We're twenty hands into the final table now, and we've seen the flop a grand total of two times. Neither hand progressed to the turn. What will be the charge that explodes the dam keeping everything in check and lets the aggressive nature of these players come flooding across the table?
Despite being mostly smiles, these men seem relatively unwilling to engage in idle chit chat. They are all quite focused on the task at hand. Unless in a hand, each seems eerily unaware of the others' existence.
Nathan Templeton has the button in Seat 6. Anatoly Shilyuk open-raises to 35,000 from the cutoff. From the small blind, Devin Porter reraises to 106,000. Everyone else folds and Porter wins the pot.
Michiel Brummelhuis has the button in Seat 4. Rep Porter opens the pot for 34,000 from the cutoff. Everyone else folds. Porter wins the blinds and antes.
Rep Porter has the button in seat 3. Action folds around to Michiel Brummelhuis in the small blind and he completes. Anatoly Shilyuk checks his big blind option and they see a flop of . Brummelhuis, first to act, bets 15,000 and Shilyuk wastes little time folding. Michiel Brummelhuis wins the pot.
Devin Porter has the button in seat 1. Nathan Templeton raises to 35,000 from the cutoff seat. Devin Porter announces a raise from the button. He makes it 115,000 total. The blinds fold and it's back to Templeton who asks for a count on Porter's remaining chips. Templeton calmly shuffles his chips for roughly ten seconds before flicking his cards into the muck. Devin Porter wins the pot.
Nathan Templeton has the button in Seat 6. Michiel Brummelhuis raises to 35,000. Anatoly Shilyuk folds before Templeton reraises to 100,000. Everyone else folds and Templeton wins the pot.