Instead of stopping for the day, the five remaining players have decided to continue playing until at least the next break.
Instead of stopping for the day, the five remaining players have decided to continue playing until at least the next break.
Sean Troha raised to 350,000 under the gun, Doug Lorgeree three-bet in the next seat over, and Troha called off his stack of 935,000 when the action folded back to him.
Sean Troha: A♦J♠10♦8♦5♥
Doug Lorgeree: A♥K♥10♠7♣2♣
Lorgeree made a straight and the nut low on the 8♣6♦3♥9♠4♣ runout to scoop the pot and send Troha out in sixth place.
Nick Schulman limped in from the hijack before Aaron Kupin raised to 400,000 in the small blind. Schulman called, and the flop came 6♣3♠9♠.
Kupin then moved all in, and Schulman called for 1,400,000 total.
Nick Schulman: A♣8♠7♦6♥2♥
Aaron Kupin: A♦A♥Q♠9♦3♥
The 5♠ turn gave Schulman a straight along with a low, and he scooped the pot after the 10♠ river to earn the double up.
Aaron Kupin limped in from the cutoff. Daniel Aharoni then raised it to 400,000 in the small blind, which Kupin called after some thought.
Aharoni bet the pot of 1,000,000 on the Q♠6♠A♣ flop, but Kupin quickly folded as he did not contest the pot any further.
Level: 27
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
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The finalists have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break. The final table of the Big O Championship is expected to resume around 8:45 p.m. local time.
Nick Schulman raised to 280,000 under the gun and Sam Soverel called on the button. Bruno Furth then reraised to 660,000 in the small blind, and both opponents called.
The flop came 8♥5♦9♥ and Furth bet 2,100,000. Schulman called all in for 390,000, while Soverel also called.
Furth then bet 2,000,000 on the 6♣ turn, and Soverel called for his last 1,700,000.
Nick Schulman: A♠9♦8♣6♦2♦
Sam Soverel: A♥K♠Q♦10♥4♦
Bruno Furth: A♣Q♠7♣3♠2♣
Schulman was ahead with his two pair and low, Soverel had the nut flush draw and low, while Furth was behind until the 2♠ river gave him a pair and better low. He and Schulman chopped the main pot, while Furth scooped the massive side pot to send Soverel to the rail in seventh place.
Bruno Furth raised to 250,000 in middle position. Doug Lorgeree called in the small blind, after which he checked the 4♣J♣10♠ flop. Furth tossed in a bet of 200,000, which Lorgeree called.
Furth sized up to 350,000 on the J♦ turn. Lorgeree decided he had seen enough, and check-folded his hand to give up on the pot.
Four players went to a flop of J♦7♦J♠ in a limped pot. Scott Clements then bet 440,000 from the big blind and the table folded around to Bruno Furth, who raised to 1,700,000. Clements called for his last 1,200,000.
Scott Clements: A♦J♥10♥10♠5♥
Bruno Furth: K♦K♠J♣5♠5♦
Both players had flopped trips, while Clements was in the lead with his ace-kicker. The turn, though, brought the K♣ to give Furth a full house. The river was the 10♣ and Clements was eliminated in eighth place.