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Paul Hails is slipping back a little bit in the last few pots. In the last one, Hails was leading the betting on the river as the board showed 
, and he fired 60,000 after that final card came out. Patrick Karschamroon proceeded to raise to what looked like 235,000 total, and Hails was forced to surrender.
He's fallen back to about 640,000 now.
From the small blind, Patrick Karschamroon completed and then Seneca Easley checked in the big blind.
The flop came down 
and Karschamroon bet 27,000. Easley made the call. The turn brought the 
and Karschamroon bet 50,000 with Easley calling again. The river completed the board with the 
and both players checked.
Karschamroon tabled the 
, playing the board. Easley showed the 
for two pair and won the hand.
Paul Hails raised to 40,000 before the flop, and he found a call from his ol' pal Shaun Walker next door.
The two men took a 
flop, and Hails continued out with a repeat bet of 40,000. Walker instantly called, and he did the same to a 60,000-chip bet on the 
turn. Both players checked the river, and Walker's was good enough to let him win this round, pushing back ahead of Hails.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
960,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
910,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
|
735,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
730,000
-102,000
|
-102,000 |
|
470,000
-133,000
|
-133,000 |
On the board of 
, Seneca Easley moved all in for 398,000 against Shaun Walker. Walker tanked and tanked, eventually making the call with the 
. Easley held the 
for top pair and was ahead.
The river card completed the board with the and Easley earned the double. Walker was kicked back to 740,000 while Easley moved to 935,000.
Paul Hails and Shaun Walker have once again traded the chip lead as they continue to battle in pots.
In the last hand, Hails opened to 65,000 from the small blind, and Walker called to see a flop. It came , and both men checked through to the turn. Hails sprang back into action now with a delayed continuation bet of 60,000, and Walker quickly called. That action repeated on the 
river with Walker quickly calling another 60,000.
Hails turned up 
, and it was good enough to take the pot and the chip lead once again.
With a raise in front of him, Seneca Easley has three-bet shoved on two of the last three hands, picking up the pots right there both times. That's added about 150,000 chips to his stack, boosting him back up to 485,000.
As we were writing that last hand, Paul Hails and Shaun Walker traded those chips back in a follow-up pot. The board was 
on the river, and the pot ended with Walker calling a bet of 80,000 from Hails.
Hails tabled the airball 
, and Walker's 
was good enough to take those chips back and move himself back into the overall lead.
On the first hand back from break, a big pot broke out. We were late catching up to the action, joining on the turn as the board showed 
. In a battle of the blinds, Paul Hails and Shaun Walker had built a big pot, and it looks like Hails bet the turn and Walker raised to put 350,000 in the middle. With the action back on Hails, he moved all in for the 700,000 chips he had left in front of him, putting Walker to a big decision for nearly his full stack.
It would be several minutes of tank time before Walker surrendered, flashing the as he did.
That big pot slides Walker down to 900,000, boosting Hails into the chip lead with 1.05 million now!
Level: 25
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
