David Stefanski raised to 68,000 from the small blind, Adam Bitker re-raised to 140,000 from the big blind, and Stefanski responded with a four-bet to 230,000.
Andrew Sherman-Ash opened to 60,000 from the cutoff, Vinny Pahuja moved all in for 70,000 from the small blind, and Nicholas Palma cold-called in the big blind. Sherman-Ash called as well, and the flop fell . Both players checked.
The turn was the , both players checked again, and the completed the board.
Yep, you guessed it, the two players checked.
Pahuja turned over for a pair of fours, and both Sherman-Ash and Palma mucked.
The very next had, Pahuja open-shoved on the button, and took down the blinds and antes.
David Stefanski opened to 60,000 from the cutoff seat, Peter Jankowski defended his big blind, and the flop came . Both players checked.
The turn was the , Jankowski led for 70,000, and Stefanski made the call. The river was the , Jankowski led again - this time for 100,000 - and Stefanski raised to 400,000.
Jankowski mucked, and Stefanski showed him .
On the very next hand, Adam Bitker raised to 60,000 in the cutoff. Jankowski called out of the small blind, and the flop came . Jankowski check-called a 70,000-chip bet from Bitker, and the turn was the .
Jankowski moved all in for effectively 599,000, and Bitker called.
Jankowski:
Bitker:
The river was the , and Jankowski was cut down to 230,000 chips. Bitker shot up to 1.495 million.
Andrew Sherman-Ash opened to 90,000 from under the gun, and Peter Jankowski moved all in for 440,000 from the hijack seat. The action folded back to Sherman-Ash, who called.
Sherman-Ash:
Jankowski:
The flop fell , giving Sherman-Ash a stranglehold on the hand. The turn was the , and we were one card away from the official final table.
The slammed on the river however, giving Jankowski a set of tens and keeping him alive. He doubled to 975,000 chips, while Sherman-Ash dropped down to 880,000.