In one of the last hands of Level 28, Daniel Weinman raised under the gun and Pavan Bhatia defended from the big blind. Bhatia proceeded to check-call a bet of 80,000 on the flop before both players checked the turn.
Bhatia checked for a third time on the river, and Weinman reverted to betting, this time 190,000. Bhatia made the call but mucked when Weinman rolled over the .
Daniel Weinman opened to 60,000 in the hijack seat, Rogen Chhabra called in the cutoff, and Dan Schmiech called on the button. The flop fell , Weinman and Chhabra checked, and Schmiech fired out 150,000. Only Weinman called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. Weinman led out fo 285,000, and Schmiech immediately called. Weinman showed for nines and eights, and Schmiech showed for a lesser two pair.
Rogen Chhabra opened for 65,000 and Ben Mintz defended from the big blind. The latter proceeded to check-call a bet of 85,000 on the flop before both players checked the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Mintz led out for 125,000 and Chhabra made a quick call.
"You win," Mintz admitted without revealing his hand. Indeed Chhabra did win after he tabled the for a rivered pair of jacks.
Players are now on a short break in order to fill out bios for the official final table. We'll have updated chip counts soon, and action should resume shortly after final table introductions have been made. Stay tuned!
It happened when Kasra Khodayarkhani opened for 65,000 under the gun only to have Wunstel three-bet to 110,000 from middle position. The rest of the players got out of the way, Khodayarkhani four-bet to 250,000 and Wunstel made the call, bringing about a flop of .
Khodayarkhani slowed down with a check, but then woke up with a check-raise to 255,000 after Wunstel had bet 110,000. After a call was made and the dealer burned and turned the , Khodayarkhani moved all in for 540,000 and Wunstel called off for 445,000 with the . Unfortunately for him, he was drawing dead to Khodayarkhani's . The meaningless was run out on the river for good measure and then Wustel exited the stage in tenth place for $17,351.
Rogen Chhabra opened to 65,000 in the cutoff, Joseph Hebert defended his big blind, and both players checked when the flop fell . Hebert opted to lead out for 70,000 after the turned, and the paired the board on the river.
Hebert led out again - this time for 130,000 - and Chhabra mucked his hand.
It's tough to go deep in a tournament and then take a horrendous beat to end it, which is exactly what just happened to Robert Cheung.
It began when Joe Hebert opened for 65,000 under the gun and Cheung called from the cutoff. Pavan Bhatia then three-bet to 185,000 from the big blind, both his opponents called and it was three-way action to the flop.
Bhatia wasted little time in leading out for 135,000, Hebert folded and Cheung waited a solid minute before moving all in for 385,000 more. Bhatia thought for an equally long time before calling and discovered his was dominated by Cheung's . The only way Bhatia could eliminated Cheung was to catch a ten, and while he didn't do it on the turn, he did when the spiked on the river.
The table and railbirds reacted sharply as Bhatia hit one of his two outs while Cheung was left shaking his head. Despite the beat, Cheung shook hands with his opponents before making his way to the payout desk to collect $17,351.
flop before both players checked the 
turn.
river, and Weinman reverted to betting, this time 190,000. Bhatia made the call but mucked when Weinman rolled over the 
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, Weinman and Chhabra checked, and Schmiech fired out 150,000. Only Weinman called.
, both players checked, and the 
completed the board. Weinman led out fo 285,000, and Schmiech immediately called. Weinman showed 
for a lesser two pair.
flop before both players checked the 
turn. When the 
completed the board on the river, Mintz led out for 125,000 and Chhabra made a quick call.
for a rivered pair of jacks.
.
, Khodayarkhani moved all in for 540,000 and Wunstel called off for 445,000 with the 
. Unfortunately for him, he was drawing dead to Khodayarkhani's 
. The meaningless 
turned, and the 
paired the board on the river.
flop.
was dominated by Cheung's 
. The only way Bhatia could eliminated Cheung was to catch a ten, and while he didn't do it on the 
spiked on the river.
