Tuesday, June 12, 2012 5:22 PM Local Time
Farzad Bonyadi is down to 100,000 chips now after losing another pot to Benjamin Lazer.
Bonyadi two-bet from under the gun and Lazer was the only caller from the big blind. Lazer drew one to Bonyadi's two and then led for a bet. Call.
Both players drew one and Lazer bet again. Call. Lazer stood pat and Bonyadi drew one, missed, and folded to a Lazer bet.
| Benjamin Lazer | 505,000 | 100,000  |
| Farzad Bonyadi | 100,000 | -80,000  |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 5:15 PM Local Time
Farzad Bonyadi opened from first position, and Randy Ohel and Benjamin Lazer called out of the blinds. Ohel drew two, Lazer drew one, and Bonyadi drew one. Ohel checked, Lazer bet, and Bonyadi raised. Only Lazer called.
Both players drew two on the second draw, and Lazer led out. Bonyadi called. Lazer patted on the last drew, Bonyadi called for one card, and both players checked.
Lazer fanned , and it was good.
| Benjamin Lazer | 405,000 | 81,000 |
| Farzad Bonyadi | 180,000 | -88,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 4:50 PM Local Time
| Randy Ohel | 856,000 | 41,000 |
| Benjamin Lazer | 324,000 | -23,000 |
| Farzad Bonyadi | 268,000 | 78,000 |
| David Baker | 265,000 | -10,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 4:46 PM Local Time
The players are on a 20-minute break. Official chip counts coming up.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 4:46 PM Local Time
Benjamin Lazer was catching Randy Ohel, but he lost two pots on the bounce to drop back.
First up he lost a bit pot to Ohel. The pot was three-bet by Ohel on each of the two rounds before he showed down for a number two. Lazer stared at his hand for a while before mucking.
The very next hand he lost a pot to Farzad Bonyadi. Lazer drew two, two, and one but missed and check-folded on the last betting round.
| Randy Ohel | 815,000 | 100,000 |
| Benjamin Lazer | 347,000 | -268,000 |
| Farzad Bonyadi | 190,000 | 60,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 4:38 PM Local Time
In the first hand, Farzad Bonyadi and David Baker were heads up on the first draw. Bonyadi drew one and bet out, and Baker drew two and called. On the second draw, Bonyadi stood pat, and Baker drew one. Bonyadi led out, and Baker called.
On the final draw, Bonyadi stood pat again, and Baker drew one. Bonyadi bet out, Baker raised, and Bonyadi called. Baker fanned , and Bonyadi mucked his hand.
On the second hand, Randy Ohel raised with the button, and Benjamin Lazer called out of the small blind. Lazer drew three, Ohel drew two, and both players checked. Lazer stood pat, Ohel drew two, and Lazer led out. Ohel called.
On the third draw, Lazer stood pat again and checked. Ohel drew one, and checked behind. Lazer tabled , and won the pot.
On the third hand, Ohel raised, and Bonyadi and Baker called from the blinds. Bonyadi drew two, Baker drew three, and Ohel drew two. Bonyadi led out, Baker folded, and Ohel raised. Bonyadi called.
Bonyadi drew one card on the second draw, and check-called a bet from Ohel who stood pat. Ohel stood pat again on the third draw, Bonyadi drew one, and this time, Bonyadi check-folded to a bet.
| Randy Ohel | 715,000 | 110,000 |
| Benjamin Lazer | 615,000 | 95,000 |
| David Baker | 275,000 | 35,000 |
| Farzad Bonyadi | 130,000 | -120,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 4:26 PM Local Time
The two biggest stacks played out a hand and Benjamin Lazer won it to cut Randy Ohel's lead.
Lazer two-bet from from under the gun and Ohel called out of the big blind. Ohel drew two to Lazer's one and then check-called a bet. Both players drew the same amount of cards again, and once more Ohel check-called a bet from his opponent.
