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Thursday, June 14, 2012 7:58 PM Local Time
| Brian Meinders | 1,200,000 | 150,000  |
| Darin Thomas | 440,000 | 0  |
Thursday, June 14, 2012 7:57 PM Local Time
Christopher Vitch opened with a raise from the button and Darin Thomas three-bet from the big blind. Vitch pushed out a four-bet and Thomas raised to put Vitch all in.
Thomas:
Vitch:
The flop came and Vitch was in need of either a king or a five to stay alive. The deck refused to oblige, however, with the turn coming and the river . Vitch will collect $51,861 for his efforts.
| Darin Thomas | 440,000 | 85,000 |
| Christopher Vitch | 0 | -80,000 |
Thursday, June 14, 2012 7:47 PM Local Time
Christopher Vitch has played a couple of pots here after the break and lost both of them to take a fair chunk out of his stack. A recent hand saw Brian Meinders open the button and Vitch call out the of the big blind. The two players then checked on the flop and turn of a board. On the river, Meinders fired out a bet and Vitch thought long and hard before opting to let his hand go. Vitch now has less than 100,000 chips
| Christopher Vitch | 80,000 | -275,000 |
Thursday, June 14, 2012 7:46 PM Local Time
The three players are back from their dinner break and ready to play down to a winner.
Thursday, June 14, 2012 7:45 PM Local Time
Level: 7
Blinds: 15000/30000
Ante: 0
Thursday, June 14, 2012 6:48 PM Local Time
| Brian Meinders | 1,050,000 | 360,000 |
| Christopher Vitch | 355,000 | -45,000 |
| Darin Thomas | 355,000 | -5,000 |
Thursday, June 14, 2012 6:44 PM Local Time
Players are now on a 60-minute dinner break. The final three will return in an hour to duke it out for a World Series of Poker bracelet.
Thursday, June 14, 2012 6:40 PM Local Time
Christopher Vitch has been bleeding a few chips of late, while Brian Meinders is still right up there with the lead. Darin Thomas is doing better than when three-handed started.
Thursday, June 14, 2012 6:37 PM Local Time
Darin Thomas and Christopher Vitch took to a flop, where Thomas led out with a bet. Vitch made the call and an fell on the turn. This time both players checked and the dealer readied the final card for the board.
River:
Thomas fired back up here, flicking out a bet. Vitch opted to make the call and then mucked his hand when Thomas tabled .
Thursday, June 14, 2012 6:29 PM Local Time
Darin Thomas has been relatively quiet of late, letting Brian Meinders and Christopher Vitch fight it out for the chips. Meinders and Vitch recently played another pot together that went like this.
Vitch opened it up from the button and Meinders made it two bets from the small blind. Thomas got out of the way and a flop appeared on the felt. Meinders led here and Vitch made the call. Both players then checked the turn ( ) and the river ( ).
At showdown, Vitches' king-high was too strong for Meinders' ten-high as Vitch took down the pot.
Thursday, June 14, 2012 6:21 PM Local Time
Brian Meinders and Christopher Vitch took to a flop and it was Vitch to act first, with a tap on the table sending the action to Meinders. A bet from Meinders and a call from Vitch would send a out onto the felt on the turn. This time when Vitch checked and Meinders bet, Vitch would make it a check-raise. A call from Meinders and the final card would be dealt on the river.
This time Vitch would lead out with a bet and Meinders would quickly fold his hand to send the pot to Vitch.
Thursday, June 14, 2012 6:15 PM Local Time
There has been three walks during the last batch of hands. With so many eliminations coming in such a short amount of time, it seems like the players are maybe finally slowing down.
Thursday, June 14, 2012 6:08 PM Local Time
Brian Meinders has just taken down a fair sized pot, with the hand playing out like so. Chris Vitch opened it up from the button and Mienders made it three bets to go in the small blind. Darin Thomas then put in a fourth bet from the big blind and with two calls, three cards would be dealt on the felt.
Flop:
Meinders checked up front and Thomas fired out a bet. Vitch then made it two to go, at which point Meinders check-raised, making it three bets to go. Thomas let his hand go and Vitch made the call.
The turn would see Meinders lead out this time and with a call from Vitch, the would complete the board on the river. This time both players checked and Meinders turned over his , with the pair of aces enough to take down the hand.
Thursday, June 14, 2012 5:59 PM Local Time
Darin Thomas has been taking down a few pot recently, first managing to make a broadway straight against Christopher Vitch and then playing out the following hand.
Folded to Thomas in the small blind, he made it two bets to go. Vitch called out of the big blind and a flop was dealt. Thomas quickly fired out a bet and Vitch flicked out the call. The turn and again Thomas would fire out a bet, except this time Vitch didn't want anything to do with the hand as Thomas raked in the pot.
| Christopher Vitch | 600,000 | -115,000 |
| Darin Thomas | 360,000 | 110,000 |
Thursday, June 14, 2012 5:49 PM Local Time
| Christopher Vitch | 715,000 | 255,000 |
| Brian Meinders | 690,000 | 130,000 |
| Darin Thomas | 250,000 | -5,000 |
Thursday, June 14, 2012 5:48 PM Local Time
Victor Ramdin has had a swingy last level and that swing has seen him fly straight out of this tournament in 4th place.
The last hand of Ramdin's tournament began when he raised the cutoff. Brian Mienders raised it up in the big blind and Ramdin made the call.
Flop:
On the flop, Meinders led out with a bet and Ramdin raised it up, leaving himself with just a big bet and a touch more. Mienders then raised it and very suddenly, Ramdin had the remainder of his chips in the middle.
"I need a ten," said Ramdin as he tabled his .
He wasn't completely dead to ten though, with Meinders holding just . However when the turn and the river hit the felt, it was all over for Ramdin.
| Victor Ramdin | 0 | -90,000 |
Thursday, June 14, 2012 5:44 PM Local Time
A short-stacked Victor Ramdin raised and it folded to Darin Thomas in the big blind. Thomas pushed out a three-bet and Ramdin moved all in for his last 40,000.
Thomas:
Ramdin:
Thomas found a bit of help on the flop of , still needing another nine or deuce to eliminate Ramdin. Ramdin drilled the on the turn though, guaranteeing his double up. The fell on the river and Ramdin's jacks full of deuces was enough for a double up.
| Victor Ramdin | 90,000 | 0 |
Thursday, June 14, 2012 5:42 PM Local Time
Level: 6
Blinds: 12000/24000
Ante: 0
Thursday, June 14, 2012 5:35 PM Local Time
Victor Ramdin has lost a couple of small pots in the last few hands to see his stack fall under 100,000 in chips.
Thursday, June 14, 2012 5:28 PM Local Time
Folded to Darin Thomas in the small blind, he put in the raise. Victor Ramdin made the call out of the big blind and the two players took to a flop. Thomas led here and a call from Ramdin would send a to the turn. This time when Thomas bet, Ramdin would raise. Thomas flicked in the call and a completed the board.
Thomas again led with a bet and Ramdin made the call, turning over for trip queens. That was enough to rake in the pot.
| Victor Ramdin | 290,000 | 70,000 |
| Darin Thomas | 255,000 | -95,000 |