The final three are taking a short 10-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,900,000 | |
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||
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3,275,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
2,650,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
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Level: 23
Ante: 15,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 60,000
Limits: 60,000-120,000
Richard Sklar: XxXx/K♥6♥J♦9♣/Xx
Thomas Taylor: XxXx/Q♣9♥K♣10♠/Xx
Richard Sklar completed and Thomas Taylor called.
Sklar bet on fourth street and Taylor called. Taylor then opened the betting on fifth and Sklar called.
Taylor bet again on sixth and Sklar stuck around to see seventh. Both players then checked and Taylor flashed a queen for a pair. Sklar, though, had a pair of kings to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,200,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
||
|
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2,900,000
-375,000
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-375,000 |
Arash Ghaneian: XxXx/2♠5♥4♥2♥/Xx
Thomas Taylor: XxXx/7♠8♦9♣J♠/Xx folded on seventh street
Thomas Taylor completed and Arash Ghaneian came along.
Ghaneian bet on ffourth street and Taylor called. The same thing happened on fifth street. Both players checked on sixth street.
Ghaneian fired once more on seventh and Taylor folded as he became the shortest stack for the first time during three-handed play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,050,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
||
|
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2,600,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
Thomas Taylor: XxXx/7♠7♥K♣9♦/Xx
Richard Sklar: XxXx/8♥9♣J♠4♥/Xx
In a limped pot, Thomas Taylor bet on fourth street and Richard Sklar called.
Taylor continued betting on fifth and sixth as Sklar called down to seventh. Taylor then bet again.
Sklar quickly tossed his cards away as Taylor won the pot to a loud ovation and chants of "TT" from his rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,500,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,950,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,500,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Richard Sklar: A♣5♦10♦/A♠2♠10♥9♠
Thomas Taylor: XxXx/6♠4♦J♠K♥
Action was joined on fourth street where Richard Sklar fired and Thomas Taylor called. Sklar continued to fire throughout all the way through seventh street and each time, Taylor met him with a call.
Sklar announced aces up and tabled aces and tens to take a substantial pot from Taylor.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,050,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,100,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
Richard Sklar: XxXx/9♥5♦5♥6♥/Xx
Thomas Taylor: XxXx/9♠3♥A♣7♦/Xx
Thomas Taylor completed and Richard Sklar called.
Both players checked on fourth before Taylor bet on fifth. Sklar called and sixth street was also checked down.
Sklar bet on seventh and Taylor mucked. "That's a nice river." Sklar said as he flashed the 5♣ for trips while taking the pot.
"Can we put something to balance the table, especially over there," Arash Ghaneian joked, pointing to Sklar's rapidly-building stack.
"Everyone still has enough chips to win. I've seen it. You've seen it," Sklar replied.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,200,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,600,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
Thomas Taylor: 8♥8♦10♣/Q♥3♦2♣7♠
Arash Ghaneian: XxXx/5♥K♥2♦2♠/Xx
Arash Ghaneian had the bet lead on fourth which he used to bet and Thomas Taylor called. Ghaneian continued to fire on the subsequent streets and Taylor called each time.
"You got it, I missed everything" said Ghaneian as he tossed his hand into the muck and Taylor took an important pot for his momentum.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,650,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,400,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
Thomas Taylor: XxXx/4♠10♠Q♦2♥/Xx
Richard Sklar: XxXx/3♣7♦K♣4♥/Xx
Thomas Taylor completed and Richard Sklar called.
Sklar then bet on fourth street and Taylor called. Sklar continued betting on fifth and sixth as Taylor called down to seventh.
Sklar bet again on seventh and Taylor called once more. "Pair of threes," Sklar announced, but Taylor showed K♥5♥4♦ for a pair of fours to take the pot to another round of "TT" chants from his rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,800,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,600,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Richard Sklar: XxXx/4♦Q♦Q♠A♦/Xx
Thomas Taylor: XxXx/K♥7♦A♣10♠/Xx
Thomas Taylor bet on fourth street and fifth street and both times he was called by Richard Sklar. Both players checked on sixth to go to seventh where Sklar's bet was enough to get Taylor to toss it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,150,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,350,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
