Alex Lee raised to 20,000 and Robert Spano called before the action reached Samantha Abernathy in the small blind. She squeezed to 75,000 and just Lee called to see a flop of . The last woman remaining then fired a continuation bet for what looked like 80,000 and Lee quickly folded.
Soon after, chip leader Mark Payne opened and called the three-bet of Robert Spano for 55,000. On the flop , Payne continued for 65,000 and was called before making it 85,000 once the fell in the turn. Spano moved all in for 270,000 and Payne folded.
Michael Fraser raised to 22,000 and was called by Alex Lee from one seat over. The action folded around to Michael Tchong and he moved all in for 141,000. Fraser reshoved and that resulted in a quick fold by Lee.
Tchong:
Fraser:
It was all over after the turn of a board and Tchong headed to the payout desk to collect his winnings.
Michael Tchong defended against a raise by Michael Fraser and then shoved the flop . Fraser looked over at his opponent and eventually folded to give up the pot of around 60,000 chips.
Soon after, Reece Webb raised to 21,000 and Don Mishra called in the big blind. Both players checked down the board and Webb's ended up second best to the of Mishra. Just yesterday, the player from Singapore had made the final table and finished ninth in the Accumulator Event. Mishra is back in action to do even better today.
At the very start of the final table, chip leader Mark Payne kicked off things in style. Michael Tchong raised to 23,000 and Alex Lee three-bet to 77,000. Payne then four-bet to 200,000 and enforced folds all around.