Hands 21-28: Welcome to the Grindhouse
Hand #21: Cada opened for 48,000 from the cutoff, Mutke called on the button, and Ward three-bet to 151,000 from the small blind. Cada and Mutke mucked their hands, and the pot was pushed to Ward.
Hand #22: Mutke opened for 50,000 when the action folded around to him in the cutoff, and Ward won another pot with a three-bet, this time for 135,000.
Hand #23: Ward went for three in a row, raising to 50,000 from the cutoff, but a three-bet of 140,000 by Taylor forced him off the hand.
Hand #24: Cada opened for 48,000 from early position, and Ward kept up his aggression, three-betting to 136,000 from the hijack. The trick worked this time, giving Ward his third pot in the last four hands.
Hand #25: Taylor raised to 55,000 from the cutoff, taking down the blinds and antes.
Hand #26: Mutke opened for a raise of 50,000 from under the gun, claiming a small uncontested pot.
Hand #27: Kurth took the blinds and antes with a preflop raise from early position.
Hand #28: Polychronopoulos made it 50,000 to go from early position, and Baker three-bet to 120,000 from the cutoff. Polychronopoulos called the raise to see a flop of , and he checked the action to Baker, who tapped the table as well. On the turn, Polychronopoulos led out for 160,000, and this was enough to force a fold from Baker.