Chip by Chip
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It's going to take a number of pots, at the current small-ball approach, for one player or the other to close out this final table. Dan Shak has a leg up on Chris Bell and just extended his lead. In a limped pot, Bell checked and then called a bet of 120,000 from Dan Shak on a flop of 
. Both players checked the 
turn. Bell took a stab at the pot with a bet of 100,000 on the 
river but Shak called. Bell's nines and sixes, made with 
, were no good against Shak's nines and sevens, made with 
. Neither player had a qualifying low, allowing Shak to drag the pot.