On the button Stephen Chidwick opened for 60,000, Amir Lehavot called from the small blind and Sam Stein called from the big blind. The flop fell , Lehavot checked, Stein checked and Chidwick bet 105,000. Both Lehavot and Stein called.
The turn came which prompted Lehavot to slide a large stack of 25,000 chips - 19 of them to exact - then added a couple 5,000 chips to make the bet 495,000. Stein and Chidwick both folded and Lehavot added almost 400,000 to his stack.
Action folded to Amir Lehavot in the small blind and he made it 75,000 to go. Sam Stein defended in the big blind and the duo watched the flop come down . Lehavot led out for another 75,000, and again Stein made the call.
The dealer slowly burned and turned the , at which point Lehavot check-called a bet of 115,000. Lehavot then checked the river and Stein bet 245,000. Lehavot eyed his opponent's stack but then settled on making the call. Stein confidently turned over for two pair, but was soon stunned as Lehavot rolled over for a higher two pair.
Stephen Chidwick raised to 80,000 from the cutoff only to have Amir Lehavot reraise from the button. The blind quickly got out of the way and Chidwick moved all in for around 620,000 total. Lehavot made the call and it was essentially a flip.
Chidwick:
Lehavot:
The crowd was on its feet as the flop came down , giving Chidwick two pair and sending his supporters into a jovial celebration. However, they seemed to overlook the fact that Lehavot still had outs. The turn kept Chidwick in the lead, but it also gave Lehavot an open-ended straight draw.
What was once celebration quickly turned into shock and awe as the peeled off on the river and gave Lehavot the winning Broadway straight. Chidwick's supports were silenced as their man shook hands with the remaining players and made his exit in fourth place.
Sam Stein had the unfortunate position of being the short stack in between Amir Lehavot and Jarred Solomon. From the big blind Stein moved all in preflop following an opening raise from Lehavot in the small blind. Lehavot called and the hands were tabled.
Showdown:
Stein:
Lehavot:
Stein was in bad shape and needed help to double up. He whiffed on the flop when it came . Stein needed running straight cards or one of the remaining sixes to double up. The turn came followed by and Stein's tournament was over.
Amir Lehavot raised to 100,000 from the button and Jarred Solomon called. The flop came and Solomon check-called a 100,000 bet from Lehavot. The turn brought checks form both players and the came on the river.
Solomon bet 150,000 and Lehavot called. Solomon tabled and Lehavot had for runner-runner two-pair to steal the pot away from Solomon.