Hand #84: Sebastian Pauli held and raised to 200,000 from the small blind. He took down the pot before the flop.
Hand #85: Pauli had the button. He raised to 200,000 with and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #86: Artur Koren looked down at under the gun. He made it 160,000 to go and the action folded around to Kevin MacPhee in the big blind. MacPhee called with and the flop came down .
Both players checked the flop and the touched down on the turn. Two more checks allowed the to complete the board. Both plaeyrs checked again and Koren took the pot with ace high.
Hand #87: Jake Cody had and opened his button to 175,000. Koren called from the big blind with , allowing the flop to come . Both players checked and the paired the board on the turn.
Koren reached for chips and flung 180,000 into the middle. Cody called and the on the river gave each player the same straight. Koren bet 290,000, Cody called, and the two players chopped the pot.
Hand #82: Jake Cody opened to 125,000 from the cutoff with . Action folded to Kevin Killeen in the big blind and he called with .
The dealer fanned a flop of and both players checked to see the on fourth street. Killeen checked a second time, Cody bet 125,000, and Killeen gave it up.
Hand #83: Action folded to Killeen in the small blind and he peered down at . He cut out a raise to 155,000, putting action on Sebastian Pauli in the big blind. He looked down at and called the raise.
The flop came and Pauli check-folded to a continuation bet of 130,000.
Hand #79: Kevin MacPhee raised under the gun with to 120,000 and Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody called from the big blind with . The flop came down and Cody check-called 135,000.
On the turn the hit and Cody checked again after which MacPhee checked behind. On the river the hit and both players checked. MacPhee showed the winning hand and he raked in this pot.
Hand #80: Artur Koren raised under the gun with to 120,000 and he won the pot.
Hand #81: Kevin MacPhee moved all in from the small blind to put Artur Koren at risk in the big blind. MacPhee had and Koren looked down on . Koren went into the tank for quite a while and looked like he was going to call, and in the end he did. Koren was at risk for 1,120,000 and the showdown went as following
The flop brought and Koren picked up a pair and a flush draw. On the turn the hit and Koren made two pair to take down this pot. On the river the hit and Koren raked in a big double up to 2.3 million chips. MacPhee was left with 1.9 million.
With the way things are going, if Jake Cody and Kevin Killeen reach the heads-up stage of this final table in the early hours of tomorrow morning, the stage will look something like the infield after the Kentucky Derby. They have the most vocal supporters and drink has been taken. It has since been taken again. It makes for a vibrant atmosphere on the rail—still as packed as it was five hours ago when play started, and it just found its voice again following a Jake Cody double up, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
Hand #76: Jake Cody had in the cutoff and made it 125,000 to go. Kevin Killeen looked down at and called to see a .
Killeen checked, Cody continued for 140,000, and Killeen called to see the on the turn. Killeen checked his straight and Cody knocked the table back. The finished off the and Killeen reached for chips. He moved 245,000 into the middle and Cody instantly released his hand.
Hand #77: Kevin MacPhee was in the cutoff and raised to 120,000 with . He took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #78: Cody was under the gun and made it 125,000 to go. Artur Koren peered at his cards in the cutoff and announced a three-bet to 285,000. Cody moved all in over the top for 2.275 million and Koren instantly called.
Cody:
Koren:
The flop came down , giving Cody a set of fours and a huge lead in the hand. The filled him up on the turn and completed the board on the river. Cody scored the massive double up and now has 4.7 million to his name.
Hand #71: Artur Koren raised from the button to 120,000 with and Kevin Killeen looked down on in the small blind. Killeen called and Sebastian Pauli called from the big blind with . The flop came down and the action checked to Koren who bet 140,000 and both his opponents folded.
Hand #72: Artur Koren raised from the cutoff to 120,000 with and he took down the pot.
Hand #73: The action folded to Kevin Killeen who made it 130,000 with in the cutoff and Sebastian Pauli three-bet with to 310,000 from the button. The action folded back to Killeen who moved all in for 1.8 million and he took down the pot.
Hand #74: Sebastian Pauli raised to 120,000 from the cutoff with and took down the pot.
Hand #75: Artur Koren received a walk in the big blind.