Chip by Chip
It's going to take a number of pots, at the current small-ball approach, for one player or the other to close out this final table. Dan Shak has a leg up on Chris Bell and just extended his lead. In a limped pot, Bell checked and then called a bet of 120,000 from Dan Shak on a flop of . Both players checked the turn. Bell took a stab at the pot with a bet of 100,000 on the river but Shak called. Bell's nines and sixes, made with , were no good against Shak's nines and sevens, made with . Neither player had a qualifying low, allowing Shak to drag the pot.