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 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 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.
On the secondary table, David Stefanski opened to 60,000 from the cutoff, and Adam Bitker three-bet jammed for 432,000 from the button. Stefanski called.
Stefanski:
Bitker:
The board ran out , and Bitker doubled to 929,000 chips. Stefanski slipped to 2.57 million.
Over on the feature table, Andrew Sherman-Ash raised to 65,000 on the button, and Vinny Pahuja re-raised all in from the big blind. Sherman-Ash called, and had Pahuja dominated.
Sherman-Ash:
Pahuja:
The flop gave Pahuja an open-ended straight draw, and the on the turn gave him diamond outs as well. The spiked on the river to give Pahuja said flush, and he doubled to 437,000 chips.
David Stefanski raised out of the small blind, Andrew Bitker defended his big blind, and the flop came . Stefanski led for 56,000, and Bitker made the call.
The turn was the , and Stefanski fired a second bullet worth 113,000. Bitker called.
The river was the , and Stefanski slowed down, checking to Bitker, who fired 188,000. Stefanski went deep into the tank, and eventually made the call.
Bitker showed for ace-high, and Stefanski tabled for just a pair of sevens. Bitker dipped to 420,000 chips, while Stefanski is now up to 3.08 million.
It took a cooler, but Joe Matos' miraculous run after being crippled down to 1.5 big blinds has come to an end.
Matos opened to 75,000 on the button, and Artyem Perlov three-bet to 175,000 from the small blind. Matos four-bet jammed for around 540,000, and Perlov snapped it off.
Matos:
Perlov:
The board came , and Matos was eliminated in 9th place.
Andrew Sherman-Ash and Artyem Perlov were heads up with the board reading . Sherman-Ash check-called a 115,000-chip bet from Perlov, and the completed the board.
Sherman-Ash checked again, Perlov fired 200,000, and Sherman-Ash called. Perlov rolled over for a full house, and Sherman-Ash mucked his hand.