Mark Payne raised to 35,000 and was called by Alex Lee in the big blind. On the flop , Lee check-called a bet of 40,000 before the duo checked through the turn. On the river, Lee check-called a bet of 55,000 and quickly mucked when he was shown the .
One hand later, Abernathy raised to 35,000 and Michael Fraser called on the button. Lee squeezed to 100,000 from the small blind and scooped the pot without any further resistance.
Abernathy also raised to 32,000 the very next hand and Lee called, Payne now made it 90,000 to go. Abernathy folded while Lee stuck around to see a flop of . Payne continued for 115,000 and that won the pot.
For the first time today, Mark Payne may have felt some pain as a decent chunk of his stack just disappeared. He raised to 26,000 and Samantha Abernathy three-bet to 63,000 and Payne called. On the flop , Payne checked and Abernathy announced all in.
It was no snap call, in fact it took quite some consideration, but Payne tossed in a chip and then flipped over the for a flush draw. Abernathy was ahead with and had one flush blocker as well. Both the turn and the river bricked and that evened out their stacks.
Samantha Abernathy raised to 25,000 and Mark Payne squeezed to 58,000 from the button. In the big blind, Robert Spano four-bet to 130,000 and Abernathy folded, Payne called. On the flop , Spano continued for 150,000 and Payne tanked for more than two minutes.
Then he grabbed his red Terminator bounty chips, looked at the dealer, and announced all in. Spano gave it some thought and folded to see his opponent peek under both hole cards and then cheekily turn over the .
The first few hands of the new level brought no excitement before Don Mishra then raised to 25,000. Alex Lee three-bet to 54,000 on the button and Mishra called. On the flop , Mishra tank-called a bet of 31,000 and was called. Both players checked the turn and Mishra also checked the river.
Lee fired 67,000 with around 150,000 behind and Mishra was sent into the think tank for more than four minutes. Ultimately he sighed, slid the chips forward and said "okay Alex, you got it." Lee turned over and that was the winning hand indeed.