Chalie Hook raised to 35,000 from early position, and the action folded to Laurence Wolf in the small blind. He announced "raise," thinking there was no action in front of him, then realized his mistake. He was forced to min-raise to 54,000 - it took a very long time for all 11 people at the table to do the math - and Hook called.
The flop fell , Wolf led out for 125,000, and Hook called. The turn was the , Wolf opted to check, and Hook took the opportunity to bet 150,000. Wolf called.
Both players checked when the completed the board, and Wolf won the hand with .
Jake Toole raised to 35,000 from early position, and received three callers; Jewook Oh, Chalie Hook (hijack), and Abraham Korotki (big blind). The dealer fanned , Korotki checked, and Toole tossed out 80,000. Only Hook called.
The turn was the , Toole led out for what looked like 186,000, and Hook folded.
Chalie Hook put in a raise from under the gun, Jewook Oh called in the big blind, and the dealer fanned . Oh check-called a bet of 50,000, both players checked on the turn (), and the river was the .
Oh led out for 100,000, Hook called with , but it was no good against Oh's for a set of kings.
Andy Spears raised to 51,000 from middle position, Abraham Korotki called in the hijack seat, and Jake Toole called on the button. Frank Toscano moved all in for 627,000 out of the big blind, and Spears tanked for a considerable amount of time before folding.
Abraham Korotki popped it to 42,000 from under the gun, and Robson Barbosa, who took the pot down preflop in the previous hand with an all in, moved all in for 164,000 on his direct left. The action folded back to Korotki, who called.
Korotki:
Barbosa:
The flop came , giving Korotki an open-ended straight draw, and the turn was a meaningless . Barbosa would be eliminated if he didn't receive an ace or queen on the river.
The river was a queen - the - giving Barbosa a winning pair and the double up.
Paul Spitzberg opened for a raise in middle position, Abraham Korotki called from three spots to his left, and the rest of the players folded. The flop fell , Spitzberg led out for 56,000, and Korotki called.
Korotki called another 150,000 from Spitzberg after the turn brought the , and the completed the board. Both players checked.
The start of the final table has been a bit slow. In one hand, Andy Spears and Abraham Krotoki chopped a pot with two pair on board - both players held an .
Robson Barbosa didn't play a hand as the blinds passed, and is now below 10 big blinds.
There's also an absent player; Laurence Wolf. Wolf is still second in chips, but it also 20 minutes late and counting.