From the button, Danny Hannawa made it two bets to go. Timothy Finne moved all in from the small blind for 79,000. Gavin Smith got out of the way and Hannawa made the call.
Hannawa:
Finne:
The flop brought the pairing Hannawa's ace. Finne would need running straight cards to stay alive.
The turn brought the sealing Finne's fate. The river was the meaningless and with Finne's exit, we find ourselves heads up.
Three-way action on this one. Gavin Smith raised from the button, and both Danny Hannawa (SB) and Timothy Finne (BB) called.
The flop came . Hannawa bet, Finne called, and Smith folded. The turn was the . Hannawa bet, and Finne called. Finne also called Hannawa's bet following the river.
Hannawa showed for trip tens, and Finne mucked. Finne is sliding fast here in this limit round, and is now left with just a few big bets.
Michael Michnik raised from the button, Gavin Smith three-bet from the small blind, Danny Hannawa folded, Smith four-bet, Michnik raised with his last chips, and Smith called.
Smith
Michnik
The flop came , and Michnik was in tough shape. The turn card sealed it, and he's out in fourth. Smith moves into the chip lead with more than 1.5 million.
Gavin Smith raised from under the gun, and Michael Michnik called from the big blind. The flop came . Michnik checked, Smith bet, Michnik raised, Smith three-bet, and Michnik called.
Michnik then check-called the turn and river. Michnik showed , and Smith . Smith had the better kicker, and wins the nearly half-million chip pot.
Michnik is down below 300,000, while Smith moves up to 1.3 million.
We move back to the limit round, where even the small bets are big, big bets now. Indeed, with stakes of 50,000/100,000, there are only about 38 big bets in play, period.
Here is what the stacks look like as we start this half-hour:
Timothy Finne -- 1.325 million
Gavin Smith -- 910,000
Michael Michnik -- 795,000
Danny Hannawa -- 760,000