Neel Murthy limped from the small blind and Chris Frank raised to 600,000 from the big blind. Murthy called and the flop was 6♦Q♠7♠.Both players checked the flop before K♥ fell on the turn. Murthy bet 475,000 and Frank called. Both players checked the river 4♠ and Murthy turned over 9♦4♦ for a pair of fours. Frank shook his head and mucked the losing hand.
On the next hand, Murthy raised to 375,000 and Frank made it 1,200,000. Murthy responded with a shove and Frank tossed his hand away.
Action was three ways after a preflop min-raise and 9♠4♠6♠ was on the board when Neel Murthy checked from the small blind. Haim Gabay checked from the big blind and Chris Frank tossed out 200,000 from the button. Gabay got out of the way and Murthy called to see 5♣ on the turn.
Both players checked the turn before 2♥ fell on the river. Murthy bet 1,100,000 and Frank made a frustrated call.
Murthy turned over 4♦3♥ to take the pot with a straight and Frank mucked the losing hand.
Action was heads up with Q♠3♣7♠5♠6♠ on the board when Haim Gabay and [Removed:456] checked. Neel Murthy bet 450,000 and Gabay called before Martin folded. Murthy flipped over 6♦3♦ for two pair, but Gabay had K♠Q♥ to win the hand with the flush.
Moments later, Murthy made it 350,000 from under the gun and Martin shoved from the big blind. It was too much and Murthy declined the challenge.
Action was heads up with A♦K♦7♥2♣ on the board when Neel Murthy bet 750,000 and Chris Frank called.
The turn was 9♦ and Murthy used a time bank before he bet 2,000,000. Frank snap-called and turned over Q♦7♠ for a pair of sevens. Murthy showed 5♣3♠ and tossed the losing hand in the muck.
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With well over 1,000,000 in the middle and 2♣10♠6♥6♣ on the board, Jesse Kandola checked from the small blind before [Removed:456] bet 650,000 from the big blind. Haim Gabay called from the button but Kandola shoved 2,125,000 and sent Martin into the tank.
Martin used three time banks and called before Gabay shrugged and leaned forward. He used two time banks of his own and announced that he was all in with Martin covered.
Martin went into the tank once again and used another time bank before he ultimately got out of the way. Gabay turned over 9♠6♠ for three sixes and Kandola had A♥10♥ for the top pair of tens.
The board finished up with 5♥ and Kandola was out of the tournament in fifth place for $165,379.
[Removed:456] faces a decision for all of his chips.