Hand 25: Shawn Buchanan woke up with and limped in from the small blind. Adrian Mateos raised to 300,000 with the out of the big blind and Buchanan four-bet to 1,100,000 getting a quick fold from Mateos.
Hand 26: Buchanan opened on the button with the and Koray Aldemir three-bet jammed with the , forcing Buchanan to fold.
Hand 27: Aldemir limped from the small blind holding and Maria Lampropulos raised to 325,000 with the winning the pot.
Hand 28: Mateos opened under the gun and folded when Aldemir three-bet jammed on the button with the .
Hand 29: Buchanan limped with the in the small blind and folded when Mateos three-bet to 300,000 with the in the big blind.
Hand 30: Mateos limped from the small blind with the and called a raise to 265,000 by Aldemir with the in the big blind. The flop fanned out and Mateos bet 460,000. Aldemir shoved and won the pot.
Hand 31: Shawn Buchanan peeled the and opened under the gun. Adrian Mateos looked down at the and three-bet to 600,000 on the button. Buchanan called and a flop was issued.
Buchanan checked and Mateos bet 700,000. Buchanan raised to 1,800,000, Mateos three-bet jammed all in for 3,395,000 and Buchanan called.
Mateos was ahead but Buchanan had some draws. The quickly crushed Mateos' hopes and the meaningless on the river sealed his fate, falling in fourth place for $372,600.
Hand 32: Shawn Buchanan received a walk in the big blind.
Hand 33: Maria Lampropulos held the on the button and folded. Buchanan limped the small blind with the and Koray Aldemir checked his option from the big with the . The flop saw both players check and the appeared on the turn. Buchanan bet 260,000 with his double gutter and Aldemir folded.
Hand 34: Buchanan picked up the on the button and raised to 200,000. Lampropulos called from the big blind with her and the flop came down . Lampropulos checked and then folded when Buchanan continued for 175,000.
Hand 35: Lampropulos limped the small blind with the and Buchanan checked his option with the . The flop paired Lampropulos and she checked. Buchanan bet 100,000, Lampropulos called, and the hit the turn.
Both players checked and the river gave Buchanan a flush. Lampropulos checked and Buchanan bet 250,000. Lampropulos once again hit the tank before letting it go.
Hand 36: Shawn Buchanan limped in from the small blind with the and Koray Aldemir checked his option with the . The flop came and Buchanan bet 100,000.
Aldemir called to see the on the turn. Both players checked and the completed the board.
Buchanan led with a bet of 125,000 and Aldemir raised to 550,000. Buchanan called and Aldemir dragged in a sizeable pot.
Hand 37: Buchanan opened on the button with the and won the pot
Hand 38: We missed the hand due to a graphic on the screen.
Hand 39: Buchanan limped with the in the small blind and Aldemir checked with his . Both players checked a flop to see the and Buchanan won the pot with a bet on the turn.
Hand 40: Buchanan opened with the on the button and Aldemir called in the small blind with the . The flop fanned out and both players checked to see the on the turn. Both players checked again and the completed the board. Another two checks saw them chop the pot with king high.
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Hand 41: Koray Aldemir raised to 200,000 on the button with the and Shawn Buchanan called from the big blind with the . The flop saw Buchanan check top pair and Aldemir continuation-bet 140,000.
Buchanan called and then checked the turn. Aldemir checked behind and the completed the board on the river. Buchanan bet 325,000 and Aldemir called trying to catch a bluff. With that, Buchanan took down the 1.41 million pot.
Hand 42: Maria Lampropulos held the on the button and she just called. Buchanan did the same with the in the small blind and Aldemir checked his option from the big with the . All three players saw the flop and they all checked.
The turn saw Buchanan bet 175,000 with his open-ended straight draw, Aldemir folded, and Lampropulos called with her pair of queens. The river was no help to Buchanan and he gave up by checking. Lampropulos checked behind and won the pot.
Hand 43: Buchanan raised the button to 200,000 with the and Lampropulos three-bet to 750,000 from the big blind with the . Buchanan folded.
Hand 44: Buchanan received a walk in the big blind.
Hand 45: Buchanan limped the small blind with the and Aldemir checked his option with the . Both players checked the flop and the paired the board on the turn. Buchanan checked, Aldemir bet 155,000, and Buchanan folded.
