Hall Doubles Through Murray
Paul Murray opened the action from under-the-gun with a raise to 6,000 and tablemate Bruce Hall moved all-in for 40,000 from around the back. After some time in the think tank Murray slid out the call and it was off the races.
Paul Murray: 
Bruce Hall: 
The 
flop saw Hall teetering on the brink of elimination, but the timely appearance of the 
turn saw him take the lead in the hand, and he claimed the double-up after the 
river completed the hand. Hall doubled up to 87,500 while Murray dropped to around 95,000 or so.
Murray got all this in the next hand in a battle of the blinds, pumping it to 9,000 from the big blind after the man in the small blind limped. Murray got a customer and the flop fell 
, where the action went check, check.
The 
turn was as far as the hand got with Murray shipping in the rest of his chips when the small blind checked it over and folding after Murray's all-in.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
104,000 | |
|
|
87,500 |
and a sizeable pot had amassed in the middle of the table. 
completed the board. 
for top pair. His opponent flipped over 
flop, which saw Zenonos and the small blind check it over to Zhang, who continued for 5,000. Zenonos was the only caller.
turn paired the board and brought another check from Zenonos and another bet from Zhang, this one a slightly larger 11,000, which was again called to bring the action heads-up to the 
for the flopped flush. Zenonos hit the rail while Zhang stacked up to 620,000.
and Obst continued for 7,500. His opponent quickly called. 
and Obst gathered 26,000 and slid it forward. His opponent called. 
completed the board and Obst announced all in for around 65,000. His opponent snap-called with more behind. 
and Benson fired another 15,000 after his opponent checked. The bet was called. 
completed the board and Benson was met with a third check in a row. He quickly tossed out 22,000. The bet was snap-called. 