Both players stood pat the last draw round and Lazer saw a third bet check-called. He opened and Ohel mucked.
| Randy Ohel | 605,000 | -85,000 |
| Benjamin Lazer | 520,000 | 90,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 4:21 PM Local Time
Jason Lavallee raised with the button, and Benjamin Lazer called out of the big blind. Lazer discarded two, Lavallee one, and Lazer led out. Lavallee called.
On the second draw, Lazer drew two, and Lavallee stood pat. Lazer check-called a bet, and drew one more card. Lavallee stood pat again.
Lazer bet 20,000, and Lavallee called all in for just 5,000. Lazer fanned for a seventy-six, and Lavallee showed a before mucking, and hitting the rail.
| Benjamin Lazer | 430,000 | 10,000 |
| Jason Lavallee | 0 | -62,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 4:11 PM Local Time
| Randy Ohel | 690,000 | -30,000 |
| Benjamin Lazer | 420,000 | 0 |
| Farzad Bonyadi | 250,000 | -140,000 |
| David Baker | 240,000 | -130,000 |
| Jason Lavallee | 62,000 | 7,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 4:08 PM Local Time
Make no mistake at all, Randy Ohel is crushing it right now. He has 720,000 out of the 1.7 million or so in play.
He won a three-bet three-way pot versus Farzad Bonyadi and David Baker. Both players folded on the third betting round.
He and and Jason Lavalle battled in the blinds, went all the way, and both showed down a nine. Ohel's was the better hand and he raked in the pot.
| Randy Ohel | 720,000 | 188,000 |
| Jason Lavallee | 55,000 | -24,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 4:02 PM Local Time
Jason Lavallee raised from the hijack seat, Shawn Buchanan three-bet from the cutoff, and Lavallee called. On the first draw, Lavallee discarded two cards, and Buchanan dished one away. Lavallee checked blind, Buchanan bet, and Lavallee called.
On the second draw, both players drew one card. Lavallee led out, and Buchanan called. Lavallee stood pat on the final draw, and Buchanan drew one. Both players checked.
Lavallee fanned , and Buchanan mucked.
A few hands later, Benjamin Lazer opened and Buchanan called out of the big blind. On the first draw, Buchanan tossed away three cards, grinning, and Lazer drew only one. Buchanan check-called a bet. On the second draw, Buchanan drew one, and Lazer stood pat. Buchanan check-raised all in for less than two bets, and Lazer called.
Buchanan drew one. "Am I drawing dead?" he asked Lazer.
Buchanan showed , and Lazer , so he wasn't drawing dead - just very slim.
His final card was a deuce, pairing him, and Buchanan was eliminated.
| Benjamin Lazer | 420,000 | 110,000 |
| Shawn Buchanan | 0 | -85,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 3:54 PM Local Time
Farzad Bonyadi was first to act, and he raised. David Baker called on his direct left, Randy Ohel called in the small blind, and Benjamin Lazer defended his big blind. All four players threw away two cards, and the action checked to Bonyadi who bet. Baker raised, Ohel re-raised, Lazer released, and Bonyadi put in a fourth bet. Both Baker and Ohel called.
On the second draw, both Ohel and Bonyadi stood pat, while Baker drew one. Ohel checked, Bonyadi bet, and both players called.
On the final draw, Ohel and Bonyadi stood pat again, and Baker discarded one card. All three players checked.
Ohel fanned , and Bonyadi and Baker mucked their hands.
| Randy Ohel | 532,000 | 152,000 |
| Farzad Bonyadi | 390,000 | -50,000 |
| David Baker | 370,000 | -35,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 3:48 PM Local Time
Greg Mueller came in to rail on a break from his tournament and was saying most of the updates are about Shawn Buchanan and David Baker. Those two just can't stay out of pots! Buchanan was in the last three we witnessed.
- Buchanan lost a pot when his was no good against Benjamin Lazer's . He dropped to 115,000 after that loss.
- The very next hand he was back up to 150,000 when his eighty-seven smooth beat David Baker's mucked hand.
