From under the gun, Shawn Buchanan raised to 3,800. Luis "Bachy" Vazquez was two seats over and reraied to 8,800. When action folded back over to Buchanan, he reraised to 21,000. Vazquez quickly folded and Buchanan won the pot.
Faraz Jaka raised to 3,700 in the cutoff and Sam Stein re-raised to 10,800 in the small blind. Jason Mercier folded his big blind and Jaka called, landing a flop.
Stein checked and Jaka bet 15,000. Stein called and the turn brought the . Jaka bet 38,000 and Stein moved all in for an additional 53,000. After a short time in the tank, Jaka gave it up and Stein took it down.
Fresh off his doubled up, Luis "Bachy" Vazquez raised from the small blind to 4,000. Sam Stein called from the big blind and the two took a flop of . Bachy checked and Stein checked behind.
The turn paired the board with the . Bachy fired and Stein quickly folded his hand, allowing Bachy to scoop the pot. He now has about 60,000 chips.
Jason Mercier raised to 3,700 in the hijack and was called by Shawn Buchanan on the button, Faraz Jaka in the small blind, and Luis "Bachy" Vazquez in the big blind.
The flop came and Jaka bet 13,100 and got folds from Bachy and Mercier. Buchanan called and the hit the turn. Jaka again bet 13,100 and Buchanan called, landing the on the river. Jaka shoved and Buchanan folded, sending the pot Jaka's way.
Luis "Bachy" Vazquez raised to 4,000 from under the gun and action folded all the way around to Faraz Jaka in the big blind. Jaka reraised all in and Bachy quickly made the call, putting his tournament life on the line.
Bachy held the and Jaka held the . Bachy would need to win this race in order to stay alive in the tournament.
The flop came down and Bachy's sevens held off the first three cards. The turn put the on the board and still the sevens held. The river completed the board with the and Bachy doubled up. He was all in for 24,500 and doubled up to over 50,000 chips. Jaka was left with about 140,000.
Faraz Jaka raised to 3,700 in the cutoff and Luis "Bachy" Vazquez called on the button. Jason Mercier called from the big blind as well and the flop came .
Mercier checked and Jaka bet 6,500. Bachy called and Mercier raised it up to 13,700. Jaka gave it up, but Bachy made it 25,000 to go. Mercier shoved and Bachy gave it up immediately, sending the pot to Mercier.
Sam Stein opened the action from middle position with a raise to 3,800. Faraz Jaka called out of the big blind and the two players saw a flop. The first three community cards in the middle of the felt were the . Jaka checked and then Stein checked behind.
The turn added the to the board. Jaka checked and Stein fired 5,300. Jaka made the call. The river was the and Jaka checked again. Stein fired a bigger bet of 12,600. Jaka went into the tank and eventually made the call. Stein tabled the for two pair and Jaka mucked his hand.
Shawn Buchanan raised to 4,000 on the button and Faraz Jaka called from the small blind. Luis "Bachy" Vazquez called from the big blind and the flop came down .
They all checked and Jaka led out 8,500 when the turn hit. Bachy was the only caller and the hit the river. Both checked and Jaka tabled , enough to take it down.
Luis "Bachy" Vazquez raised to 3,800 under the gun and Jason Mercier re-raised to 10,900 in the cutoff. Faraz Jaka popped it 26,000 in the big blind and got a fold from Bachy.
Jason gave it up as well and Jaka took down the pot.
Faraz Jaka was under the gun and raised to 3,700. Jason Mercier called on the button and the two took a flop of . Jaka checked and Mercier checked behind.
The turn brought the and Jaka fired a delayed coninuation bet of 5,500. Mercier folded and Jaka won the pot.