Level 8
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Just before the blinds had gone up, Patrick Leonard had squeezed to 9,700 and was then called by Michael Jozoff. They headed to the 
flop on which Leonard grabbed a handful of T-1,000 chips and splashed in a bet worth 10,000. Jozoff on the button instantly raised to 45,000 and that put Leonard to the test.
Table chatter between the duo went back and forth and Leonard then flashed his cards to the dealer and the player in the one seat. "Would you call there?" He received no reply but Leonard insisted to ask for advice to which the other player seemingly joked to call the clock.
Leonard folded and was shown the 
by Jozoff, who wanted to have mentioned that both are in a last longer competition and Jozoff "is in for blood".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
113,000
113,000
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113,000 |
|
34,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
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and called a bet of 2,500 from Crampton. Nakanishi checked again on the 
turn and Crampton checked back.
for tens full of nines and Nakanishi told his opponent "nice hand" before mucking.
flop was checked to Christopher and he bet 4,500, which only Matthew Sundberg called. The 
turn was checked to Christopher and he now bet 10,000 to win the pot.
for a set to beat out the 
and 
of his opponents.
flop on which Dan Zack in the small blind checked, Traber checked back. Zack bet the 
turn for 3,000 and Traber snap-called, which led them to the 
river.
for the top two pair. He was up against 
turn and 
and he bet 2,000. Only Jensen called. Jensen checked again on the 
turn and McKeehen sized up to 7,000. Jensen check-jammed a stack of 19,000 and McKeehen snap-called.
river for 12,000, which represented half of his stack. That was good enough to win the pot uncontested as Smidinger sent the cards into the muck.
on the river and the