$800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack (Event #37)

Hand #55: Robert Mitchell received a walk.

Hand #56: Mitchell raised to 1,500,000 on the button and Axel Hallay called. The flop was     and Mitchell's continuation bet of 1,000,000 did the trick.

Hand #57: Marco Bognanni limped in on the button, Hallay completed and Mitchell checked for a family pot. The flop came down     and all players checked.

The   came on the turn and Hallay led out for 1,200,000, enough to win the hand on the spot.

Hand #58: Hallay raised to 1,200,000 on the button and Mitchell folded. Bognanni three-bet to 4,100,000 from the big blind and won the hand, accompanied by a roar from the slowly increasing Italian crowd.

Hand #59: Mitchell raised to 1,500,000 on the button and another three-bet from Bognanni, this time to 4,700,000 from the small blind. Mitchell wanted to see a flop and called in position.

The flop was     and Bognanni opted to check. Mitchell checked behind. The turn brought the   and Bognanni bet 3,200,000. Mitchell folded to move the Italian closer to the top spot.

Hand #60: Limp from Bognanni on the button and Mitchell checked. The     flop saw two checks. The turn was the  , 700,000 from Mitchell and a call from Bognanni. Mitchell bet 800,000 on the   river and Bognanni gave it up.

Robert Mitchell	43,800,000	-1,000,000
Marco Bognanni	35,700,000	4,000,000
Axel Hallay	32,900,000	-3,000,000

Hand #50: Marco Bognanni called, Francois Evard called from his small blind, Robert Mitchell checked his option in the big blind, and the three players saw a flop of    . After Evard and Mitchell both checked, Bognanni bet 600,000, which only got a call from Mitchell. Both players checked the   turn, and after Mitchell checked the   river, Bognanni bet 2.1 million, which got a check-fold from Mitchell.

Hand #51: Evard limped and when Bognanni raised it up to 6.6 million, which was enough to put Evard all in, Evard mucked his hand.

Hand #52: Bognanni raised to 1.8 million, which was enough to steal the blinds and antes.

Hand #53: Mitchell raised it 1.4 million and Bognanni made the call. Mitchell continued for 2.1 million on the     flop, which Bognanni called. After Bognanni again called Mitchell's 3 million bet on the   turn, both players checked the   river. Mitchell tabled    and took down the pot.

Hand #42: After Marco Bognanni limped and Robert Mitchell called from his small blind, Benjamin Underwood checked his option from the big blind. After all three players checked the turn on a board reading     , Mitchell checked again and Underwood put out a bet of 900,000, which got a call from Bognanni and a fold from Mitchell,

On the   river Underwood led out again, this time for 3 million, and was met with a raise to 5.2 million from Bognanni, which would put Underwood all in if he made the call, which he did.

Benjamin Underwood:   
Marco Bognanni:   

Underwood had turned the straight, but unfortunately for him, he was drawing dead to Bognanni's flopped full house. Amazingly, this was Underwood's 2nd final table in two weeks. He previously finished in 4th place in Event #9: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack at this year's WSOP.

Robert Mitchell	36,800,000	-300,000
Axel Hallay	35,500,000	-100,000
Marco Bognanni	28,400,000	7,900,000
Francois Evard	11,700,000	-300,000
Benjamin Underwood	0	-7,300,000

Hand #36: Axel Hallay raised to 1,000,000 on the button and Robert Mitchell defended the big blind. The flop was     and Mitchell decided to lead out for 1,200,000. Hallay raised to 3,500,000 and Mitchell folded.

Hand #37: Hallay raised to 1,200,000 from the cutoff and Benjamin Underwood defended from a 12 big blind stack. The flop was     and went check/check. The turn   got checked as well. The river was the   and Underwood bet 1,200,000. Hallay gave it up.

Hand #38: Mitchell raised to 1,000,000 on the button and Marco Bognanni bought a flop from the big blind. The dealer spread out     and Bognanni check-called 800,000 from Mitchell. The turn   and saw both players check.

The river was the   and again two checks. Bognanni's    high hand was good enough to win.

