That's the end of the level, and the final nine are headed off for a one-hour dinner break. We're going to go get you some hard counts from the table after they color up the yellow T1,000 chips, and then we're going to go stuff our faces too.
Play will resume just a few minutes after 9:00 p.m.
Michael Smith opened to 83,000 from early position and Tom "durrrr" Dwan three-bet to 228,000 in middle position. The action folded back Smith who tanked under Dwan's stare. He eventually made the call, and the flop fell .
Smith quickly checked to Dwan who thought for a second before betting 94,000. Smith promptly moved all in and Dwan snap-folded.
Smith chipped up to 1,085,000 chips and Dwan dropped down to 2,415,000.
David Randall opened to 75,000 under the gun, and he found one call from Austin McCormick on the button.
Heads up, the two men took a flop of . Continuing his preflop aggression, Randall fired out 110,000, and McCormick made the call to see another card.
The dealer put the innocent-looking down on fourth street, and Randall wasn't slowing down now. He fired a second bullet 250,000 chips strong, and that was good enough to earn him the pot as McCormick fired his cards into the muck.
Simon Watt raised to 75,000 from the hijack seat and Marvin Rettenmaier moved all in for 462,000 from the small blind. Watt tank-called and the hands were tabled:
Showdown
Marvin:
Watt:
The crowd boo'd as the dealer wrapped the table and flopped . The chop was official with the on the turn and the on the river was but a formality.
We haven't had a flop in over ten minutes and the rail is becoming somewhat restless.
"Just flop it!" somebody yelled at the dealer moments ago.
There was a three-bet from David Randall though, our first at the final table.
Marvin Rettenmaier opened the pot to 80,000 from middle position and Randall re-popped to 225,000 from the small blind. Rettenmaier relased and Randall was shipped the pot.
Austin McCormick opened the pot to 66,000 before Kyle Winter moved all in for 425,000 total. The action came back to McCormick, and he thought it over for just a minute before releasing his cards into the muck.