Hands #5-8: Blumstein Takes Two
Hand #5: Action folded around to John Hesp, who made it 1.6 million to go. It folded around to Bryan Piccioli in the big blind, and he talked with Hesp for a bit before releasing his hand, giving the pot to Hesp. Hesp showed 
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Hand #6: Scott Blumstein made it 1.7 million in early position, and it folded around to Dan Ott in the big blind. He made the call, and the flop came down 
. Ott checked to Blumstein, who bet 1.8 million. Ott quickly folded, and Blumstein took it down.
Hand #7: Jack Sinclair made it 1.6 million to go from middle position, and John Hesp defended his big blind. The flop came down 
, and Hesp check-folded to a continuation bet of 1.8 million from Sinclair.
Hand #8: Action folded around to Hesp in the small blind, and he limped in. Blumstein checked his option, and the flop came 
. Hesp checked in the dark, and Blumstein fired a min bet of 800,000. Hesp called, and the hit the turn. Hesp checked again, and Blumstein checked as well. The 
completed the board, and Hesp checked a third time. A bet of 3 million from Blumstein was good enough to get Hesp off the hand, and the chip leader added to his stack.
Due to technical difficulties, exact chip counts are not immediately available at the moment.