Bolivar Palacios raised from under the gun and only Martin Sansour in the big blind made the call. Both players checked the 
flop and the 
fell on the turn. Sansour counted out some chips and threw in a bet of 80,000. Palacios thought about it for about a minute before releasing. Nothing too special about this hand, but at least we got to see a flop and turn.
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Since the shock of losing Roberto Bianchi, there hasn't been much action. The players are sticking to raise-and-take-it while they adjust to the new table dynamic.
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,000
Martin Sansour opened with a raise, and only Roberto Bianchi came along from the big blind. It was red hood against red hood to the 
flop. Bianchi checked, then quickly called Sansour's 70,000-chip bet. After the 
turn, Bianchi checked again. This time, Sansour bet 100,000, and Bianchi took his time considering his response. After a minute, he decided on a call.
That's when things got crazy. The river was the 
, pairing the board. Bianchi instantly moved all in. And Sansour couldn't have called any faster. Oops. Bianchi held 
for the second nut-low two pair. Sansour showed 
, having flopped the nut straight.
In one shocking minute, Bianchi went from second in chips to out in fifth place, and Sansour went from chip leader to having the rest of the table combined twice over with around 3.5 million.
Bolivar Palacios raised under-the-gun, and after Daniel Ades folded as usual, Roberto Bianchi flatted on the button. William Ross didn't waste any time moving all in for around another 280,000. His squeeze worked, and he took a nice pot without showdown. He's up to nearly 450,000 now.
Action folded to Matthias Habernig in the small blind and he moved all-in for around 400,000. The chip leader, Martin Sansour, was in the big blind and snap-called the raise.
Sansour: 
Habernig:
Habernig was behind and needed help; however, the 
flop gave Sansour two pair and Habernig was even further behind. In fact, he would need to catch runner-runner cards to stay alive. The dealer burned and turned the 
, which gave Habernig a flush draw. The crowd was clearly excited about the sweat and the young Austrian even let a smile creep across his face.
The entire tournament area waited anxiously for the river. If Habernig could not hit a heart (that wasn't an ace) then his attempt at equaling Jose "Nacho" Barbero's feat of winning back-to-back LAPT titles would come to an end. Unfortunately for Habernig, the river was the 
and he was sent home in sixth place. Nonetheless, his back-to-back final tables is clearly among the best accomplishments in LAPT history.
Bolivar Palacios raised, and Daniel Ades had finally found a hand good enough to play. He moved all in for 305,000, and Palacios snap-called to put Ades at risk.
Ades:
Palacios: 
There was nothing interesting about the 
board, and Ades doubled to over 600,000. That's his high-water mark for the tournament. Palacios was left with 700,000.
William Ross raised to 60,000 preflop from the button and Martin Sansour made the call from the big blind. The flop came and Sansour checked over to Ross, who checked behind.
When the 
hit the turn, Sansour checked, Ross bet 65,000 and Sansour called. Both players then checked the on the river. Ross turned over 
for a queen-high while Sansour flipped over 
for a pair of aces. Sansour took down the pot, meanwhile Ross's stack dipped a bit.
Roberto Bianchi made a preflop raise and Bolivar Palacios called from the big blind. The flop came down 
and Palacios checked over to Bianchi, who bet 90,000. After a call, the turn came 
and both players checked. They did the same when the fell on the river.
Bianchi showed pocket nines but was behind the 
of Palacios, who took down the modest pot. With all the jockeying back and forth occurring between these two players, one would think it will result in a monster pot sooner or later.
Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
