Joining the action on the turn, Max Silver checked out of the big blind, and his sole remaining opponent bet 7,500. Silver called, and the river completed the board. Silver immediately bet 11,000, and his opponent reluctantly called.
Silver rolled over for a flush, and that won the pot.
One table over, Brandon Shack-Harris has grinded his way back to an above-starting stack, while Anson Tsang has recently joined the chip leaders.
On a board with about 85,000 in the middle, Ashton Griffin bet 21,000. His heads-up opponent, Mike Watson, went into the tank for a few minutes before check-calling.
Griffin tabled for a flopped full house, and Watson mucked.
With a raise in front of him, the player on the button three-bet to 11,000. Micah Smith four-bet to 30,000 from the small blind, then called a five-bet jam from the original raiser in late position as the button folded out of the way.
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The board ran out , giving Smith a straight and knocking his opponent out of contention.
Several players have built their stacks of late, and among them are Yaroslav Boiko, James Calderaro, Joshua Beckley, and Ben Tollerene.
Tollerene faced a bet of 12,000 from Xinyan Zhou on the river of a board, and he raised the pot, which amounted to 62,000 in total. Zhou eventually folded, and Tollerene raked in the pot without showdown.
The tournament screens show a total of 182 entries at the end of Level 6, and all remaining players have been sent on a 15-minute break. Another four levels of 60 minutes each are scheduled for Day 1.
Daniel Reijmer raised to 4,000 from the button, and Eric Wasserson called in the small blind. Anton Morgenstern three-bet to 16,000 in the big blind, Reijmer folded, and Wasserson called.
Both players checked the flop, and Wasserson bet the turn for 30,000. Morgenstern called. After the river, Wasserson made it 74,000 to go with just 24,000 behind, and Morgenstern reluctantly called.
Wasserson showed for trips nines to scoop a big pot.
Cliff Josephy faced a bet of 25,500 on the river of a board. Josephy clearly had a tough decision to make and took a few moments analyzing. He eventually made the call.
His opponent's hand was not clear, but Josephy turned over to win with just a pair of kings.
"I'm not going to try and bluff you," said Jan-Peter Jachtmann from across the table as Josephy was pushed the pot.
Majid Yahyaei raised to 3,000, and Artem Babakhanyan three-bet to 10,500 from one seat over. Yahyaei called.
On the flop, the action went check-check, and the turn paired the board. Yahyaei checked and called a bet of 10,000 from Babakhanyan. After the river, Yahyaei, checked once more, and Babakhanyan bet 18,000. This prompted Yahyaei to check-raise to 61,000, and that won the pot uncontested.