Mohammed Afiouni limped in, as did Frank Pezzaniti in the small blind. Daniel Hachem squeezed to 38,000 and Afiouni quickly folded. Pezzaniti complained that he can only shove or fold but not call with his stack before open-folding the 
. "I will wait for a better spot in Omaha," he added.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
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Daniel Hachem made it 16,000 and Mohammed Afiouni and Linh Tran called in the blinds.
The 
flop saw Afiouni check, Tran bet 20,000 and Hachem fold. Afiouni called and checked the 
turn. Tran checked behind and the river came the 
.
Afiouni checked again, calling after Tran bet 35,000. Tran showed the 
and Afiouni turned over the 
for a full house, taking it down to take the lead outright once again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
290,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
Doug Corning raised to 17,000 from the cutoff and Linh Tran as well as Frank Pezzaniti called in the blinds. On the flop 
, Pezzaniti bet the pot for 51,000 with 5,000 behind and all opponents folded to get shown the 
for two pair. "You were never gonna call," Pezzaniti said to his table neighbor Tran.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
106,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
Mohammed Afiouni raised the small blind to 19,000 and Linh Tran defended the big.
Afiouni bet 33,000 on the 
flop, but could not shake Tran. The turn came the 
and after Afiouni bet 77,000, Tran shoved in.
Afiouni quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
370,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
|
|
370,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
Frank Pezzaniti from the button and Doug Corning from the big blind both checked the flop 
before Corning bet the turn for 10,000. Pezzaniti called, then folded the 
river to a bet of 42,000.
In a three-way limped pot, Corning bet the 
flop and a bet of 12,000 won the pot once again.
Shortly after, Linh Tran raised to 16,000 from the cutoff and Corning called in the big blind. The duo checked the 
flop while Corning's two bets on the 
turn for 18,000 and the river for 25,000 were paid off. Tran was shown the 
and he mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
275,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
185,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
90,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
The five players remaining are off on a 10-minute break with Level 18 now behind them.
Linh Tran raised the button to 12,000 and Frank Pezzaniti called from the small blind.
Daniel Hachem obliged in the big blind and they went three handed to a 
flop.
Pezzaniti open-shoved for close to 85,000 and while Hachem folded quickly, Tran thought about it for a second before doing the same.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Without any big pots, Linh Tran has lost quite some of his stack. One of the hands included 
in Pot-Limit Omaha when flopping top pair and the nut flush draw. Daniel Hachem's kings won the medium-sized pot and the next hand saw a raise to 14,000 and a call by Doug Corning.
Mohammed Afiouni then asked the dealer for the size of the pot and raised to 60,000. All opponents folded, the Aussie flashed the .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
490,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
320,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
|
|
80,000
-115,000
|
-115,000 |
Daniel Hachem limped in from the small blind and Doug Corning raised to see Hachem call and head to the flop 
. Hachem bet 22,000 and Corning called before a pot-sized bet of Hachem took it down on the turn.
Soon after a four-way limped pot emerged and Linh Tran bet 10,000 on the flop 
. Only Hachem called and Tran check-folded the turn to a bet of 16,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
