Thomas Hoglund Jr. raised to 80,000 and Dan Shak three-bet to 200,000. Hoglund Jr. was in the cutoff seat and Shak on the button. Action folded back to Hoglund Jr. and he also folded, allowing Shak to pick up the pot.
Action folded to the small blind Vincent Rubianes and he moved all in to put the pressure on Steve O'Dwyer in the big blind. O'Dywer made the call and put himself at risk for his last 470,000 or so.
O'Dwyer:
Rubianes:
The flop came down and Rubianes picked up a pair of queens to take the lead. The turn brought the to give Rubianes trip queens and leave O'Dwyer drawing dead. The river completed the board with the .
Rubianes finished with a full house, queens over tens, and moved to about 2.5 million in chips. O'Dwyer exited and left with over $32,000 in prize money for his eighth-place finish.
First in from early position, Aaron Overton open-shoved for about a half-million chips total. The table folded around to Dan Shak's small blind, and he took pause for a couple long minutes before releasing, and Overton faced no further opposition. Taking down those blinds and antes adds 88,000 chips to his stack.
In a battle of the blinds, Aaron Overton open-shoved for about 530,000, and Vanessa Selbst made the call next door with her big stack and a chance at the knockout.
Showdown
Overton:
Selbst:
The flop was not good news for Overton as Selbst found top pair to take a huge lead with two to come. Overton's best shot now was to find one of the jacks in the deck to make Broadway.
He'd lose one of those outs as the turn killed the jack of hearts as a potential out, and Overton was one card from the door.
River: .
That's not going to get Overton over the hump, and the Day 2 chip leader has fallen in seventh place. That's good for $50,000, and we're down to our final six player.
Thomas Hoglund, Jr. opened to 100,000 under the gun, and his next-door neighbor Dan Shak three-bet to 300,000 straight. When it came back to Hoglund, Jr., he four-bet shoved for about 670,000 total. Shak made the call, and the cards were on their backs.
Showdown
Hoglund, Jr.:
Shak:
The board ran out , and Hoglund Jr.'s aces up mean he gets to double up. That bumps him up to about 1.43 million now, dropping Shak down to 1.31 million in the process.
Tyler Kenney opened to 110,000 in early position, and Dan Shak three-bet shoved from the small blind. He found no action, adding 190,000 chips to his stack.