The PokerNews Live Reporting team arrived at the table to see Florian-Dimitrie Duta stacking a fortress of chips and both Maria Ho and Samantha Abernathy gone. Duta informed us that Ho had shoved from under the gun for 1,275,000, action folded around to Duta on the button, and he looked down at . Duta shoved and Samantha Abernathy, who had about 4,000,000 chips to start the hand, called from the small blind to put herself at risk. The player in the big blind said that he had taken some time before he folded his pocket queens.
When the three players tabled their hands, Ho showed and Abernathy held . The board ran out queen high, and although Abernathy picked up a live flush draw on the turn, the river was no help, and Duta took the pot to eliminate both Ho and Abernathy. He appears to be the chip leader and the first player to amass an eight-figure stack.
Three players saw a flop of with a substantial pile of chips already in the middle. Team partypoker online pro Louise Butler checked from the small blind, a player in early position checked, and a player in middle position checked behind.
The turn brought the and Butler checked. The early-position player bet 300,000, the middle-position player called, and Butler called, as well.
The river was the and after some consideration, Butler shoved for 2,350,000, sending her early-position opponent into the tank. After nearly two minutes, he folded, and the middle-position player folded shortly thereafter.
"You must have had a straight flush," said the early-position player. "I folded nine seven."
Antonin Duda and partypoker Sponsored Pro Johnny Lodden were heads-up on a completed board reading and they got all the chips in the middle in a flurry of activity. Lodden, who had about 1,500,000 to start the hand, tabled for a nine-high straight, but Duda showed for a ten-high straight, so Duda took the pot to end Lodden's tournament.
Niall Farrell and Anatoly Filatov were heads-up with a substantial pot already brewing and the board reading when we got to the table. Farrell checked from middle position and Filatov, who was seated to his immediate left, bet 650,000. Farrell called.
The fell on the river and Farrell shoved, putting Filatov to a decision for the majority of his stack. After a some consideration, Filatov folded, and Farrell took the pot.
"Wanna see the punt?" asked Farrell before he showed . "I'm trying to punt them off but no one ever calls."
The PokerNews Live Reporting team was just informed that Chris Hunichen just lost his stack to Mike Leah. Action folded around to Hunichen on the button and he shoved for about 1,000,000. Mike Leah called from the small to put him at risk.
Hunichen:
Leah:
Leah had the preflop advantage and he made a nine-high straight when the board ran out so he took the pot to eliminate Hunichen.