
Cousineau:
Ohel:
Ohel had top set and would need to fade plenty of cards or he would be chopping the pot, or worse, sending the scoop to Cousineau. The turn was safe and when the completed the board on the river, Ohel scooped the pot to double up to around 600,000.
Action folded around to David "ODB" Baker and he raised to 35,000. Jack Ward made the call from the small blind, while Chris Bell opted to three-bet to 140,000 from the big blind. Baker folded immediately, while Ward thought long and hard before making the call.
Bel proceeded to move all in for 120,000 out of position even before seeing the flop. Ward checked so the bet stood and then made a reluctant call.
Showdown
Bell
Ward
Bell had flopped a set of aces and essentially had the high locked up, and he was looking to avoid low cards. He did exactly that as the appeared on the turn followed by the on the river.
"Nice hand," Ward said as he paid off his opponent.
The first elimination here at the final table has no occurred. It started when the table folded it around to Juan Ramirez on the button. He raised the pot (56,000) and received the call from Roch Cousineau in the big blind.
Flop:
On the flop, Cousineau slid out a stack large enough to put Ramirez all in. Ramirez made the call and the two players turned their hands over.
Ramirez:
Courineau:
Ramirez was in front at this stage, but the on the turn changed that. The on the river changed nothing and it was all over in ninth place for Ramirez.
Four players saw a flop of and Scotty Nguyen checked from the small blind. Randy Ohel then bet 45,000 from the big, David Baker folded from middle position, and Yuval Bronshtein called from the cutoff. Nguyen got out of the way, and then both players checked the turn.
When the peeled off on the river, Ohel led out for 80,000 and Bronshtein folded.
There has looked to be some fireworks multiple times recently, but as is standard in split-pot games, it was just multiple chopped pots. Roch Cousineau recently took down a small pot against Scotty Nguyen, with the hand seeing the action fold to Cousineau in the small blind. He called and Nguyen checked. Both players checked the flop and then Cousineau led for 30,000 on the turn. That was enough to scare Nguyen away and send the pot to Cousineau.
Yuval Bronshtein limped from early position, David "ODB" Baker called the additional 10,000 from the small blind, and Jack Ward checked his option from the big, making it three-way action to the flop.
Action went check-check to Bronshtein, who bet 40,000. Baker made the call, Ward got out of the way, and the dealer burned and turned the . From there, Baker check-folded to a bet of 100,000, giving Bronshtein the pot without further resistance.
Folded to Viacheslav Zhukov in the cutoff, he raised it up to 40,000. Chris Bell called out of the big blind and a flop was dealt. Bell check-called a bet of 45,000 here and then both players checked the turn. On the river, Bell led for 75,000 and after some thought, Zhukov called.
When Bell tabled his , the straight was enough to scoop up the pot.
David "ODB" Baker and Roch Cousineau each put in 45,000 preflop and saw a flop of . Cousineau checked and allowed Baker to bet 90,000, but then he sprung to life with a check-raise to 275,000. Baker responded by moving all in for 324,000 more, and Cousineau made the call.
Showdown
Cousineau:
Baker:
Baker held the nut straight, while the turn gave both players the same low. The river changed nothing and Baker took the high and half the low, quartering Cousineau in a very juicy pot.
Randy Ohel has just been involved in a couple of hands to see two pots go in the opposite direction of his stack. The first was against Roch Cousineau, with Cousineau starting the hand by opening the button to 50,000. Ohel called in the big blind and both players would check the flop. On the turn, Ohel check-folded to a bet of 65,000 from Cousineau.
The very next hand and Ohel would sit in the small blind and call a raise from Yuval Bronshtein preflop. On the flop, Ohel check-folded to bet of 100,000 from Bronshtein, at which point Bronshtein tabled .
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turn was safe and when the 
completed the board on the river, Ohel scooped the pot to double up to around 600,000.
flop. Ward checked so the bet stood and then made a reluctant call.
appeared on the turn followed by the 
on the river.
on the turn changed that. The 
on the river changed nothing and it was all over in ninth place for Ramirez.
and Scotty Nguyen checked from the small blind. Randy Ohel then bet 45,000 from the big, David Baker folded from middle position, and Yuval Bronshtein called from the cutoff. Nguyen got out of the way, and then both players checked the 
flop and then Cousineau led for 30,000 on the 
flop was dealt. Bell check-called a bet of 45,000 here and then both players checked the 
turn. On the 
river, Bell led for 75,000 and after some thought, Zhukov called.
, the straight was enough to scoop up the pot.
