Kalyan Gullapalli shoved over a raise from David Paredes, and Paredes made the call with . He was against , and all looked well for Gullapalli to double up when he flopped an ace. A arrived on the river, however, improving Paredes to a set and busting his opponent.
Kalyan Gullapalli opened from under the gun, making it 90,000 to play, and chip leader Farid Jattin came along with a call from middle position. David Paredes decided to apply some pressure with a three-bet from the hijack, and he reraised to 305,000.
After Gullapalli smooth called the sizable bet, Jattin used his big stack to be the bully and he moved all in to force both opponent's to a test for their tournament lives.
The power play worked to perfection and Jattin extended his chip lead with raw aggression.
After an opening raise to 90,000, Bryan Choi decided to three-bet to 210,000, and with the action now on him Aristedes Santana moved all in for 430,000 total.
The original raiser got out of the way, and Choi asked for a count before making a relatively quick call. Choi tabled and the race was on against Santana's .
The final board rolled out to leave Santana with no pair - and no chips - while Choi clapped his hands in celebration after surviving five board cards.
Tyler Patterson open-shoved from under the gun, moving his last 565,000 into the middle holding .
Jared Jaffee was next to act and he looked down to find , and he made the call to put his new neighbor at risk. The table folded around dutifully, and the two players showed down to find themselves in the classic coin flip situation.
The flop came to hit Jaffee's big slick with top pair, and the turn came to keep him in the lead. When the river fell Patterson took a second look back at his hand and said "diamonds!" before heading to his rail for a minor celebration. Jaffee had to take a second look at well, and he admitted that he never saw the diamond draw materialize, only realizing he was beat when Patterson became excited rather than dejected when the river card came down.
Justin Lunin-Pack opened from early position, making it 90,000 to play, and Scott Anderson three-bet jammed holding .
With the action back on him, Lunin-Pack made the call with his , and the race was on.
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Anderson survived the flop and turn, but his hopes for a WPT title floated down the river when the dreaded ace fell. He exited in 19th place and took home $17,357 for bubbling the final two tables.
The chips are riffling once again flops are falling once again, as just 19 players remain in contention for this Borgata Winter Poker Open WPT Main Event Championship.