Max Pescatori raised from under the gun and Christopher Wallace made it three bets from the cutoff. Action came back to Pescatori and he called.
The flop came down and Pescatori check-called a continuation bet. The turn was the and Pescatori checked for a second time. Wallace fired out again and Pescatori called. The came on the river and Pescatori checked for a third time. Wallace fired and Pescatori instantly folded his hand. Wallace showed for trips and raked the pot. Wallace is now sitting on about 2.03 million in chips.
Richard Ashby completed and both Richard Sklar and Christopher Wallace called. On fourth street Sklar and Wallace check-called a bet. On fifth, Sklar folded when Ashby bet again. Wallace called, but he also folded on sixth when Ashby continued to fire.
Richard Sklar was the bring in with the and Max Pescatori completed from the next seat over. Christopher Wallace called and Randy Ohel raised. Action folded back to Sklar who kicked his cards into the muck. Pescatori and Wallace called.
On fourth street, action checked over to Ohel and he fired out a bet. Both of his opponents called and Wallace was first to act on fifth. He checked, Ohel bet, and Pescatori folded. Wallace came over the top with a check-raise and Ohel got rid of his cards. Wallace was pushed the pot and is now up to about 1.3 million in chips.
Richard Sklar completed and Lee Goldman made it two bets to go. Sklar called and Goldman was all in in the dark for fourth street. After receiving his card, Sklar tossed out a call. Sklar ended up making an eighty-seven by sixth street to score the elimination. Neither player's final card was turned over. Goldman fell in sixth place for $84,844, while Sklar's stack grew to 1.91 million.
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On the final hand before the break it was Christopher Wallace who completed and Richard Ashby called. On fourth and fifth, Wallace bet and Ashby called. On sixth, Ashby check-called and on sixth both players checked.
Wallace: / /
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Wallace turned over and Ashby showed but that was not enough. Wallace took down the last hand before the break and six players will return to battle it out an hour from now.