It seems that Michael Barela has been one of the more active players left in this tournament and he got involved in another big pot recently. He raised from under the gun to 18,000. Action folded around to Daniel Quach in the hijack who called. Stefan Martin then shoved all in from the cutoff for 94,500. When action folded back to Barela he made the call and Quach got out of the way.
Barela:
Martin:
The board ran out making Martin's eights the best hand and boosting his stack to 219,000. After the hand Barela was down to 149,000.
Once near the chip lead, Michael Barela has steadily bled chips until finally stacking off with ace high.
Barela raised to 24,000 from the button found a customer in Stefan Martin, who called from the big blind.
The flop showed and Martin quickly checked. Just as quickly, Barela announced his was all in for his last 80,000. Martin snap-called and showed for top pair. Barela tabled for ace high and needed help to avoid elimination. The turn and river were no help to Barella, who exited in 12th place and pocketed $4,865 for his efforts.
Stefan Martin seems to be finding his groove after his recent double up. Martin raised pre-flop and was called by Daniel Quach. Both players checked on the flop of and again after the fell on the turn. When the river brought the , Quach checked and Martin bet 35,000 which Quach quickly called. Martin flipped over the and Quach mucked his hand.
After the hand Martin's stack was up to around 360,000.
From the small blind, Stefan Martin open-raised and before we could see the amount, Richard Kozlowski announced his was all in from the big blind for 123,000. Martin made the call.
Martin:
Kozlowski:
The board came out , giving Kozlowski quads and the pot worth approximately 250,000.
Daniel Quach and Stefan Martin have been getting tangled up in a lot of pots together. The most recent victory went to Quach when his made three of a kind on a board of . On the river, Quach bet 40,000 and Martin called, but Martin mucked his hand when he saw Quach's fours.
Quach is now has around 330,000 while Martin is down to around 265,000.
Edward Marcus is still alive after he went all in pre-flop with the against Christopher Perez's . The board ran out giving Marcus a pair of jacks to win the hand
After the hand Perez was down to around 80,000 while Marcus doubled to around 175,000.
The action folded around to Robert Gullickson in the small blind who min-raised to 16,000. Chip leader Jason Baker made the call from the big blind and they saw a flop of . Gullickson opened the betting by announcing that he was all in for 136,000 and Baker made the call flipping over for top set. Gullickson meekly flipped over .
When the turned, Gullickson picked up outs in the form of any remaining 7, but his hopes were dashed when the fell on the river. This hand put Baker around 700,000.
The remaining ten players have combined to one table and when the next player is eliminated, the WSOP's first official final table will be set.
Table chip leader Jason Baker raised to 30,000 from middle position and was called by Stefan Martin. The flop fell and Baker led out for 45,000. Martin announced all in and Baker quickly called, turning over . A discouraged Martin flipped up and was behind the trip fours of Baker. The turn and river brought the and the respectively. This hand brings Jason Baker up to around 970,000 in chips.
With this elimination, the final table of this year's first event is set!
making Martin's eights the best hand and boosting his stack to 219,000. After the hand Barela was down to 149,000.
for top pair. Barela tabled 
for ace high and needed help to avoid elimination. The 
turn and 
river were no help to Barella, who exited in 12th place and pocketed $4,865 for his efforts.
and again after the 
fell on the turn. When the river brought the 
, Quach checked and Martin bet 35,000 which Quach quickly called. Martin flipped over the 
and Quach mucked his hand.
. On the river, Quach bet 40,000 and Martin called, but Martin mucked his hand when he saw Quach's fours.
against Christopher Perez's 
. The board ran out 
giving Marcus a pair of jacks to win the hand
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and the 
respectively. This hand brings Jason Baker up to around 970,000 in chips.