Thursday, June 30, 2011 11:40 PM Local Time
David Bach raised on the button and both Leonard Martin in the small blind and Justin Bonomo in the big blind made the call. On the first draw, Martin drew two, Bonomo took three and Bach drew one. Action checked to Bach and he bet. Martin and Bonomo called.
On the second draw, Martin took two, Bonomo took one and Bach took one. Martin checked, Bonomo bet and Bach raised. Martin folded, but Bonomo made the call.
On the third draw, Bonomo stood pat and Bach drew one. Both players then checked.
Bonomo tabled an and won the pot. He's up over 1.5 million now and pulling away.
| Justin Bonomo | 1,560,000 | -200,000  |
| David Bach | 380,000 | 180,000  |
Thursday, June 30, 2011 11:20 PM Local Time
Level: 26
Blinds: 30000/60000
Ante: 0
Thursday, June 30, 2011 11:20 PM Local Time
Leonard Martin raised on the button, Justin Bonomo reraised from the small blind and David Bach called from the big blind. Martin called and then Bonomo took one. Bach drew two and Martin drew two. Bonomo bet out, Bach called and Martin called.
On the second draw, Bonomo stood pat, Bach took two and Martin took one. Bonomo bet and was called by both of his opponents once again.
On the third draw, Bonomo stayed pat, Bach took one and Martin stood pat. Bonomo then bet, Bach folded and Martin called.
Bonomo tabled the wheel with and Martin mucked his hand.
| Justin Bonomo | 1,200,000 | 380,000 |
| Leonard Martin | 520,000 | -250,000 |
Thursday, June 30, 2011 11:15 PM Local Time
Justin Bonomo and Leonard Martin just played two back-to-back pots with one another. On the first one, Bonomo called bets after the first and second draw before betting out after the third after Martin checked. Martin couldn't make the call and Bonomo won that one.
On the next hand, Martin check-called after the first and second draw before leading the end. Bonomo called, but mucked when Martin tabled an .
| Justin Bonomo | 820,000 | -240,000 |
| Leonard Martin | 770,000 | 25,000 |
Thursday, June 30, 2011 11:04 PM Local Time
| Justin Bonomo | 1,060,000 | 110,000 |
| Leonard Martin | 745,000 | -65,000 |
| David Bach | 513,000 | -87,000 |
Thursday, June 30, 2011 11:00 PM Local Time
Justin Bonomo raised from the button and Masa Tanaka called all in from the small blind. On the draws, Tanaka drew one, one and one. Bonomo drew two, two and one. Before looking at their last cards, Tanaka held an and Bonomo held a . Tanaka pulled a and now it was all up to Bonomo. Bonomo pulled a and was able to make number one and eliminate Tanaka.
Tanaka placed fourth for $52,680. In 2009, Tanaka placed second in this event event for $102,313.
| Justin Bonomo | 950,000 | 30,000 |
| Masa Tanaka | 0 | -30,000 |
Thursday, June 30, 2011 10:55 PM Local Time
Masa Tanaka was just crippled down to 30,000 in chips by Justin Bonomo, who now has 920,000. Action folded to the small blind and Bonomo raised. Tanaka called in the big blind and Bonomo drew one. Tanaka drew two. Bonomo bet and Tanaka called.
On the second draw, both players took one card. Bonomo bet and Tanaka raised. Bonomo called. Both players then stood pat on the final draw before checking.
Bonomo showed the and Tanaka mucked.
Thursday, June 30, 2011 10:43 PM Local Time
Masa Tanaka raised from under the gun and Leonard Martin called from the small blind before drawing two. Tanaka drew one and then bet after Martin checked. Martin check-raised and Tanaka called.
On the second draw, Martin stood pat and Tanaka drew one. Martin bet, Tanaka raised and Martin called. On the final draw, Martin stood pat and Tanaka took one. Both players checked.
Martin tabled an for an eight smooth and Tanaka mucked.
| Leonard Martin | 980,000 | 340,000 |
| Masa Tanaka | 280,000 | -200,000 |
Thursday, June 30, 2011 10:39 PM Local Time
Leonard Martin raised from under the gun, Justin Bonomo called from the button and David Bach called from the big blind. Bach drew two, Martin drew one and Bonomo drew two. Bach checked, Martin bet and Bonomo raised. Bach and Martin both called.
On the second draw, Bach drew one while Martin and Bonomo stood pat. Action checked to Bonomo and he bet. Both his opponents called again.
