Hand #80: Brandon Paster opened to 75,000 from the small blind and Millard Hale folded his big blind.
Hand #81: Paster opened to 75,000 from the button and Gabriel Nassif re-raised to 240,000 from the big blind. Paster made the call and we were seeing a flop with 495,000 already in the pot. Nassif would check the flop and then fold when Paster put out a 125,000 chip bet.
Hand #82: We missed this hand inadvertently while counting down Paster's stack.
Hand #83: Kevin Saul opened to 65,000 from early position and would pick up the blinds when everyone folded.
Hand #84: Matt Dames opened to 90,000 from the small blind and Saul made the call from the big blind. Saul would snap-fold with vigor when Dames led out for a pot-sized bet on the flop.
Hand #85: Brandon Paster raised to 70,000 and got the blinds.
Hand #86: Paster raised again to 70,000. Dmitrii Valouev called in the big blind and then folded on the flop when Paster bet 60,000, flashing .
Hand #87: Marcel Vonk raised to 70,000 on the button and Paster three-bet to 225,000 in the big blind. Vonk called and then folded on the flop after Paster made it 325,000 to go.
Hand #88: Matthew Dames limped, Paster called in the small blind and Millard Hale in the big blind checked. Dames bet the pot for 90,000 on the flop and won the pot.
Hand #89: Paster raised from the button for 70,000 and won the blinds.
Hand #90: Brandon Paster opened to 70,000 and Gabriel Nassif re-raised to 240,000 from the small blind. Paster made the call and the flop came and Nassif bet all in for a total of 290,000. Paster made the call and the hands were turned over:
Paster:
Nassif:
Nassif was ahead with his aces but Paster had plenty of ways to improve his hand. The turn was the giving Nassif a set of aces and Paster would need to hit a four or an eight to knock Nassif out. The river was the and Nassif scored a huge double up and inched closer to the chip lead that Paster held.
Hand #91: Paster opened to 65,000 and Matt Humphrey re-raised to 225,000 from the small blind leaving himself 75,000 behind. Paster folded.
Hand #92: Millard Hale opened for a pot sized raise of 105,000 and Kevin Saul made the call from the big blind. The flop came and Saul moved the rest of his chips into the middle. Hale made the call and he had Saul slightly covered so it was Saul who was at risk.
Hale:
Saul:
"Ouch," said Saul when he saw Hale's hand, knowing he was in bad shape. The turn was the giving Hale a flush and Saul was drawing dead. The river was the and Kevin Saul was eliminated in 8th place and Millard Hale survived a key hand to move his stack up to 450,000 in chips.
Hand #93: Dmitrii Valouev raised to 90,000 from first to act and Marcel Vonk in the big blind put him all in for 125,000 in total. Call.
Valouev:
Vonk:
The board gave the short stack a double up.
Hand #94: Matthew Humphrey raised to 105,000 and won the blinds.
Hand #95: Likewise, Matthew Dames made it 105,000 to and also claimed the blinds.
Hand #96: Brandon Paster raised to 70,000 from the small blind and Millard Hale made the call one seat over. Paster won the pot with a bet of 85,000 on the flop.
Hand #97: Paster raised to 65,000 from the button, Gabriel Nassif called in the big blind. They both checked the flop and the turn. On the river, Nassif bet 90,000 and got a quick call by Paster. The latter tabled for for straight and won the pot.
Hand #98: Dmitrii Valouev opened for 105,000 and Matt Humphrey called out of the big blind. Humphrey would lead for a pot-sized bet on the flop and Valouev folded.
Hand #99: Marcel Vonk would win the blinds when he opened to 70,000 and everyone folded.
Hand #100: Matt Dames completed from the small blind and Vonk checked his option from the big blind. The flop came and Dames check-folded to Vonk's 60,000 bet.
Hand #101: Brandon Paster opened to 65,000 and won the blinds when the rest of the table folded.