Ronnie Bardah, who final tabled the $5,000 Limit Hold'em last year, was down a bit but he just managed to chip up nicely.
Bardah raised under the gun and Jeff Tompson three-bet from the button. Bardah four-bet and Thompson called. The flop came down and Bardah bet, Thompson called. The turn was the and Bardah bet, Thompson raised and Bardah called.
The river was the and Bardah bet all in for 5,000. Thompson called with and Bardah showed as he had rivered the ace for his survival.
Matt Szymanszek raised under the gun and Yakov Hirsch called from the big blind. The flop brought out and Hirsch check-called a bet.
The turn was the and Hirsch check-called again. On the river, the , both players checked and Szymanszek showed . Hirsch tabled and the pot was chopped.
We're down to 24 players with a 152,500-chip average and just six eliminations away from the money. The pace has slowed down considerably and the remaining players will take a 60-minute dinner break in about 14 minutes.
David Olson raised under the gun, Yakov Hirsch three-bet from the cutoff and David Steicke four-bet from the small blind. Both Olson and Hirsch called after which the flop rolled out .
Steicke bet the flop, Olson called and Hirsch folded.
On the turn the hit and Steicke bet again, Olson called and the river was the . Both players checked and Steicke tabled , which was no good against Olson's .
Justin Tazelaar was all in for his final chips and up against Yakov Hirsch. We caught the tail end of this hand in which the Dutchman showed versus Hirsch's on a flop with two spades.
The river brought a five, which gave Hirsch a winning pair, and Tazelaar hit the rail empty handed.
button in Safari
and Bardah bet, Thompson called. The turn was the 
and Bardah bet, Thompson raised and Bardah called.
and Bardah bet all in for 5,000. Thompson called with 
and Bardah showed 
as he had rivered the ace for his survival.
and Hirsch check-called a bet.
, both players checked and Szymanszek showed 
. Hirsch tabled 
and the pot was chopped.
and Chen bet, Olson called.
and Chen check-called. On the river the 
hit and Chen check-folded.
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hit and Steicke bet again, Olson called and the river was the 
. Both players checked and Steicke tabled 
, which was no good against Olson's 
.
versus Hirsch's 
on a flop with two spades.
