Since arriving at the final table, multiple cards have been found out to have nail marks.
All of these cards have been within the range of a deuce and a seven, with multiple cards and now full decks having to be replaced.
The floor has requested a dealer on the final table rotation to observe the players, as he let them know he will be penalizing any foul play.
Daniel Strelitz raised on the button, and Horacio Chaves put in a three-bet from the small blind. Strelitz called, and drew three to Chaves' two.
Chaves bet out, only for Strelitz to put in a raise. Chaves called, and both players drew one.
Action checked through, and Chaves stood pat. Strelitz opted for one final card.
Chaves checked, and was put in quite a spot when Strelitz bet. Eventually, he flicked in the call, and saw the good news as Strelitz was at it with 5x5x4x3x2x. Chaves tabled 10x8x7x6x2x and celebrated as he took in the pot.
In a battle of the blinds, Michelle Chin took one card after the second draw and Daniel Strelitz drew three. Chin bet and Strelitz called.
Chin stood pat on the final draw and Strelitz drew one. Chin bet and Strelitz called with Qx7x4x3x2x. A sharp call, as Chin tabled 7x7x8x6x4x for a pair of sevens.
Nick Pupillo raised from the small blind, before calling a three-bet from big blind Michelle Chin.
He drew two, then check called a bet from Chin who drew one.
The drawing pattern was the same for the second draw, and Pupillo checked again. Chin bet out for a second time, only to face a check-raise from Pupillo. She put in the call for a final draw.
Pupillo stood pat, and Chin took one. Pupillo checked, and Chin painfully checked back. Pupillo tabled 10x8x7x4x2x and took down the pot.
Michelle Chin raised on the button, Daniel Strelitz three-bet from the small blind, Horacio Chaves cold-called from the big blind, and Chin called. Strelitz drew one, Chaves two, and Chin three, which prompted an auto-bet from Strelitz before looking at his cards. All other players called.
On the second draw, Strelitz changed one while Chaves and Chin took two apiece. Again, Strelitz bet dark and received two more calls.
On the final draw, Strelitz was pat and Chaves and Chin both changed one more card. Strelitz checked, Chaves bet, Chin raised, Strelitz folded, and Chaves quickly folded as well.
Level: 31
Blinds: 75,000-150,000
Limits: 150,000-300,000
Horacio Chaves raised on the button, Nick Pupillo three-bet from the small blind, Michelle Chin four-bet from the big blind, Chaves called, and Pupillo called. Pupillo drew two cards while Chin and Chaves opted for one.
Pupillo checked, Chin bet, Chaves raised, Pupillo folded, and Chin took her time before making it three bets. Chaves, undeterred, clicked it back to make it four bets. Chin took her time before sliding in the call.
Both players stood pat on the second draw and Chin checked. Chaves bet, and Chin leaned back in her chair. She sighed and took ample time before committing another call, opting to still stand pat going into the final draw.
This time, it was Chaves who went deep in the tank. He took the better part of three minutes before breaking his pat, sending two cards in the muck. Chin bet and Chaves quickly gave it up.
Ian Pelz raised from the cutoff, and Nick Pupillo three-bet on the button. Big blind Daniel Strelitz made it four bets to go, and Pelz shoved for 540,000. Both other players called.
Pelz drew two, with the players on either side of him drawing one. Pupillo then called a bet from Strelitz.
On the second draw, Strelitz patted, Pelz drew two, and Pupillo took one. Pupillo called another bet from Strelitz.
The third drawing phase was the same as the second, and action checked through.
Ian Pelz: KxQx7x3x2x 
Nick Pupillo: Jx5x4x3x2x
Daniel Strelitz: 8x7x5x3x2x
Strelitz scooped the whole pot, and Pelz hit the rail
Down to just two big blinds, Ian Pelz raised all in and Michelle Chin called. Pelz was pat after the second draw while Chin kept drawing until the end.
Pelz spread out 8x5x4x3x2x and Chin needed to complete her 7x6x3x2x. She caught a queen for Pelz to double up.
Daniel Strelitz raised on the button and Horacio Chaves called in the small blind. Both players drew two cards on the first draw and Chaves bet. Strelitz called.
On the second draw, Chaves drew one and Strelitz two. Another bet from Chaves followed and Strelitz called before both players exchanged a final card.
"Bet," Chaves verbally announced, followed by a call from Strelitz.
Chaves showed 8x7x5x4x2x and Strelitz mucked. The Paraguayan, who can become his country's first-ever bracelet winner, celebrated with his friends on the rail.
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