Antes and Blinds were in even before Jacob Bazely could finish stacking his new found chips. He takes a sizable advantage heading into heads up play against his opponent, Robert Castoire.
Robert Castoire folded his button before Jacob Bazely raised his small blind to 90,000. Aaron Massey reraised to 210,000 from the big blind and Bazely responded with a four-bet to 435,000. After some thought, Massey moved all in and was called by Bazely immediately.
Bazely:
Massey:
The board ran out and Massey was eliminated from the tournament having had just less than his opponent.
Robert Castoire opened his small blind with a raise to 95,000 which was called by Jacob Bazely in the big blind.
The flop was and Castoire continued for 125,000. Bazely called. The turn was the and Castoire bet 150,000 this time. Bazely thought for a bit and made the call one more time.
The river was the and Castoire checked, as did Bazely. Castoire tabled for the nuts and after a couple of moments Bazely said, "Yeah, that's good," and mucked his hand.
Robert Castoire raised from the small blind to 100,000 and Jacob Bazely made the call out of the big blind.
The flop was and Castoire continued for 125,000. Bazely raised an inaudible amount and Castoire quickly announced all in. Bazely called and the hands were revealed.
Castoire:
Bazely:
The turn was the and the river was the . Bazely doubled up and each of the three remaining players now have between 1.9 and 2.3 million
Jacob Bazely raised his button to 85,000 and Aaron Massey moved all in for 1,235,000. Robert Castoire folded his big blind and Bazely told Massey that he had raised having only looked at one card. He took a peek at the other and immediately made the call.
Bazely:
Massey:
The flop was giving Massey additional flush outs. The turn was the and now he could split the pot if the board paired again. The river shipped him the whole thing though when he completed his flush.
Bazely and Massey have seemed to develop a mutual respect for each others game, even going over strategy of previous hands while others are being dealt. About this hand Massey asked, "I think I have to ship with 30 big [blinds] there. What am I supposed to do, three-bet-call?"
Aaron Massey limped from the small blind and Robert Castoire checked his option from the big blind. The flop fell and they each put in 100,000. The turn came , Massey checked and Castoire bet 400,000. Massey called and the river came . Massey moved all in and Castoire called.
"Nice hand, you got it," Massey said and turned over . Castoire tabled for top pair.