Sean Ragozzini opened to 200,000 from early position and Richard Dixon defended his big blind.
On the 8♣A♦9♠ flop, Ragozzini continued for 130,000, which Dixon called.
The K♥ turn went check-check and an A♥ appeared on the river. Dixon checked, and after some time thinking, Ragozzini checked it back and table A♠5♠ for trip aces to win the pot.
Daniel Strelitz raised to 200,000 from under the gun. Scott Ball three-bet to 600,000 from middle position. Daniel Sepiol then made a small four-bet to 1,100,000. Strelitz folded while Ball flatted.
The flop came J♠A♣6♥. Sepiol continued for 500,000 and Ball folded.
The remaining eight players have been informed by the tournament director that once this level ends, there will be an extended break of around 45 minutes. Once players return, the action will then be streamed with a delay.
Sean Ragozzini opened from under the gun to 200,000 and Robert Natividad three-bet to 725,000 on the button. Scott Ball was in the small blind and shoved all in for over 3,000,000, which got Ragozzini to fold, but Natividad snap-called.
Scott Ball: Q♦Q♥
Robert Natividad: A♠K♦
Ball needed to win the flip to stay alive but got off to a bad start as the 7♠2♥K♠ flop improved Natividad to top pair.
The A♣ turn gave Natividad two pair and Ball couldn't find a two-outer on the river as the 8♠ completed the runout.
The $25K Fantasy league is starting to see some separation as Team The Dinkers (Josh Kay) has opened up a nice lead of 478 points, which is a good bit ahead of both Team Sternheimer (330 points) and Team Oz (251 points). Of the 19 teams, six have failed to cross the 100-point mark, while Team Chingas (19 points) and Team Lucky (17 point) at the bottom of the pack.
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Jeremy Ausmus limped the button with the K♠J♦ while James Davidson checked from the big blind with the K♥3♦.
The flop came 8♦Q♦7♣. Both players checked to the turn which was the Q♠ which they checked once again to the river which came the K♣ to pair up both players, with Ausmus having the kicker advantage. He bet 200,000 and got called quickly to collect the modest pot to win the first post flop pot of the stream.