On the third and final draw, Bach drew one and Martin stood pat with Bonomo. All three players checked. Bonomo revealed the to win the pot. Bach and Martin mucked and Bonomo scooped the pot to move into the chip lead.
| Justin Bonomo | 680,000 | 260,000 |
| Leonard Martin | 640,000 | -170,000 |
| David Bach | 530,000 | -110,000 |
Thursday, June 30, 2011 10:30 PM Local Time
Masa Tanaka raised from under the gun and Leonard Martin reraised from the small blind. Tanaka made the call and Martin drew one. Tanaka drew two. Martin bet out and Tanaka called. Martin stood pat and Tanaka drew two again. Martin bet and Tanaka folded.
With that pot, Martin has moved into the chip lead with over 800,000.
| Leonard Martin | 810,000 | 108,000 |
Thursday, June 30, 2011 10:24 PM Local Time
Eli Elezra raised from under the gun and Masa Tanaka called from the big blind. Tanaka drew three and Elezra took two. Tanaka then bet out and Elezra called.
On the second draw, Tanaka took one and Elezra drew two. Tanaka bet and Elezra called all in. Both players then stood pat.
Tanaka showed an to beat Elezra's and send him out the door in fifth place. Elezra earned $36,596 for his finish.
| Masa Tanaka | 650,000 | 98,000 |
| Eli Elezra | 0 | -80,000 |
Thursday, June 30, 2011 10:17 PM Local Time
Level: 25
Blinds: 25000/50000
Ante: 0
Thursday, June 30, 2011 10:03 PM Local Time
Leonard Martin takes a hefty pot off of David Bach just before the break to close the gap significantly.
| David Bach | 712,000 | -98,000 |
| Leonard Martin | 702,000 | 2,000 |
| Masa Tanaka | 552,000 | -38,000 |
| Justin Bonomo | 272,000 | -18,000 |
| Eli Elezra | 80,000 | -60,000 |
Thursday, June 30, 2011 9:55 PM Local Time
The players are now on a 20-minutes break.
Thursday, June 30, 2011 9:54 PM Local Time
David Bach recently eclipsed the one-million mark, but just lost it back to 870,000. Justin Bonomo beat him with numero uno, , after grabbing it after the second draw.
Don't worry though Bach fans, he was able to climb right back to seven figures shortly thereafter versus Eli Elezra. Bach made a ten, , and Elezra couldn't beat it. Elezra was left very short and is now in jeopardy of going home next.
| David Bach | 1,050,000 | 20,000 |
| Justin Bonomo | 590,000 | 90,000 |
| Eli Elezra | 140,000 | 20,000 |
Thursday, June 30, 2011 9:49 PM Local Time
David Bach raised from the cutoff seat and Masa Tanaka called from the big blind. Both players drew two and then Tanaka check-called a bet from Bach. Both players drew one on the second draw and then Tanaka check-called again. On the final draw, Tanaka drew one and Bach stood pat. Tanaka checked, Bach bet and Tanaka called.
Bach tabled an and Tanaka mucked. Bach is now over one million in chips.
| David Bach | 1,030,000 | 210,000 |
| Masa Tanaka | 420,000 | -170,000 |
Thursday, June 30, 2011 9:30 PM Local Time
Leonard Martin raised from the cutoff seat and Justin Bonomo called from the button. Eli Elezra called from the big blind and drew three. Martin drew two and Bonomo took two. Elezra checked, Martin bet, Bonomo called and Elezra called.
For the second draw, Elezra drew two, Martin one and Bonomo two. Elezra checked, Martin bet and Bonomo called. Elezra also called.
On the third and final draw, all three players took one. They also all checked. Elezra tabled the winner with the . Bonomo and Martin mucked.
| Eli Elezra | 430,000 | 40,000 |
| Leonard Martin | 420,000 | 150,000 |
| Justin Bonomo | 230,000 | -200,000 |
Thursday, June 30, 2011 9:22 PM Local Time
Once the short stack not too long ago, Leonard Martin is now up to 470,000 in chips. Eli Elezra has slipped back a bit to 220,000 and David Bach sits on 830,000. This is a result of a recent pot between the three where Martin was driving the action after the first draw. Eventually, he got both of his opponents to fold to his bet on the end and won the pot.
Thursday, June 30, 2011 9:12 PM Local Time
Masa Tanaka raised from the cutoff seat and Leonard Martin called from the big blind. Both players then drew two and Martin bet out. Tanaka raised and Martin called.
On the second draw, Martin took one and Tanaka stood pat. Martin then check-called raised all in for 56,000 total. Tanaka called.
Both players stood pat on the third draw and then opened their hands. Martin showed and Tanaka a . Martin won the pot and doubled up again.
| Masa Tanaka | 307,000 | -93,000 |
| Leonard Martin | 272,000 | 202,000 |
Thursday, June 30, 2011 8:58 PM Local Time
Level: 24
Blinds: 20000/40000
Ante: 0