Level 25
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
In a battle of the blinds, Bernie Stang bet the 
flop for 125,000 and Mark Lassau called to see the 
on the turn. Stang now bt 260,000 and Lassau folded.
Hamish Crawshaw raised the next hand to 130,000 from early position and Joe Antar jammed for 890,000. The blinds released their cards and Crawshaw did so, too.
Antar then jammed from the hijack for 20 big blinds and collected the blinds and antes without resistance.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,200,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
2,700,000
-285,000
|
-285,000 |
|
2,000,000
-190,000
|
-190,000 |
|
1,300,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
, Robertson check-called the 135,000 bet of Lassau.
, Robertson checked again. Lassau continued with a bet of 265,000 and that was enough incentive for Robertson to let his hand go.
flop and the 
turn improved him to two pair. However, Oiberman had a gutshot and flush draw to possibly send Kempson from chip leader to out in quick succession. Instead, the 
river saw Kempson further improve to a full house and Oiberman's stack was reduced to just over two big blinds.
, Stang check-raised the 155,000 continuation-bet of Kempson to 425,000. Kempson looked at the remainder of Stang's stack and then decided to shove with the bigger stack. Stang called.
for Stang to double up and take the chip lead.
, Antar check-called the 55,000 bet of Kempson. The turn was the 
, Antar checked again and so did Kempson. The river completed the board with the 
.