In a hand just before the blinds ticked over, Brent Thomas limped in before Matthew Ephraums raised from the small blind to 275,000.
Brendan Edmonds folded on the big blind, Thomas reraised to 580,000 and Ephraums called to see a flop of , which both players checked.
The dealer produced the on the turn; Ephraums led out for 350,000, Thomas raised to 800,000 but Ephraums snap-shoved over the top. After some consideration, Thomas threw his hand away.
The action has slowed down between the last three players, as they simply toss the blinds and antes between each other with very little action - and so the game goes on.
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On a flop that read , Trung Tran check-called a bet of 160,000 from Brendan Edmonds, before he did the same after a bet of 210,000 on the turn of the .
On there river , Tran led out for 350,000. Edmonds called, but mucked when Tran showed for a full house.