Sayed Jabbour didn't waste much time giving up some of his newfound wealth, getting involved in a confrontation with Jevon Harvey.
The cards were on there backs on a flop of , with Harvey holding pocket sevens and Jabbour behind with pocket kings. The turn, and the would not help Jabbour and he sent about 60,000 over to his opponent.
Jabbour is still sitting strong with about 100,000, while Harvey climbs up to about 60,000.
A player under the gun raised to 2,000 and Carlos Chang called in the cutoff seat. Bill Jordanou reraised from the big blind to 5,100 and both players called.
The flop came down . Chang stood from his chair and Jordanou asked that because he stood up, was his hand dead. Chang said that if he wants him to muck he will out of respect for the game. Jordanou chuckled and let it slide before betting 12,500. Both his opponents folded, moving Jordanou up to 40,000.
Liem Tran opened from middle position with a raise to 1,700 and the cutoff seat called. Joe Hachem was on the button and reraised all in for 9,500. Tran made the call and then the cutoff seat folded.
Hachem was racing for his tournament when he revealed to Tran's .
The flop gave Hachem a pair of aces, but it wasn't the best of flops: . Tran picked up a flush draw despite falling behind in the hand.
The turn was the and now both players had straight draws. The river card was the , hitting the flush for Tran and sending Hachem to the rail.
"Good luck guys." said Hachem as he quickly stood from his chair and jetted out of the room.
In true no-limit hold'em style, Rayan Nathan went from having about 60,000 to being knocked out of the APPT Grand Final in the blink of an eye.
The first hand, Nathan called an opponents all in with pocket aces on a flop. His opponent was holding the and Nathan was in great shape.
The , however changed things giving Nathan's opponent a club flush draw which his opponent would hit when the fell on the river.
Just moments later, Nathan would get involved with chip leader Sayad Jabbour. Nathan limped in, Jabbour raised to 2,200 and Nathan called.
The flop came down and Nathan checked to Jabbour, who bet 7,000. Rayan Nathan bumped the action up to 25,000, Jabbour jammed and Nathan made the call with the . Jabbour must have been channeling the legendary Doyle Brunson, as he flipped over the .
The turn, and the river were no good for Nathan sending the ChipMeUp.com founder to the rail. Sayed Jabbour, on the other hand has taken the overall chip lead for the entire event with about 160,000.
Two plays limped from middle position before Van Marcus raised to 2,500 from the small blind. Steve Micos called from the big blind and the two limpers folded.
The flop came down and Marcus fired 3,000. Micos raised to 6,000 which prompted Marcus to go into the tank.
Marcus had his hand almost turned completely over while he sat in the tank. The half of the table that he was on could see that he had two tens and was contemplating what to do. Eventually, he mucked his hand. Micos showed him two jacks.
Andrew "Adgee" Jeffreys called a bet of 800 from his opponent with the flop . The turn card brought the to the board and both players checked.
The river was the and the first player checked. Jeffreys fired 2,000 and his opponent folded. Jeffreys showed the to the table as he raked in the pot. He's now on 32,000.
We caught the action with Aleksander Brkovic all in for about 17,000 on a flop. Brkovic was disappointed his had been out-flopped by his opponents pocket eights.
The turn, however would brighten up Aleksander Brkovic's day, as the miraculously hit the felt knocking his opponent out, and doubling him up to just around 42,000.