The action as of late has been a lot of raise and take it. Lehavet seems to be getting the better of the back and forth as he has Solomon down to around 800,000.
To give you an example of the action, in a recent hand Solomon raised to 100,000 on the button only to have Lehavot pot it to 300,000. Solomon released and Lehavot took down the pot.
Jarred Solomon opened for 100,000 on the button and Amir Lehavot called.
Flop:
Lehavot checked and Solomon bet 115,000. Lehavot called to see the turn. He checked and Solomon bet 230,000. Lehavot potted, enough to cover Solomon, and Solomon folded his hand. Lehavot now has a resounding chip lead.
Amir Lehavot raised to 100,000 on the button and Jarred Solomon called from the big blind.
The flop came down and Solomon checked. Lehavot bet 100,000, but could not shake Solomon. Both checked the turn card, landing the on the river. Solomon checked it to Lehavot who bet 150,000. Solomon called, but mucked when Lehavot tabled for aces and queens.
Amir Lehavot raised to 100,000 from the button and Jarred Solomon called. The flop came and Solomon check-called a 100,000 bet from Lehavot. The turn brought checks form both players and the came on the river.
Solomon bet 150,000 and Lehavot called. Solomon tabled and Lehavot had for runner-runner two-pair to steal the pot away from Solomon.
Sam Stein had the unfortunate position of being the short stack in between Amir Lehavot and Jarred Solomon. From the big blind Stein moved all in preflop following an opening raise from Lehavot in the small blind. Lehavot called and the hands were tabled.
Showdown:
Stein:
Lehavot:
Stein was in bad shape and needed help to double up. He whiffed on the flop when it came . Stein needed running straight cards or one of the remaining sixes to double up. The turn came followed by and Stein's tournament was over.
Stephen Chidwick raised to 80,000 from the cutoff only to have Amir Lehavot reraise from the button. The blind quickly got out of the way and Chidwick moved all in for around 620,000 total. Lehavot made the call and it was essentially a flip.
Chidwick:
Lehavot:
The crowd was on its feet as the flop came down , giving Chidwick two pair and sending his supporters into a jovial celebration. However, they seemed to overlook the fact that Lehavot still had outs. The turn kept Chidwick in the lead, but it also gave Lehavot an open-ended straight draw.
What was once celebration quickly turned into shock and awe as the peeled off on the river and gave Lehavot the winning Broadway straight. Chidwick's supports were silenced as their man shook hands with the remaining players and made his exit in fourth place.