Hand #100: Chiduziem Obi raised, Zapata reraised and Obi called. The flop came . Zapata checked, Obi bet and Zapata called. Zapata bet the turn, Obi folded.
Hand #101: Zapata raised, Mark Mierkalns called. The flop came . Both players checked. Mierkalns check-folded the turn.
Hand #102: Obi got a walk.
Hand #103: Mierkalns raised, everyone else folded.
Hand #96: Mierkalns won another pot with a single raise.
Hand #97: Malissia Zapata raised on the button, Mierkalns called in the big blind, and the flop fell . Multiple bets went in until Zapata was all in, and the hands were opened.
Mierkalns:
Zapata:
The turn and river came , respectively, and Zapata doubled.
Hand #98: Brent Wheeler and Mierkalns took a flop with unknown preflop action. Mierkalns check-called on every street as the board came , then mucked when Wheeler showed .
Hand #92: Malissia Zapata raised, Brent Wheeler, reraised and Zapata reraised again. Wheeler called. The board came . Zapata bet every street, and Wheeler called. Wheeler showed to beat .
Hand #93: Mark Mierkalns got a walk.
Hand #94: Zapata raised, Mierkalns called. The flop came , and Zapata got in against . The turn and river didn't help Mierkalns, and Zapata doubled up.
Hand #91: Mierkalns raised on the button, Malissia Zapata defended her big blind, and the flop came . Zapata check-called a bet.
The turn was the , Zapata led out, Mierkalns raised, and Zapata made it three bets. Mierkalns called. The completed the board, Mierkalns led out, and Zapata called. Mierkalns showed , and won the pot.
Hand #88: Malissia Zapata called, and Brent Wheeler checked. The flop came , and both players checked. The turn came . Zapata bet, and Wheeler folded.
Hand #89: Chiduziem Obi raised, Mark Mierkalns called. The flop came , and both players checked. The turn came . Mierkalns bet, and Obi called. The river came , and both checked. Obi showed to take the pot.
Hand #86: Brent Wheeler raised in early position, and won the pot.
Hand #87: Wheeler raised from under the gun, Mark Mierkalns three-bet on his direct left, Grayson Scoggin four-bet on the button, and Wheeler called. Mierkalns capped it, Scoggin tossed in his remaining 7,000 chips, and Wheeler again called.
The flop fell , Wheeler check-called a bet, and the turn was the . Wheeler checked, Mierkalns fired out a bet, and Wheeler tank-folded.
"SHOW THEM ACES!" someone on Mierkalns railed yelled.
Sure enough, the Canadian showed for a set of aces.
Scoggin was drawing dead with , and hit the rail when the completed the board.
Hand #85: Mark Mierkalns raised on the button, Grayson Scoggin three-bet in the small blind, and William James called all in. Mierkalns called as well.
The two players checked it down as the board came , and all three hands were opened.
Mierkalns:
Scoggin:
James:
James was eliminated in sixth place, earning $31,747.
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