- The next hand he was back down to 85,000 after his was bettered by David Baker's .
| David Baker | 405,000 | -50,000 |
| Benjamin Lazer | 310,000 | 40,000 |
| Shawn Buchanan | 85,000 | -30,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 3:39 PM Local Time
Randy Ohel raised on the button, Benjamin Lazer called in the small blind, and Farzad Bonyadi raised from the big. Both players called.
On the first draw, Lazer tossed away two cards, Bonyadi one, and Ohel two. Lazer checked, Bonyadi bet, and both players called.
On the second draw, Lazer tossed away two cards, and both Bonyadi and Ohel discarded one. The action checked to Ohel this time, and he bet. Both players called.
On the final draw, all three players drew one card. Lazer checked a third time, Bonyadi tossed out a bet, and both Ohel and Lazer mucked.
| Farzad Bonyadi | 440,000 | 150,000 |
| Randy Ohel | 380,000 | -40,000 |
| Benjamin Lazer | 270,000 | -62,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 3:36 PM Local Time
The action folded to Jason Lavallee who raised on the button. Shawn Buchanan made it two bets from the small blind, Lavallee three-bet from the big, and Buchanan moved all in.
"I didn't misread my hand this time," Lavallee said, calling.
Both players drew one card on every street, and going into the third draw, Buchanan fanned . Lavallee showed . Buchanan turned over a , giving him a jack-seven low, and Lavallee turned over a , giving him a king-eight low.
Buchanan doubled to nearly 80,000 chips, while Lavallee was left with under 80,000.
On the very next hand, Buchanan raised with the button. Randy Ohel called out of the small blind, then drew two. Buchanan drew one, and bet when Ohel checked. Ohel called.
On the second draw, Ohel discarded two cards, then check-folded to a bet from Buchanan, who stood pat.
| Randy Ohel | 420,000 | -30,000 |
| Shawn Buchanan | 115,000 | 48,000 |
| Jason Lavallee | 79,000 | -41,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 3:27 PM Local Time
Farzad Bonyadi didn't hold on to those new-found chips too long.
He was on the button and called a two-bet from Randy Ohel. David Baker also called from the small blind and all three went on to draw two cards.
Ohel continued for 8,000 and called when raised by Bonyadi. Baker folded and Ohel drew one and Bonyadi stood pat. Ohel check-called a bet and then drew one as Bonyadi stood pat.
Ohel found what he was after with the last draw and led out for 16,000. Bonyadi called and then mucked upon seeing his opponent's .
| Randy Ohel | 450,000 | 115,000 |
| Farzad Bonyadi | 290,000 | -125,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 3:21 PM Local Time
Shawn Buchanan raised, Randy Ohel called, and both players drew two on the first draw. Buchanan bet out, and Ohel called. On the second draw, Buchanan discarded one, and Ohel two. Buchanan led again, and Ohel called.
On the final draw, Buchanan stood pat, and Ohel drew one. Buchanan check-called a bet, and Ohel tabled .
Buchanan mucked, and Ohel raked in the pot.
| Randy Ohel | 335,000 | 43,000 |
| Shawn Buchanan | 67,000 | -48,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 3:17 PM Local Time
Three-time WSOP bracelet winner Farzad Bonyadi three-bet from the small blind after Jason Lavallee opened from under the gun. Lavallee called, and drew two. Bonyadi drew one, and bet out. Lavallee called.
On the second draw, Bonyadi discarded one, and Lavallee two. Bonyadi bet out, and Lavallee released.
| Farzad Bonyadi | 415,000 | 52,000 |
| Jason Lavallee | 120,000 | -38,000 |
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 3:03 PM Local Time
"Redbull" Robbie has introduced the players and this final table in underway.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 2:45 PM Local Time
| Seat | Player | Counts |
|---|
| 1 | Jason Lavallee | 158,000 |
| 2 | Shawn Buchanan | 115,000 |
| 3 | Randy Ohel | 292,000 |
| 4 | Benjamin Lazer | 332,000 |
| 5 | Farzad Bonyadi | 363,000 |
| 6 | David Baker | 455,000 |
The players are on a short break. The cards will be back in the air shortly.