Hand #20: [Removed:17] had the button, and action folded to Mike Leah in the small blind. He raised to 60,000, and Jesse Sylvia folded from the big blind.
Hand #21: From the button, Mike Leah raised to 48,000 and won the blinds and antes. He showed the 
from his hand.
Hand #22: The button was on Jesse Sylvia, and Jonathan Duhamel got a walk in the big blind.
Hand #14: Jonathan Duhamel moved all in from the button and swiped the blinds and antes.
Hand #15: Mike Leah raised to 60,000 form the small blind and won the pot.
Hand #16: Duhamel open-shoved for 218,000 under the gun and Jesse Sylvia called him from the small blind.
Duhamel: 
Sylvia: 
Duhamel got it in good, but Sylvia was drawing to two live cards. The 
flop paired Duhamel's ace, which gave him a hammerlock on the hand. The turn actually sealed the deal, and he was shipped the double after the 
was put out on the river.
Hand #17: Leah raised to 48,000 from the cutoff and then folded when Sylvia three-bet all in from the button.
Hand #18: Sylvia raised from the cutoff and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #19: [Removed:17] limped from the small blind, Leah checked his option from the big, and the flop came down 
. Yan bet 35,000, Leah called, and the dealer burned and turned the 
. Yan bet 87,000, Leah thought long and hard before calling, and the 
completed the board on the river.
Yan slowed down with a check and then released his hand when Leah bet 240,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,840,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
||
![Profile photo of [Removed:17]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
|
925,000
-353,000
|
-353,000 |
|
640,000
-48,000
|
-48,000 |
|
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||
|
420,000
202,000
|
202,000 |
|
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|
275,000
-51,000
|
-51,000 |
Hand #10: [Removed:17] began this hand with the button. Action folded to Mike Leah in the small blind, and he used the power of his chip-leading stack to raise to 60,000 against Jesse Sylvia's big blind. Sylvia folded, and Leah won the pot.
Hand #11: Mike Leah had the button, and [Removed:17] opened with a raise to 50,000 from the cutoff seat. Leah called, everyone else folded, and the flop came down 
. Yan checked the flop, and Leah bet 55,000. Yan folded.
Hand #12: Jesse Sylvia had the button, and it was Mike Leah starting off the action with a raise to 48,000 from the cutoff seat. Everyone folded, and Leah picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #13: With Sam Khouiss on the button to start the hand, play folded to Jesse Sylvia in the cutoff seat. The 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up raised to 58,000, and then Khouiss reraised all in for 118,000 in the next seat. After Jonathan Duhamel folded from the small blind, [Removed:17] requested a count on Sylvia's stack from the big blind. Yan then moved all in, and Sylvia quickly folded.
Yan tabled the 
to dominate Khouiss' 
.
The flop and turn were 
, leaving Khouiss needing a jack on the river to stay alive. His cheering section rooted for a jack, and they got what they asked for when the 
landed on fifth street.
"C'mon Sammy!" was the yell from Khouiss' cheering section. "Let's go, Sammy!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
326,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
Hand #6: Mike Leah raised to 48,000 from the cutoff and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #7: Leah raised to 48,000, Jesse Sylvia called from the button, and both players checked the 
flop. When the appeared on the turn, Leah bet 60,000, Sylvia called, and the 
completed the board on the river. Leah checked and then folded when Sylvia bet 80,000.
Hand #8: Leah opened for 48,000 under the gun and [Removed:17] defended his big blind. Both players checked the 
flop and then Yan check-folded to a bet of 60,000 on the turn.
Hand #9: Yan limped the small blind, Leah checked his option from the big, and then both players checked the 
. Yan check-called a bet of 40,000 on the 
turn and then both players returned to checking on the 
river. Yan showed the for king high and it was good.
Hand #4: The button was on [Removed:17], and action folded to Mike Leah in the small blind. He moved all in against Brian Roberts' big blind, and Roberts folded.
Hand #5: Mike Leah had the button, and [Removed:17] started things off with a raise to 50,000 from the cutoff seat. Play folded over to Brian Roberts in the small blind, and he raised all in for 163,000. Jesse Sylvia took a few moments to think about his decision from the big blind, but he eventually folded. Yan quickly called with the , and Roberts had the .
The flop came down 
and smashed Yan with trips. The turn was the to give Roberts some hope with a flush draw, but the on the river wasn't what he was looking for. Roberts was eliminated in sixth place and earned AU$85,027 for his effort.
Hand #1: Mike Leah min-raised from the hijack and Sam Khouiss called from the small blind. When the flop came down 
, Khouiss shoved all in and Leah called.
Leah: 
Khouiss: 
Both players had flopped a pair, but Khouiss was out in front. Neither the turn nor 
river help Leah, and Khouiss received a much-needed double.
Hand #2: Leah raised to 48,000 and Khouiss called from the button. The blinds both folded and the flop came down 
. Leah continued for 40,000 and Khouiss folded.
Hand #3: Jesse Sylvia raised to 57,000 from the hijack only to have [Removed:17] three-bet to 147,000 from the small blind. Sylvia tanked for 90 seconds or so before announcing he was all in for 568,000 total, and Yan released his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,450,000
-126,000
|
-126,000 |
|
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|
|
225,000
119,000
|
119,000 |
The cards are in the air for Day 3 of the AU$25,000 High Roller.
Level: 21
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
Mike Leah enters Day 3 in charge of the final six with over 50% of the chips in play and a dominating lead on the rest of the competitors.
The 40-year-old Canadian professional poker player brings $3,338,247 in live tournament earnings and $2,532,359 in online tournament earnings to the final table, but one thing that has eluded Leah over his career is a World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
Leah has made four WSOP final tables throughout his career, and his best result was a third-place finish in the 2013 $5,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo event for $108,412. Leah certainly hopes he can secure his first gold bracelet in this event, stating on his bio sheet that he hopes for this event to prove his greatest poker accomplishment.
As it sits right now, Leah's best poker result came not too long ago, when in August he finished second to Daniel Colman in the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Main Event for a very impressive $1,047,638. In the virtual world of our game, Leah finished third in the 2011 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker Main Event to the tune of $663,816.
Leah lists fantasy sports as his hobby.
Brian Roberts is most known for two things in the poker world. In 2009, he was one of the cast members for the reality TV show 2 Months $2 Million alongside Dani "Ansky" Stern, Jay "KRANTZ" Rosenkrantz, and Emil "whitelime" Patel. The goal of the show was to follow the quest of these four as they lived together in Las Vegas and collectively tried to earn $2,000,000. The show aired for 10 episodes, but the group fell short of their goal with $676,700 in winnings.
The second thing Roberts is most known for in poker would be his fourth-place finish in the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event in Cannes. For that result, Roberts scored €400,000, and that remains his largest live tournament payday to date. This summer, Roberts finished 26th in the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas for $286,900. Those remain his only six-figure cashes from live tournament poker.
Roberts is 31 years old and making his 11th WSOP cash.
