Adir Davidov open-shoved for around 600,000 from the hijack seat, Nick "Panini" Curanovic re-shoved on his direct left, and the rest of the players folded.
Davidov:
Curanovic:
The flop came , giving Davidov a wheel draw, but he lost three outs on the turn ().
There were only four cards in the deck that could save Davidov on the river, and unfortunately for him the on the turn wasn't one of them. He hit the rail in 10th place, while Curanovic chipped up to 1.5 million.
Frank Panetta opened for a raise from under the gun, and the action folded all the way to John Johnston on the button. He moved all in, and before the two players in the blinds could fold, Panetta started to commit the rest of his stack. The dealer used his left arm to stop Panetta, who was sitting in the one seat, and once both players folded, he quickly called all-in.
Johnston ripped over , and Panetta studied the hand for a few moments before showing .
The flop changed very little, and Panetta was drawing dead when the fell on the turn. A meaningless completed the board, and Panetta hit the rail in ninth place.
While we were writing the last elimination hand, a monstrous pot was brewing between John Johnston and Kyle Norton. When we arrived, each player had already committed a million chips, and the board was completed .
Norton checked, and Johnston moved all in for 675,000. Norton tank-called, and could only shake his had at the sight of Johnston's .
Some players started defending Johnston, saying he flopped a spade draw, but Norton and Nick "Panini" Curanovic were quick to point out that he only held one spade in his hand.
Johnston is now over 3 million chips, while Norton plummeted to 820,000.
Nick "Panini" Curanovic raised to 155,000 in the cutoff, Steve Raimie moved all in for 1.075 million on the button, and the two players in the blinds folded. Curanovic tanked for less than a minute, then called, creating a 2 million-chip race.
Curanovic:
Raimie:
There was an ace on the flop, pushing Curanovic into the lead, and he remained in pole position after the turn (). The dealer rapped the table one last time before revealing the final card, and the players at the table erupted when the spiked on the river.
"Story of my life," Curanovic chuckled, grinning from ear to ear.
Raimie doubled to 2.26 million chips, while Curanovic shrunk to 560,000.
Kyle Norton raised to 150,000 on the button, Satish Surapaneni three-bet jammed for effectively 900,000 out of the big blind, and Norton made a "borderline" call, according to him.
Norton:
Surapaneni:
"Ack!" Norton blurted at the sight of Surapaneni's hand.
The flop was filled with blanks, and the hand was over on the turn (). The on the river was but a formality, and Norton was eliminated.
Nick "Panini" Curanovic moved all in for 580,000 from under the gun, and Martin Weinfeld called in the cutoff.
Curanovic:
Weinfeld:
"Nice call," Curanovic told him.
Both players flopped a pair when the dealer fanned , but Weinfeld remained ahead. It was all over when the turn produced the , and a meaningless completed the board.
Chris Lyons and Martin Weinfeld took a flop of from the small blind and big blind respectively. There was a series of bets and raises, and all of the money went in the middle.
Lyons:
Weinfeld:
Neither the turn () nor the river () were a spade or an ace, and Weinfeld hit the rail in sixth place. Lyons is up to four million chips.