Faraz Jaka found the on the button and made the minimum raise. When Anthony Maio went for the three-bet pressure play from the big blind, Jaka decided to four-bet shove for his last 720,000. Maio snap-called with and Jaka was in bad shape with queen-high against two kings. He managed to improve on the board, but his top pair was second-best, sending Jaka to the rail with a 22nd place finish.
Here is Jaka's succinct postmortem of the hand, courtesy of his recent post-bust tweet.
Naveh Morris open-shoved for his last 486,000 from under the gun, with Michael Arrington calling off his 421,000 stack from the button. The table folded around and the at-risk players revealed the cards that forced the clash.
Showdown:
Arrington:
Morris:
Morris was dominated by Arrington's king kicker, and he stayed that way through the runout. Morris was crippled on this hand and succumbed to Justin Lunin-Pack just one deal later. He hit the rail in 23rd place and took home $17,357 for the impressive run through this tough championship field.
Onofrio Reina made his stand from the hijack, moving all in for his last 373,000 only to see John Dibella call off his last 367,000 as well from the cutoff.
Eric Wasserson had both players covered and he called out of the big blind, forcing a three-way reveal.
Showdown:
Eric Wasserson:
Onofrio Reina:
John Dibella:
Dibella had the best of it and his opponent's shared outs, leaving only two aces and two kings in the deck to work with. The final board brought none of them to the table though, coming to give Dibella a set and the scoop.
Onofrio was crippled with the loss, left with just an ante or two, and despite multiplying those chips by six with an all-in win, Reina hit the rail a few hands later in 24th place.
Peter Hong went for the three-bet shove and put his last 430,000 into the middle, coming over the top of Kalyan Gullapalli's early position open to 70,000.
Gullapalli called the bet with and he was flipping against Hong's .
When the flop fell Gullapalli jumped out to a huge lead with a flopped set of fives, and the on the turn cinched the win. Hong hit the rail in 25th place and took home $17,357 for the deep run.
Jared Jaffee opened to 50,000 holding the button and Matthew Parry three-bet all in for 403,000 from the small blind. Holding , Jaffee made the call to put Parry at risk with his .
Flop:
Turn:
River:
Jaffee's deuces survived five board cards and he notched the knockout to approach the 3 million chip mark.
Justin Lunin-Pack was in the hijack when he opened for 53,000, and Katayon Khaterzai in the cutoff when she three-bet jammed for 315,000.
Lunin-Pack called her down with and Khaterzai tabled to find herself racing for her tournament life.
The flop rolled out and the big cards were bad news for Khaterzai. Fourth and fifth streets failed to deliver a third five from the deck, and Katayon busted in 28th place for a $15,084 payday.
John D'Agostino was eliminated soon after making a tough laydown to Ronit Chamani, and he finished in 30th place for a $15,084 score. D'Agostino flopped top pair with his , but so did Kalyan Gullapalli with and the final board left "J-Dag" with an inferior kicker.
Larry Ormson hit the rail next for a 29th place finish, after his failed to catch up against Vladislav Mezheritsky's . When the final board rolled out Ormson's jack kicker left his ace-high lacking.