Loren Klein raised to 700,000 on the button and Brandon Shack-Harris called in the big blind. The flop came and Shack-Harris checked, Klein continued for 950,000 and that forced a fold from Shack-Harris in the last hand of the level.
Right after, the players were sent into the second 15-minute break of the day.
Rep Porter opened the button for 800,000 and big blind Loren Klein called. The two checked on and the hit the turn. Klein check-called a bet of 750,000 before the river went check-check.
Rep Porter made it 700,000 to go on the button and Brandon Shack-Harris three-bet the pot out of the small blind to 2,400,000 with 700,000 behind. That was enough to force a fold and Shack-Harris pulled some chips back.
Shack-Harris raised to 600,000 from the button the next hand and won the blinds.
Loren Klein limped the button, Porter called from the small blind and Shack-Harris checked. On the flop, action checked to Klein and his bet of 400,000 won the pot.
Shack-Harris limped the small blind next and Klein checked. On the flop, Shack-Harris checked and subsequently check-raised from 300,000 to 1,100,000, and that forced a fold from Klein.
Shack-Harris limped the button, Klein called in the small blind and Porter checked the big blind. On the flop, Klein bet 525,000 and his opponents folded.
The next three-way limped pot brought a flop of . Shack-Harris bet 400,000 in the big blind and claimed the pot uncontested.
Brandon Shack-Harris limped in from the button for 300,000 and big blind Rep Porter bumped the action to 1,050,000. The flop came and Porter bet 1.1 million. Shack-Harris folded right away.
The next hand, Porter limped in from the small blind. Shack-Harris raised to 900,000 from the big blind and Poter called. The two checked down the board of and Porter took it down showing a straight with .
Two pots that didn't get out of control, but still a sizable chunk of chips gone for Shack-Harris.
Jerry Wong raised to 1,000,000 first to act with 1,200,000 behind and Brandon Shack-Harris in the big blind, who had won the previous hand to narrowly pull ahead of Wong, checked his stack and elected to call.
The flop came and Shack-Harris checked, Wong moved all in and was snap-called.
Jerry Wong:
Brandon Shack-Harris:
Shack-Harris had flopped the straight and Wong needed running hearts to avoid the elimination. It was all over after the turn, making the river a formality, and Wong was eliminated in 4th place for $303,491.
Rep Porter opened the cutoff for 700,000 and big blind Loren Klein called to see a flop.
Klein led out for 900,000 on and Porter called. The hit the turn and Klein bet pot for 3,350,000. Porter tanked for some time before eventually moving in for just 100,000 more. Klein, naturally, called right away.
Rep Porter:
Loren Klein:
The on the river paired the board and Porter doubled into the lead.
Loren Klein raised to 700,000 two hands in a row. In the first hand he found no resistance and in the second hand, Klein's raise from the cutoff was called by Brandon Shack-Harris in the big blind. On the flop, both players checked. The turn paired the board and Shack-Harris checked. Klein bet 600,000 and Shack-Harris gave it a lot of thought before making the call.
On the river, both players checked and Shack-Harris showed his for a missed straight flush draw, Klein won the pot with his .
Action folded to Loren Klein in the small blind and he raised to 900,000. Big blind Ryan Hughes, who had 1,550,000 to start the hand, moved all in. Klein called instantly.
Ryan Hughes:
Loren Klein:
"Jack ball!" one railbird shouted. The flop hit right after.
The on the turn opened up some good river cards for Hughes but the on the river wasn't one of the cards he was looking for.
Hughes finished in fifth place for $261,391. The remaining four players are now guaranteed $303,491.
After having defended his big blind against a button raise to 500,000 by Rep Porter, Jerry Wong checked the flop and folded when facing a continuation bet of 500,000 by Porter.
The next hand, Wong limped in and Loren Klein checked. Wong bet the flop for 300,000 and Klein called before the appeared on the turn. Wong checked and called a bet worth 475,000.
On the river, Wong checked once more and Klein bet 950,000. Wong gave it some thought and called, Klein tabled the for a full house and scooped the pot.
Right after, a brief two-minute break for the color up of the T-5,000 chips took place.