Hand 46: Buchanan raised the button to 200,000 with the and Aldemir three-bet all in for 2.675 million with the in the small blind. It was a race, but Aldemir needed to improve to stay alive.
He managed to do it on the flop, and his hand held through the turn and river.
Hand 47: Shawn Buchanan was given a walk in the big blind.
Hand 48: Maria Lampropulos shoved on the button with the and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand 49: Koray Aldemir limped in from the small blind with and Lampropulos checked her option with the . The flop came down and Aldemir won the pot with a bet of 100,000
Hand 50: Aldemir opened with the on the button and Buchanan called in the big blind with the . Buchanan check-folded to a bet of 330,000.
Hand 51: Lampropulos looked down at the on the button and limped in. Buchanan raised to 590,000 from the small blind only to see Aldemir three-bet to 1,500,000. Both Lampropulos and Buchanan folded.
Hand 53: In the first hand back from the break, Koray Aldemir limped the small blind with the and Maria Lampropulos checked her option from the big with the . The flop gave Aldemir trips and he led for 120,000. Lampropulos folded.
Hand 54: Aldemir raised to 240,000 with the on the button and Shawn Buchanan defended the big blind with the . The flop saw both players checked and the appear on the turn. Buchanan checked for the second time and Aldemir, who had flopped a pair of tens, bet 360,000.
Buchanan called to see the river and he checked for the third time. Aldemir checked behind and claimed the pot.
Hand 55: Buchanan limped the small blind with the and Aldemir, who held the in the big blind, exercised his option with a raise to 375,000. Buchanan called the additional 255,000 and the flop came down .
Buchanan checked his up-and-down straight draw and Aldemir checked behind to see the turn. Again both players checked and the completed the board on the river. Buchanan missed his straight draw so he bet 325,000 to try and take it down. The bet did the trick as Aldemir let go of the best hand.
Hand 56:Hand 53: In the first hand back from the break, Koray Aldemir limped the small blind with the and Maria Lampropulos checked her option from the big with the . The flop gave Aldemir trips and he led for 120,000. Lampropulos folded.
Hand 57: Koray Aldemir limped the button with the and Lampropulos called from the small blind with the . Buchanan then three-bet to 620,000 with the in the big and both his opponents folded.
Hand 58: We missed the preflop and flop action due to a graphic on the stream but caught Shawn Buchanan taking down the pot on the turn with the against Koray Aldemir's on a board.
Hand 59: Aldemir limped from the small blind with the and Maria Lampropulos checked with the . The flop fanned out and both players checked bringing the on the turn.
Two more checks saw the complete the board and Aldemir won the pot with a bet of 150,000.
Hand 60: Buchanan was given a walk and looked down at the .
Hand 61: Buchanan limped in the small blind with the and Aldemir checked with the . The flop fell and Buchanan bet 120,000 getting a call from Aldemir.
The hit the turn and both players checked to see the on the river. Buchanan bet 275,000 and won the pot.
Hand 62: Buchanan opened with the on the button and took down the pot.
Hand 63: Lampropulos open-shoved from the small blind for 1,710,000 with the and Buchanan folded his big blind.
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and limped in from the small blind. Adrian Mateos raised to 300,000 with the 
out of the big blind and Buchanan four-bet to 1,100,000 getting a quick fold from Mateos.
and Koray Aldemir three-bet jammed with the 
, forcing Buchanan to fold.
and Maria Lampropulos raised to 325,000 with the 
winning the pot.
and folded when Aldemir three-bet jammed on the button with the 
.
in the small blind and folded when Mateos three-bet to 300,000 with the 
in the big blind.
and called a raise to 265,000 by Aldemir with the 
in the big blind. The flop fanned out 
and opened under the gun. Adrian Mateos looked down at the 
quickly crushed Mateos' hopes and the meaningless 
on the button and folded. Buchanan limped the small blind with the 
appeared on the turn. Buchanan bet 260,000 with his double gutter and Aldemir folded.
and Buchanan checked his option with the 
. The 
completed the board.
and Buchanan won the pot with a bet on the turn.
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flop saw Buchanan check top pair and Aldemir continuation-bet 140,000.
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and both players checked bringing the