Hand #39: Bognanni completed the small blind and Hallay checked. On the     flop Bognanni check-called 500,000 from Hallay. The turn paired the board with the   and brought two checks. Another pair on the   river brought two more checks, and Bognanni revealed a deceptively played    to win.

Hand #40: Mitchell made it 1,200,000 from under the gun and Francois Evard called the big blind. The     flop saw two checks. Turn  , two more checks. River  , another two checks. Mitchell won it with   .

Robert Mitchell	37,100,000	-2,900,000
Axel Hallay	35,600,000	0
Marco Bognanni	20,500,000	3,600,000
Francois Evard	12,000,000	-2,000,000
Benjamin Underwood	7,300,000	1,200,000

Hand #25: Benjamin Underwood shoved all in for 6,050,000 from the cutoff and got it though.

Hand #26: Marco Bognanni raised to 1,200,000 from under the gun and won the hand.

Hand #27: Francois Evard limped the button, Robert Mitchell completed the small blind and Underwood checked. The flop     saw three checks. Turn was the   and after two checks, Evard bet 650,000. It was enough to take it down.

Hand #28: Underwood shoved for 6,300,000 in the small blind and Bognanni folded the big blind.

Hand #29: Bognanni made it 1,600,000 in the small blind to take it down.

Hand #30: Mitchell raised to 1,100,000 first to act and Evard came in from the big blind. The flop was     and saw two checks. The turn brought the   and Evard check-folded to an 800,000 bet from Mitchell.

Robert Mitchell	36,200,000	400,000
Axel Hallay	33,800,000	-1,500,000
Marco Bognanni	19,900,000	1,200,000
Francois Evard	15,200,000	-1,400,000
Benjamin Underwood	7,300,000	1,200,000

Hand #14: A short-stacked Kamel Mokhammad moved all in for his last remaining chips and was called by Robert Mitchell.

Kamel Mokhammad:   
Robert Mitchell:   

Mokhammad had two live cards and got some additional outs by the turn on the      board, but unfortunately the   river was not one of them and he was the first player eliminated from the live-streamed final table.

Robert Mitchell	32,900,000	7,200,000
Axel Hallay	31,300,000	2,300,000
Marco Bognanni	27,500,000	800,000
Francois Evard	17,700,000	-1,600,000
Benjamin Underwood	6,100,000	-1,400,000
Kamel Mokhammad	0	-3,400,000

Hand #5: Kamel Mokhammad open-shoved from the small blind for 4,530,000. Robert Mitchell looked at his cards and snap-called in the big blind.

Kamel Mokhammad:   
Robert Mitchell:   

The flop came down     to give Mokhammad extra hope with a straight draw. The   on the turn added split outs and the   river chopped it up.

Hand #6: Francois Evard limped in from the cutoff and Benjamin Underwood checked his option. The flop was     and Evard bet 725,000. Underwood called the bet. The turn brought the   and both players checked.

Underwood checked the   on the river and Evard checked as well. He showed the    to win the hand.

Hand #7: Underwood limped in from the small blind and Marco Bognanni checked. Underwood bet 500,000 on the     flop and the Italian called. Underwood kept it up with a 725,000-bet on the   turn and Bognanni called once more,

The river was the   and both players checked. Underwood won it with the   .

Hand #8: Underwood made it 850,000 to go on the button and Axel Hallay defended. The flop     saw both players check. The turn brought the   and once again, no betting action.

Hallay fired for 2,000,000, around pot, on the   river and Underwood called after some thought, but he couldn't defeat Hallay's    for queens and tens.

Hand #9: Hallay limped the small blind and Evard checked. The flop was     and Hallay won it with a bet of 400,000.

Hand #10: Bognanni made it 900,000 from the cutoff and Mokhammad called the big blind. The flop was    , where Bognanni took it with a bet of 600,000.

Axel Hallay	29,000,000	3,000,000
Marco Bognanni	26,700,000	-1,600,000
Robert Mitchell	25,700,000	-400,000
Francois Evard	19,300,000	800,000
Benjamin Underwood	7,500,000	-2,300,000
Kamel Mokhammad	3,400,000	-1,100,000

After a prolonged delay to accommodate for the stream, cards are now in the air for the final six of Event #37: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack.