The fourth level of the day is done and dusted. The players have been sent into a 15-minute break and the $T1,000 chips will be raced off during that time.
The action has somewhat slowed down and just small pots were played towards the end of the level. Gaurav Raina opened to 54,000 from the cutoff and Chi Zhang moved all in for 534,000 in total from the small blind. "This is a pretty close one," Raina said. "I kind of predicted you would do this, but it's still tough," he added.
Two minutes passed and Raina said, "You can breathe," before sending his cards into the muck.
In a battle of the blinds, [Removed:153] checked the turn and Tom Thomas bet 100,000, which Stenholm called. On the Qc] river, Stenholm bet 175,000 and Thomas folded. "Show a black card," Scott Margereson teased from the other side of the table, but Stenholm just raked in the pot with a grin on the face.
Eric Cloutier raised to 65,000 and Griffin Abel defended the big blind. On the flop, both players checked. Abel bet the turn for 100,000 and Cloutier folded.
Soon after, Abel raised the button to 60,000 and Pete Chen shoved for 432,000 in the small blind to rake in the pot uncontested.
Michael Krasienko went all in for 200,000 in middle position and Pete Chen re-shoved in the small blind. The big blind folded and Krasienko was at risk, and behind.
Krasienko:
Chen:
"I'll take a chop," Krasienko notified the dealer, and the flop came , giving Krasienko a flush draw. The turn and the river were of no help to Krasienko, though, and he was eliminated.
Krasienko takes home $16,238 for his 16th-place finish.
Asi Moshe raised to 52,000 and Gaurav Raina in the hijack three-bet to 135,000, which Moshe called. The duo ended up checking down the board of and Moshe showed . Raina had that beat with and scooped the pot.
Soon after, a battle of the blinds between Giuseppe Pantaleo and James Calvo gained action on the turn. Pantaleo bet 53,000 and Calvo raised to 175,000, which Pantaleo called. Both checked the river and Pantaleo showed for two pair.
Calvo was not happy at all and slammed his cards on the table in disgust, causing the to flip over.