Anthony LaRocca jammed for 1,835,000 from the cutoff and Vance Martin III called in the small blind.
Anthony LaRocca: A♣3♠ 
Vance Martin III: A♠J♣
LaRocca needed some help to stay alive, which he found on the A♦4♥3♣ flop as he made two pair. He still needed to avoid a jack or counterfeit pair, but the board ran out 7♣K♣, leaving his two pair best to double.
Erick Ortiz opened to 300,000 in the hijack and Shane Brown called in the cutoff.
On the A♥10♠6♣ flop, Ortiz led for 350,000 before Brown raised to 800,000, and Ortiz called.
Ortiz checked the 4♥ turn and Brown quickly pushed out a bet of 2,000,000, which forced Ortiz to fold after some deliberation.
Level: 25
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
The blinds are now 60,000-120,000 with a big blind ante of 120,000 and there are 35 minutes remaining in the new level. Since the hands on both previous tables had taken very long, this will be the first hand at the new blind level.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Port | United States | 4,600,000 | 38 |
| 2 | Robert Bernstein | United States | 1,200,000 | 10 |
| 3 | George Grabe | United States | 4,150,000 | 35 |
| 4 | Erick Ortiz | United States | 4,670,000 | 39 |
| 5 | Shane Brown | United States | 4,775,000 | 40 |
| 6 | Anthony LaRocca | United States | 1,675,000 | 14 |
| 7 | Alan Johnson | United States | 600,000 | 5 |
| 8 | Vance Martin III | United States | 4,750,000 | 40 |
| 9 | David Lu | United States | 2,710,000 | 23 |
George Grabe raised to 265,000 on the button and Robert Bernstein three-bet to 600,000 in the small blind. Namit Patel then jammed his last 800,000 and Grabe called for the floor to ask if the action was capped or if Bernstein was allowed to raise.
Since the shove was not a full bet over the top, the only option was to fold or call. Grabe did that and Bernstein came along.
"I was hoping you would fold," Grabe joked.
Bernstein checked the J♥6♦2♦ flop and then folded when Grabe jammed.
Namit Patel: A♦K♥
George Grabe: 2♥2♠
The 3♠ turn and 2♣ river ended the run of Patel on the final table bubble, while a very excited Grabe celebrated and demanded "put that on PokerNews!"
He then went on to redeem his bounty pull and received ... $680.
"I am so bad at this," he said. The largest bounty is still in play and the field has reached the final table!
David Lu opened to 200,000 under the gun and was called by Vance Martin III in the cutoff and Anthony LaRocca in the small blind. In the big blind, Erick Ortiz jammed for 2,085,000. Lu folded before Martin tank-folded.
"Couldn't you [Martin] have just called?" LaRocca joked as he shrugged and tossed in the call as the covering stack.
Erick Ortiz: A♣K♦
Anthony LaRocca: 3♥3♣
It was a coinflip scenario as the K♣10♣8♥ flop vaulted Ortiz into the lead. Nothing changed on the 7♣6♦ runout, and he collected the full double.
Namit Patel raised to 250,000 from the cutoff and John Port called in the small blind.
Port check-called the Q♥8♣3♦ flop for 200,000 and did so again for 450,000 on the A♣ turn.
Both players checked the 3♣ river and Port won the pot with K♣Q♣ for the flush.
In the meanwhile on the other table, Vance Martin III has chipped up on the other table on the final table bubble.
He called a three-bet by Erick Ortiz who bet the 9♣5♣2♥ flop for 250,000. Martin III added 500,000 more on top of that and Ortiz folded.
Anthony LaRocca then limped the cutoff and Ortiz raised to 350,000 on the button. Martin III jammed and forced out both opponents.
Shane Brown opened to 400,000 under the gun before John Port jammed for 2,170,000 next-to-act, and Brown snap-called.
John Port: 8♠8♣
Shane Brown: A♣K♦
It was a coinflip scenario as the J♠10♥3♥ flop added a gutshot to Brown's outs. However, it was the A♦ turn that vaulted him into the lead, leaving Port with two outs once.
The 8♦ peeled off on the river as the table gasped at the runout, and Port survived on the final table bubble.
John Port defended the big blind against Robert Bernstein and check-called a bet of 200,000 on the J♠10♥4♥ flop. He did so again for 450,000 on the 3♠ turn and checked the 3♥ river.
"I check, a wimpy check. I got kings," Bernstein said.
Port tabled the [Ts)s] and Bernstein won the pot with the K♦K♠.
George Grabe won some chips off Shane Brown when he bet the K♦7♠3♥ flop for 300,000 and Namit Patel then raised to 200,000. Grabe jammed the button as Simon Lau in the big blind was forced all-in. Patel folded and Grabe collected the pot and bounty.
"I have an ace," he said as he flashed the A♦2♣.
He then ran to redeem the bounty and pulled $1,655 for the efforts.
Despite being absent for more than three hours, Lau made it to 11th place and laddered up to $2,015.
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