Hand #93: Masayuki Nagata raised to 125,000 from under the gun and Majid Yahyaei called from the small blind. The two saw a flop of and Yahyaei checked. Nagata fired 125,000 and Yahyaei called. The turned and Yahyaei check called another bet, this time for 200,000. Both checked the river and both players flipped over the same hands- and , for a chop.
Hand #94: Yahyaei opened his button to 125,000 and James Lee three-bet to 325,000 from the small blind. It folded back to Yahyaei who also folded.
Hand #95: Nagata opened to 125,000 from his small blind and took it down preflop.
Hand #96: James Lee raised to 125,000 from under the gun and Jason Duval called. Yahyaei three-bet to 350,000 and both of his opponents quickly folded.
Hand #97: Lee raised to 100,000 from the button and Duval called from the big blind. The flop came {5h] and Lee continued for 100,000. Duval stuck around.
Fourth street was the and Lee bet 350,000. Duval called once more and the finished off the board. The action went check-check and Duval showed for a pair of nines. Lee mucked and Duval dragged the pot.
Hand #85: Jason Duval opened the button to 100,000 and Majid Yahyaei called from the small blind. James Lee shipped all in for 585,000 from the big blind and Duval folded. Yahyaei called and the hands were turned up.
Yahyaei:
Lee:
The board ran out and Lee was able to double up to about 1.3 million.
Hand #86: Yahyaei raised to 125,000 from the button and took it down preflop.
Hand #87: Yahyaei opened to 125,000 from under the gun and Lee called from the button. Masayuki Nagata called from the small blind and the three took a flop of . Nagata checked and Yahyaei fired 225,000. Both opponents folded and Yahyaei took it down.
Hand #81: Majid Yahyaei raised to 125,000 and took the pot.
Hand #82: Jason Duval raised to 100,000, and Yahyaei called. Duval fired 120,000 on the flop, and Yahyaei called. Duval came out with another bullet of 230,000 on the turn. Yahyaei relented.
Hand #83: Tommy Townsend raised to 125,000 and found no callers.
Hand #84: Townsend opened to 125,000 from the cutoff, and Duval and Yahyaei called from the blinds. The flop came , and Duval checked. Yahyaei decided to grab the betting lead with a 200,000 wager. Townsend moved all in, Duval folded and Yahyaei immediately called.
Yahyaei:
Townsend:
Yahyaei was far ahead, but a turn brought some extra outs for Townsend. The river was a , completing Yahyaei's flush and sending Townsend out in fifth.
Hand #75: Jason Duval raised to 100,000 from his button and took it down preflop.
Hand #76: Majid Yahyaei raised to 125,000 from his buton and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #77: Yahyaei raised to 125,000 from the cutoff and was called by James Lee and Masayuki Nagata. The flop was . Nagata checked and Yahyaei continued for 225,000. Both opponents folded and Yahyaei took the pot.
Hand #78: James Lee took it down preflop with a raise to 115,000 from the cutoff.
Hand #79: Yahyaei received a walk.
Hand #80: Duval raised to 100,000 from the button and Lee made it 250,000 to go from the small blind. Duval called and the flop came . Both players checked and the fell on fourth street. Lee moved 270,000 forward and Duval announced an all in. Lee folded and Duval took it down.
Hand #73: Dan Martin moved all in under the gun, and Jason Duval called from the big blind.
Duval:
Martin:
The flop came , and Martin got out of his seat. He turned some chopping outs with the , but the river was a , and he fell in sixth.
Hand #74: James Lee raised to 115,000 under the gun, and Tommy Townsend called. Majid Yahyaei three-bet to 300,000 from the big blind, and both players called. He thought for a minute before open shoving the flop, and both opponents folded.
Hand #69: Jason Duval opened his button to 100,000 and Dan Martin moved all in for 230,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and Duval folded his hand back.
Hand #70: Unknown action.
Hand #71: Masayuki Nagata raised to 100,000 from under the gun and Tommy Townsend called from his big blind. The flop came and Townsend led out for 175,000. Nagata made it 350,000 to go and Townsend let his hand go.
Hand #72: Majid Yahyaei opened to 125,000 from the cutoff and and James Lee made it 325,000 to go from the button. It folded back to Yahyaei who threw his hand away.
Hand #66: Jason Duval raised to 80,000. Masayuki Nagata called out of the big blind. Nagata checked the , and Lee checked behind. An arrived on the turning, making a scary board scarier. Nagata again checked, and Lee bet 90,000. That was enough to pick up the pot.
Hand #67: Dan Martin raised to 80,000 under the gun. Nobody called him.
Hand #68: Lee raised to 90,000. Tommy Townsend reraised to 250,000. Nagata reraised all in for 690,000. In the big blind, Martin shipped it for around 900,000. Lee and Townsend folded.
Nagata:
Martin:
The flop was a heartbreaker for Martin: . A turn gave him a flush draw, but the river was only the , and Martin's dominating position turned into a very short stack.