Hands #5-10: Trips for Hale

Hand #5: Kory Kilpatrick opened the cutoff to 60,000 and Phil Laak called before Ryan Schmidt three-bet to 270,000. Kilpatrick and Laak quickly folded and Schmidt was pushed the pot.

Hand #6: Kory Kilpatrick raised to 60,000 and collected the blinds.

Hand #7: The action folded to Brant Hale and he limped the small blind with Michael Drummond checking as both players checked the flop. The turn of the was also checked through as the river landed the and Hale bet out 35,000 to collect the pot.

Hand #8: Phil Laak raised to 60,000 from under the gun and Darius Studdard made the call next to act as Kory Kilpatrick came along from the big blind.

The flop fell and the action was checked round as the landed on the turn. Laak fired out a delayed continuation-bet of 130,000 to pick up the pot.

Hand #9: From the button, Michael Drummond raised to 65,000 and Phil Laak made the call from the big blind to see a flop. The action was checked round as the landed on the turn and Drummond bet 75,000 to force a fold from Laak.

Hand #10: Brant Hale opened to 65,000 from the hijack and Darius Studdard made the call to see a flop fall. Studdard checked and Hale continued for 80,000 and Studdard made the call as the fell on the turn. Both players checked and the river landed the .