Hand 50: Eric Assadourian
Button: Ng (seat 7) – Assadourian takes it up to 16,000 pre-flop and hauls in the blinds and antes.
Hand 49: Bo Sehlstedt
Button: Sehlstedt (seat 4) – Sehlstedt raises to 18,000 and takes the pot. After losing three players in the first 30 hands, play has settled down in the last hour although David Steicke is under threat as the short stack.
Hand 48: Eric Assadourian
Button: Tahtouh (seat 3) – Assadourian has a free pass.
Hand 47: Bo Sehlstedt
Button: Steicke (seat 8) – Tahtouh fills his small blind, but Sehlstedt raises an extra 17,000 and Tahtouh folds.
Hand 46: Emad Tahtouh
Button: Ng (seat 7) – Tahtouh gets a walk in the big blind.
Hand 45: David Steicke
Button: Assadourian (seat 6) – Tahtouh limps under-the-gun, Sehlstedt calls and Steicke checks his option. The flop is 9h 5c Ks, all three players check and the turn comes 7h. Steicke is all-in, Tahtouh and Sehlstedt fold.
Hand 44: Bo Sehlstedt
Button: Sehlstedt (seat 4) – Sehlstedt is counting out chips again (19,000) and wins the pot.
Hand 43: Bo Sehlstedt
Button: Tahtouh (seat 3) – Sehlstedt raises to 20,000, Assadourian bumps it to 60,000 and Sehlstedt declares all-in for an additional 140,000. The new chip leader is being put to an acid test by the Swede, and he passes up the opportunity.
Hand 42: Tony Ng
Button: Steicke (seat 8) – Tony Ng raises to 18,000, Steicke calls and we see a flop of t5h 2s 8c. Ng checks, Steicke bets 16,000, Ng says “I’m all-in” and Steicke passes.
Hand 41: Eric Assadourian
Button: Ng (seat 7) – Assadourian does it again, raise to 16,000 and takes the pot.
