Adam Foster raised to 60,000 in early position, a player three-bet shoved for 230,000 out of the small blind, and the action folded back to Foster. He mulled the decision over for a few seconds, then called.
Foster:
Opponent:
Foster was dominated, and remained a dog after the flop () and the turn (), but the slammed onto the felt on the river to give him a winning pair of fives.
The all-in player was off to the payout desk to get his money, while Foster is up to 1.7 million chips.
With the money bubble already burst and under a hundred players left in contention, here is the official payout information for Event 1. For the remaining payout information consult the Payouts tab.
John Yanni has scored a big double up to take him over the 1.5m mark in chips. He got it all in pre-flop with against a bigger stack and their . The board ran out to give John the pot.
There was a limp and a call of that limp and Kim Noun raised it to 100,000. Kenny Nguyen, two to her left, said "what, you don't want to see a flop for 40?" Kim smiled and nodded her head side to side to indicate that no, she didn't. Kenny and Brett Richey folded and the big blind looked down at his hand and announced he was all in - for approximately 500,000. The two limpers folded and Kim announced she was calling. The cards were turned over and we were off to the races:
All in player:
Kim Noun:
The flop came - a good flop for the all in player.
The turn was the and now any Ten, Ace, or King would give Noun the pot.
The river was the and a smile came over Kim's face as the dealer pushed her the pot. That win puts her over the 2.7m mark in chips and makes her among the chip leaders. A female spectator came over and told Kim "you're one of two women left, do it!" Kim laughed and said "I'll try."
Hieu Tran is now the man to beat after his cowboys crushed a pair of nines
One of the biggest pots of the entire tournament just went down, with more 2.5 million chips being claimed by Hieu Tran.
Tran opened for 85,000 from middle position and Collin White three-bet to 185,000 from late position.
This move did not impress Tran though, and he coolly four-bet to 350,000 even. Both players started the hand with more than 1.2 million chips, and soon enough White's entire stack was shipped into the middle.
Tran snapped the bet off with his and found himself in great shape against White's . After the final board rolled out , Tran had secured the massive double through with his set of kings, while White sent the vast majority of his stack across the table.
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and Miotto had the 
displayed in front of his soon to be doubled stack.
against an opponent's 
, and the dominating hand held up as the board came 
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), but the 
slammed onto the felt on the river to give him a winning pair of fives.
to give John the pot.
and now any Ten, Ace, or King would give Noun the pot.
