O'Brien Extends Lead
Action folded to Dan O'Brien's button and he made it 8,000 to go. Oleksii Kovalchuk called from the small blind and the big blind mucked his cards.
The two were heads up to see the flop of 
. Kovalchuk took the lead with a bet of 20,000 and O'Brien flat called. Fourth street brought the 
and Kovalchuk slowed down with a check. O'Brien moved 38,000 into the middle of the table and Kovalchuk called his bet.
Both players checked the 
on the river and Kovalchuk showed 
for a pair of sevens. Unfortunately for Kovalchuk , O'Brien held 
for top pair and he was able to absorb the chips in the pot. O'Brien is now sitting on 405,000 in tournament chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
405,000 | 76,000 |
|
144,000 | -107,500 |
and both players checked to see a turn.
landed on the felt and Rosadoni checked. Romanovskyi fired 11,000 into the middle and took down the pot, boosting his stack to 93,000.
and was called by the 
of John Monnette.
paired the board on the turn and the 
completed the board on the river, alllowing Romanovskyi's pocket tens to hold and securing him a double up to 65,000.
and Allain was able to clinch the double up to about 128,000 in chips.
board to get to a showdown. Rosadoni tabled the 
for a pair of fours. Aanensen pointed to O'Brien's hand as if to signal it was best before turning over his 
to give Rosadoni the double up. He was all in for 112,300, leaving Aanensen with just about 10,000 in chips.
dominating Duthie's 
